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Bug 244322 - KDE KHTML "HTMLTokenizer::scriptHandler()" Recursive Document Load Weakness
Summary: KDE KHTML "HTMLTokenizer::scriptHandler()" Recursive Document Load Weakness
Status: RESOLVED UPSTREAM
Alias: None
Product: Gentoo Linux
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Current packages (show other bugs)
Hardware: All Linux
: Low trivial (vote)
Assignee: Gentoo KDE team
URL: http://secunia.com/Advisories/32208/
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Blocks: kde-3.5.10
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Reported: 2008-10-25 15:44 UTC by Matti Bickel (RETIRED)
Modified: 2009-05-27 22:57 UTC (History)
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Description Matti Bickel (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2008-10-25 15:44:48 UTC
Maybe this is not security, but only with the KDE folks, but here we go anyway.

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Secunia Advisory:   	 SA32208  	
Release Date: 	2008-10-24

Critical: 	Not critical
Impact: 	DoS
Where: 	        From remote
Solution Status: 	Unpatched 
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Jeremy Brown has discovered a weakness in KDE, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service).

The weakness is caused due to KHTML improperly handling JavaScript "document.load()" calls targeting the current document. This can be exploited to trigger the use of a deleted object within the "HTMLTokenizer::scriptHandler()" method and cause a crash.

The weakness is confirmed with Konqueror using KHTML from KDE versions 3.5.9 and 3.5.10. Other versions may also be affected.

NOTE: Secunia normally does not classify a browser crash as a vulnerability nor issue an advisory about it. However, the potential impact of this issue may be more severe than currently believed.

Solution:
Do not open untrusted HTML documents with applications using KHTML (e.g. Konqueror).
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Comment 1 Matti Bickel (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2008-10-25 16:00:12 UTC
reassigning to kde herd b/c it's not a security bug.
Comment 2 Theo Chatzimichos (RETIRED) archtester gentoo-dev Security 2009-05-27 22:57:22 UTC
since development of kde3 is frozen we can't do anything so closing