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| [CLA-2005:934] Conectiva Security Announcement - kdenetwork |
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| Wed, 16 Mar 2005 14:31:51 -0300 |
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CONECTIVA LINUX SECURITY ANNOUNCEMENT
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PACKAGE : kdenetwork
SUMMARY : Fix for kppp vulnerability
DATE : 2005-03-16 14:31:00
ID : CLA-2005:934
RELEVANT
RELEASES : 9
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DESCRIPTION
kppp[1] is the KDE[2] internet dialer.
This announcement fixes a privileged file descriptors leak
vulnerability[3,4] which could allow local attackers to hijack a
system's domain name resolution function.
SOLUTION
It is recommended that all kppp users upgrade their packages.
REFERENCES
1.http://freshmeat.net/projects/kppp/
2.http://www.kde.org
3.http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2005-0205
4.http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20050228-1.txt
UPDATED PACKAGES
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/9/SRPMS/kdenetwork-3....
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/9/RPMS/kdenetwork-3.1...
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/9/RPMS/kdenetwork-com...
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/9/RPMS/kdenetwork-dev...
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/9/RPMS/kdenetwork-doc...
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/9/RPMS/kdenetwork-kdi...
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/9/RPMS/kdenetwork-kdi...
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/9/RPMS/kdenetwork-kge...
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/9/RPMS/kdenetwork-kit...
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/9/RPMS/kdenetwork-kit...
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/9/RPMS/kdenetwork-kma...
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/9/RPMS/kdenetwork-kma...
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/9/RPMS/kdenetwork-kma...
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/9/RPMS/kdenetwork-kne...
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/9/RPMS/kdenetwork-kne...
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/9/RPMS/kdenetwork-kno...
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/9/RPMS/kdenetwork-kno...
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/9/RPMS/kdenetwork-kor...
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/9/RPMS/kdenetwork-kor...
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/9/RPMS/kdenetwork-krd...
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/9/RPMS/kdenetwork-krf...
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/9/RPMS/kdenetwork-krf...
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/9/RPMS/kdenetwork-ksi...
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/9/RPMS/kdenetwork-ksi...
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/9/RPMS/kdenetwork-kta...
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/9/RPMS/kdenetwork-kta...
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/9/RPMS/kdenetwork-lan...
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/9/RPMS/kdenetwork-sou...
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/9/RPMS/kppp-3.1.5-299...
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/9/RPMS/kppp-doc-3.1.5...
ADDITIONAL INSTRUCTIONS
The apt tool can be used to perform RPM packages upgrades:
- run: apt-get update
- after that, execute: apt-get upgrade
Detailed instructions regarding the use of apt and upgrade examples
can be found at http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/#apt?idioma=en
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All packages are signed with Conectiva's GPG key. The key and instructions
on how to import it can be found at
http://distro.conectiva.com.br/seguranca/chave/?idioma=en
Instructions on how to check the signatures of the RPM packages can be
found at http://distro.conectiva.com.br/seguranca/politica/?idioma=en
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All our advisories and generic update instructions can be viewed at
http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?idioma=en
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Copyright (c) 2004 Conectiva Inc.
http://www.conectiva.com
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