Red Hat Security Advisory: kdelibs security update
Updated kdelibs packages that fix two security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 FasTrack. The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having critical security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base scores, which give detailed severity ratings, are available for each vulnerability from the CVE links in the References section. [Updated 21st February 2013] Packages previously available in this erratum were moved to RHBA-2013:0553 to prevent this erratum from incorrectly showing as a security update to users that do not enable FasTrack channels and who had previously received these security fixes via RHSA-2012:1416.
describes (2)
Related CVEs.
| ID | severity | exploitable | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2012-4512US | high8.8 | Exploit | ||
The CSS parser (khtml/css/cssparser.cpp) in Konqueror in KDE 4.7.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly read memory via a crafted font face sou… | ||||
| CVE-2012-4513US | medium6.4 | Exploit | ||
khtml/imload/scaledimageplane.h in Konqueror in KDE 4.7.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly read memory via large canvas dimensions, which l… | ||||
references
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
remediations (8)
- FixedRed Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6)
Before applying this update, make sure all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied. This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at https://access.redhat.com/knowledge/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012:1418 - FixedRed Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6)
Before applying this update, make sure all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied. This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at https://access.redhat.com/knowledge/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012:1418 - FixedRed Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node (v. 6)
Before applying this update, make sure all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied. This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at https://access.redhat.com/knowledge/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012:1418 - FixedRed Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node (v. 6)
Before applying this update, make sure all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied. This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at https://access.redhat.com/knowledge/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012:1418 - FixedRed Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
Before applying this update, make sure all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied. This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at https://access.redhat.com/knowledge/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012:1418 - FixedRed Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
Before applying this update, make sure all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied. This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at https://access.redhat.com/knowledge/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012:1418 - FixedRed Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6)
Before applying this update, make sure all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied. This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at https://access.redhat.com/knowledge/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012:1418 - FixedRed Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6)
Before applying this update, make sure all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied. This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at https://access.redhat.com/knowledge/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012:1418
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