CVE-2009-1725

Publication date 9 July 2009

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

WebKit in Apple Safari before 4.0.2, as used on iPhone OS before 3.1, iPhone OS before 3.1.1 for iPod touch, and other platforms; KHTML in kdelibs in KDE; QtWebKit (aka Qt toolkit); and possibly other products do not properly handle numeric character references, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) via a crafted HTML document.

Read the notes from the security team

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
kde4libs 11.04 natty Ignored
10.10 maverick Ignored
10.04 LTS lucid Ignored
9.10 karmic Ignored
9.04 jaunty Ignored
8.10 intrepid Ignored
8.04 LTS hardy Ignored
6.06 LTS dapper Not in release
kdelibs 11.04 natty Ignored
10.10 maverick Ignored
10.04 LTS lucid Ignored
9.10 karmic Ignored
9.04 jaunty Ignored
8.10 intrepid Ignored
8.04 LTS hardy Ignored
6.06 LTS dapper Ignored
qt4-x11 11.04 natty
Not affected
10.10 maverick
Not affected
10.04 LTS lucid
Not affected
9.10 karmic Ignored end of life
9.04 jaunty
Fixed 4.5.0-0ubuntu4.3
8.10 intrepid
Fixed 4.4.3-0ubuntu1.4
8.04 LTS hardy
Not affected
6.06 LTS dapper
Not affected
webkit 11.04 natty
Not affected
10.10 maverick
Not affected
10.04 LTS lucid
Not affected
9.10 karmic
Not affected
9.04 jaunty
Fixed 1.0.1-4ubuntu0.1
8.10 intrepid
Fixed 1.0.1-2ubuntu0.2
8.04 LTS hardy Ignored end of life
6.06 LTS dapper Not in release

Notes

jdstrand

webkit is a fork of khtml from kdelibs. kdelibs5 is farther from it, while qt4-x11 attempts to unify khtml and webkit

mdeslaur

PoC: http://trac.webkit.org/browser/trunk/LayoutTests/fast/parser/eightdigithexentity.html?rev=44799&format=txt expected output: http://trac.webkit.org/browser/trunk/LayoutTests/fast/parser/eightdigithexentity-expected.txt?rev=44799&format=txt direct link: http://trac.webkit.org/export/46476/trunk/LayoutTests/fast/parser/eightdigithexentity.html as per RH bug, in kde4libs, this is a rendering bug, not a security bug

Patch details

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Package Patch details
kde4libs
kdelibs
webkit

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-836-1
    • WebKit vulnerabilities
    • 23 September 2009
    • USN-857-1
    • Qt vulnerabilities
    • 10 November 2009

Other references