From: Conectiva Updates (secureconectiva.com.br)
Date: Wed Mar 16 2005 - 11:31:51 CST

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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-3.1.5-29987U90_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

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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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