KDE Konqueror 3.5.7 denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability categorized as problematic has been discovered in KDE Konqueror 3.5.7. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component Konqueror. Such manipulation leads to denial of service. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2007-4229. In addition, an exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in KDE Konqueror 3.5.7 (Web Browser) and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is an unknown functionality of the component Konqueror. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. Impacted is availability. CVE summarizes:

Unspecified vulnerability in KDE Konqueror 3.5.7 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (failed assertion and application crash) via certain malformed HTML, as demonstrated by a document containing TEXTAREA, BUTTON, BR, BDO, PRE, FRAMESET, and A tags. NOTE: the provenance of this information is unknown; the details are obtained solely from third party information.

The weakness was presented 08/01/2007 by Thomas Waldegger (Website). The advisory is shared for download at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2007-4229 since 08/08/2007. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.

The exploit is available at securityfocus.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Exploit-DB (30444), SecurityFocus (BID 25170†) and OSVDB (42552†). See VDB-38225 and VDB-38224 for similar entries. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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03/05/2007 🔍
08/01/2007 +149 days 🔍
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03/15/2015 +2654 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: kde.org

Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Researcher: Thomas Waldegger
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2007-4229 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2007-4229
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-38228
SecurityFocus: 25170 - KDE Konqueror Assert Denial of Service Vulnerability
OSVDB: 42552 - KDE Konqueror Malformed HTML Processing Unspecified DoS

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entryinfo

Created: 03/15/2015 15:58
Updated: 12/16/2024 15:36
Changes: 03/15/2015 15:58 (58), 09/06/2018 07:14 (1), 12/16/2024 15:36 (21)
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