TITLE:
KDE kpdf Splash Image Handling Buffer Overflow

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA18707

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/18707/

CRITICAL:
Moderately critical

IMPACT:
DoS, System access

WHERE:
>From remote

SOFTWARE:
KDE 3.x
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DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been reported in KDE, which can be exploited by
malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service) and potentially
compromise a user's system.

For more information:
SA18677

The vulnerability affects KDE 3.4.0 through KDE 3.5.1.

SOLUTION:
Apply patches.

Patch for KDE 3.5.1:
ftp://ftp.kde.org/pub/kde/security_patches/post-3.5.1-kdegraphics-CVE-2006-0301.diff
bc7dc2a5235f95a41fc1d7ab885899da

Patch for KDE 3.4.3:
ftp://ftp.kde.org/pub/kde/security_patches/post-3.4.3-kdegraphics-CVE-2006-0301.diff
ebbce0a49537b694932b3c0efcf18261

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20060202-1.txt

OTHER REFERENCES:
SA18677:
http://secunia.com/advisories/18677/

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