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KDE Konqueror Java Sandbox Security Bypass Vulnerabilities

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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