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=========================================================== Ubuntu Security Notice USN-447-1 March 28, 2007 kdelibs vulnerabilities CVE-2007-1308, CVE-2007-1564 =========================================================== A security issue affects the following Ubuntu releases: Ubuntu 5.10 Ubuntu 6.06 LTS Ubuntu 6.10 This advisory also applies to the corresponding versions of Kubuntu, Edubuntu, and Xubuntu. The problem can be corrected by upgrading your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 5.10: kdelibs4c2 4:3.4.3-0ubuntu2.3 Ubuntu 6.06 LTS: kdelibs4c2a 4:3.5.2-0ubuntu18.3 Ubuntu 6.10: kdelibs4c2a 4:3.5.5-0ubuntu3.1.1 After a standard system upgrade you need to restart your session or reboot your computer to effect the necessary changes. Details follow: It was discovered that Konqueror did not correctly handle iframes from JavaScript. If a user were tricked into visiting a malicious website, Konqueror could crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2007-1308) A flaw was discovered in how Konqueror handled PASV FTP responses. If a user were tricked into visiting a malicious FTP server, a remote attacker could perform a port-scan of machines within the user's network, leading to private information disclosure. (CVE-2007-1564)