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kdelibs: multiple vulnerabilities

Package(s):kdelibs CVE #(s):CVE-2012-4512 CVE-2012-4513
Created:October 31, 2012 Updated:February 28, 2013
Description: From the Red Hat advisory:

A heap-based buffer overflow flaw was found in the way the CSS (Cascading Style Sheets) parser in kdelibs parsed the location of the source for font faces. A web page containing malicious content could cause an application using kdelibs (such as Konqueror) to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running the application. (CVE-2012-4512)

A heap-based buffer over-read flaw was found in the way kdelibs calculated canvas dimensions for large images. A web page containing malicious content could cause an application using kdelibs to crash or disclose portions of its memory. (CVE-2012-4513)

Alerts:
Red Hat RHSA-2012:1416-01 2012-10-30
Red Hat RHSA-2012:1418-01 2012-10-30
CentOS CESA-2012:1418 2012-10-30
CentOS CESA-2012:1416 2012-10-30
Oracle ELSA-2012-1416 2012-10-30
Scientific Linux SL-kdel-20121030 2012-10-30
Scientific Linux SL-kdel-20121030 2012-10-30
openSUSE openSUSE-SU-2012:1581-1 2012-11-28
Oracle ELSA-2012-1418 2013-02-28

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