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KDE Konqueror Java Sandbox Security Bypass Vulnerabilities Advisory Available in Danish 

Secunia Advisory: SA13586  
Release Date: 2004-12-20
Last Update: 2005-01-06

Critical:
Highly critical
Impact: System access
Where: From remote
Solution Status: Vendor Patch

Software:KDE 3.x
Konqueror 3.x

CVE reference:CVE-2004-1145 (Secunia mirror)

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Description:
Two vulnerabilities have been reported in KDE Konqueror, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.

The vulnerabilities are caused due to some errors in the restriction of certain Java classes accessible via applets and Javascript. This can be exploited by a malicious applet to bypass the sandbox restriction and read or write arbitrary files.

The vulnerabilities have been reported in versions prior to 3.3.2.

Solution:
Update to version 3.3.2.
http://kde.org/download/

Apply patch for 3.2.3:
ftp://ftp.kde.org/pub/kde/security_patches/post-3.2.3-kdelibs-khtml-java.tar.bz2

Provided and/or discovered by:
heise Security

Changelog:
2005-01-06: Added link to US-CERT vulnerability note.

Original Advisory:
http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20041220-1.txt

Other References:
US-CERT VU#420222:
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/420222



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