KDE Konqueror Select Object Denial of Service Vulnerability

# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2009 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
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# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only

CPE = "cpe:/a:kde:konqueror";

if(description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.900903");
  script_version("2025-09-16T05:38:45+0000");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2025-09-16 05:38:45 +0000 (Tue, 16 Sep 2025)");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2009-07-31 07:37:13 +0200 (Fri, 31 Jul 2009)");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"4.3");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P");
  script_cve_id("CVE-2009-2537");
  script_name("KDE Konqueror Select Object Denial of Service Vulnerability");
  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2009 Greenbone AG");
  script_family("Denial of Service");
  script_dependencies("secpod_kde_konqueror_detect.nasl");
  script_mandatory_keys("KDE/Konqueror/Ver");

  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.milw0rm.com/exploits/9160");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.g-sec.lu/one-bug-to-rule-them-all.html");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"KDE Konqueror is prone to a denial of service (DoS) vulnerability.");

  script_tag(name:"impact", value:"Successful exploitation will lead to memory consumption and can result in
  a browser crash.");

  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"KDE Konqueror version 4.2.4 and prior.");

  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"The flaw occurs due to an error while processing Select object whose length
  property contains a large integer value.");

  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"No known solution was made available for at least one year
  since the disclosure of this vulnerability. Likely none will be provided anymore. General solution
  options are to upgrade to a newer release, disable respective features, remove the product or
  replace the product by another one.");

  script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"WillNotFix");
  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"executable_version_unreliable");

  exit(0);
}

include("version_func.inc");
include("host_details.inc");

if( ! infos = get_app_version_and_location( cpe:CPE, exit_no_version:FALSE ) )
  exit( 0 );

ver = infos["version"];
loc = infos["location"];

if( version_is_less_equal( version:ver, test_version:"4.2.4" ) ) {
  report = report_fixed_ver( installed_version:ver, fixed_version:"WillNotFix", install_path:loc );
  security_message( port:0, data:report );
  exit( 0 );
}

exit( 0 );