Secunia Security Advisory - Some vulnerabilities have been reported in KDE and KOffice, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.
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TITLE:
KDE and KOffice "Stream.cc" Multiple Vulnerabilities
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA27578
VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/27578/
CRITICAL:
Highly critical
IMPACT:
System access
WHERE:
>From remote
SOFTWARE:
KDE 3.x
http://secunia.com/product/219/
KOffice 1.x
http://secunia.com/product/4155/
DESCRIPTION:
Some vulnerabilities have been reported in KDE and KOffice, which can
be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.
The vulnerabilities are caused due to the use of vulnerable Xpdf
code.
For more information:
SA27260
The vulnerability is reported in the following products:
* KDE versions from 3.2.0 to 3.5.8
* KOffice 1.x
SOLUTION:
Apply patches.
KOffice 1.6.3 and newer:
ftp://ftp.kde.org/pub/kde/security_patches :
1d6b58dbe1cab4b0168a8e4344f8d7af
koffice-1.6.3-xpdf2-CVE-2007-4352-5392-5393.diff
KDE 3.5.8 and newer:
ftp://ftp.kde.org/pub/kde/security_patches :
eee08cb565c24ad645aad3136de5162d post-3.5.8-kdegraphics-kpdf.diff
KDE 3.5.5 and newer:
ftp://ftp.kde.org/pub/kde/security_patches :
b2214c8e8f6300e72bd92f9ba12a33c7
post-3.5.5-kdegraphics-CVE-2007-5393.diff
KDE 3.4.3 and newer:
ftp://ftp.kde.org/pub/kde/security_patches :
e7ff688250cee0e1d81f4d65fc0f9871
post-3.4.3-kdegraphics-CVE-2007-5393.diff
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20071107-1.txt
OTHER REFERENCES:
SA27260:
http://secunia.com/advisories/27260/
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