-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------- CONECTIVA LINUX SECURITY ANNOUNCEMENT - -------------------------------------------------------------------------- PACKAGE : kdenetwork SUMMARY : Fix for kppp vulnerability DATE : 2005-03-16 14:31:00 ID : CLA-2005:934 RELEVANT RELEASES : 9 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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-3.1.5-29987U90_3cl.src.rpm ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/9/RPMS/kdenetwork-3.1.5-29987U90_3cl.i386.rpm ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/9/RPMS/kdenetwork-common-3.1.5-29987U90_3cl.i386.rpm ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/9/RPMS/kdenetwork-devel-3.1.5-29987U90_3cl.i386.rpm ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/9/RPMS/kdenetwork-doc-3.1.5-29987U90_3cl.i386.rpm ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/9/RPMS/kdenetwork-kdict-3.1.5-29987U90_3cl.i386.rpm ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/9/RPMS/kdenetwork-kdict-doc-3.1.5-29987U90_3cl.i386.rpm ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/9/RPMS/kdenetwork-kget-3.1.5-29987U90_3cl.i386.rpm ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/9/RPMS/kdenetwork-kit-3.1.5-29987U90_3cl.i386.rpm ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/9/RPMS/kdenetwork-kit-doc-3.1.5-29987U90_3cl.i386.rpm ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/9/RPMS/kdenetwork-kmail-3.1.5-29987U90_3cl.i386.rpm ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/9/RPMS/kdenetwork-kmail-doc-3.1.5-29987U90_3cl.i386.rpm ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/9/RPMS/kdenetwork-kmailcvt-3.1.5-29987U90_3cl.i386.rpm ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/9/RPMS/kdenetwork-knewsticker-3.1.5-29987U90_3cl.i386.rpm ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/9/RPMS/kdenetwork-knewsticker-doc-3.1.5-29987U90_3cl.i386.rpm ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/9/RPMS/kdenetwork-knode-3.1.5-29987U90_3cl.i386.rpm ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/9/RPMS/kdenetwork-knode-doc-3.1.5-29987U90_3cl.i386.rpm ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/9/RPMS/kdenetwork-korn-3.1.5-29987U90_3cl.i386.rpm ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/9/RPMS/kdenetwork-korn-doc-3.1.5-29987U90_3cl.i386.rpm ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/9/RPMS/kdenetwork-krdc-3.1.5-29987U90_3cl.i386.rpm ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/9/RPMS/kdenetwork-krfb-3.1.5-29987U90_3cl.i386.rpm ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/9/RPMS/kdenetwork-krfb-doc-3.1.5-29987U90_3cl.i386.rpm ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/9/RPMS/kdenetwork-ksirc-3.1.5-29987U90_3cl.i386.rpm ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/9/RPMS/kdenetwork-ksirc-doc-3.1.5-29987U90_3cl.i386.rpm ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/9/RPMS/kdenetwork-ktalkd-3.1.5-29987U90_3cl.i386.rpm ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/9/RPMS/kdenetwork-ktalkd-doc-3.1.5-29987U90_3cl.i386.rpm ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/9/RPMS/kdenetwork-lanbrowsing-3.1.5-29987U90_3cl.i386.rpm ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/9/RPMS/kdenetwork-sounds-3.1.5-29987U90_3cl.i386.rpm ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/9/RPMS/kppp-3.1.5-29987U90_3cl.i386.rpm ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/9/RPMS/kppp-doc-3.1.5-29987U90_3cl.i386.rpm 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 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- All packages are signed with Conectiva's GPG key. 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