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>> KDE "Catalog::readPageTree()" Catalog Dictionary Handling Denial of Service Issue

Title : KDE "Catalog::readPageTree()" Catalog Dictionary Handling Denial of Service Issue
VUPEN ID : VUPEN/ADV-2007-0212
CVE ID : CVE-2007-0104
Rated as : Low Risk

Remotely Exploitable : Yes
Locally Exploitable : Yes
Release Date : 2007-01-17

Technical Description

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A vulnerability has been identified in KDE and KOffice, which could be exploited by attackers to cause a denial of service. For additional information, see : VUPEN/ADV-2007-0203

Affected Products

KDE versions prior to 3.5.6
KOffice versions prior to 1.2

Solution

Patch for KOffice 1.x :
ftp://ftp.kde.org/pub/kde/security_patches/koffce-xpdf-CVE-2007-0104.diff

Patches for KDE 3.x :
ftp://ftp.kde.org/pub/kde/security_patches/post-3.5.5-kdegraphics-CVE-2007-0104.diff
ftp://ftp.kde.org/pub/kde/security_patches/post-3.2.3-kdegraphics-CVE-2007-0104.diff

References

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0212
http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20070115-1.txt

Credits

Vulnerability reported by LMH

ChangeLog

2007-01-17 : Initial release

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