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kdenetwork: arbitrary code execution

Package(s):kdenetwork CVE #(s):CVE-2011-1586
Created:April 19, 2011 Updated:May 2, 2011
Description: From the Ubuntu advisory:

It was discovered that KGet did not properly perform input validation when processing metalink files. If a user were tricked into opening a crafted metalink file, a remote attacker could overwrite files via directory traversal, which could eventually lead to arbitrary code execution.

Alerts:
Ubuntu USN-1114-1 2011-04-18
Red Hat RHSA-2011:0465-01 2011-04-21
Mandriva MDVSA-2011:081 2011-05-02
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