RHSA-2012:1416Critical

Red Hat Security Advisory: kdelibs security update

Published
October 30, 2012
Last Modified
November 7, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (2)

CVE-2012-4512 →CVE-2012-4513 →

📋 Description

CVE-2012-4512 — kdelibs: Heap-based buffer overflow when parsing location of a font face source CVE-2012-4513 — kdelibs: Heap-based buffer over-read when calculating dimensions of the canvas within the scale loop

🎯 Affected products61

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6)
  • kdelibs-6:4.3.4-14.el6_3.2.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6)
  • kdelibs-6:4.3.4-14.el6_3.2.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6)
  • kdelibs-6:4.3.4-14.el6_3.2.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • kdelibs-6:4.3.4-14.el6_3.2.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6)
  • kdelibs-6:4.3.4-14.el6_3.2.ppc as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • kdelibs-6:4.3.4-14.el6_3.2.ppc64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • kdelibs-6:4.3.4-14.el6_3.2.s390 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • kdelibs-6:4.3.4-14.el6_3.2.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • kdelibs-6:4.3.4-14.el6_3.2.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6)
  • kdelibs-6:4.3.4-14.el6_3.2.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6)
  • kdelibs-6:4.3.4-14.el6_3.2.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6)
  • kdelibs-6:4.3.4-14.el6_3.2.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • kdelibs-6:4.3.4-14.el6_3.2.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6)
  • kdelibs-6:4.3.4-14.el6_3.2.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6)
  • kdelibs-6:4.3.4-14.el6_3.2.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6)
  • kdelibs-6:4.3.4-14.el6_3.2.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • kdelibs-6:4.3.4-14.el6_3.2.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6)
  • kdelibs-apidocs-6:4.3.4-14.el6_3.2.noarch as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6)
  • kdelibs-apidocs-6:4.3.4-14.el6_3.2.noarch as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6)
  • kdelibs-apidocs-6:4.3.4-14.el6_3.2.noarch as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • kdelibs-apidocs-6:4.3.4-14.el6_3.2.noarch as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6)
  • kdelibs-common-6:4.3.4-14.el6_3.2.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6)
  • kdelibs-common-6:4.3.4-14.el6_3.2.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • kdelibs-common-6:4.3.4-14.el6_3.2.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6)
  • kdelibs-common-6:4.3.4-14.el6_3.2.ppc64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
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✅ Remediation

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

🔗 References (5)