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CONECTIVA LINUX SECURITY ANNOUNCEMENT
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PACKAGE : libneon
SUMMARY : Fix for a buffer overflow vulnerability
DATE : 2004-05-25 16:34:00
ID : CLA-2004:841
RELEVANT
RELEASES : 9

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DESCRIPTION
"libneon"[1] is a library used by some WebDAV clients.

Stefan Esser from e-matters security published[2] an advisory about a
vulnerability[3] in the libneon library which could be abused by
remote WebDAV servers to execute arbitrary code on the client
accessing these servers.

SOLUTION
It is recommended that all libneon users upgrade their packages.


REFERENCES
1. http://www.webdav.org/neon/
2. http://security.e-matters.de/advisories/062004.html
3. http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2004-0398

UPDATED PACKAGES
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/9/SRPMS/libneon-0.23.5-21884U90_2cl.
src.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/9/RPMS/libneon-devel-0.23.5-21884U90
_2cl.i386.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/9/RPMS/libneon-devel-static-0.23.5-2
1884U90_2cl.i386.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/9/RPMS/libneon-doc-0.23.5-21884U90_2
cl.i386.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/9/RPMS/libneon23-0.23.5-21884U90_2cl
.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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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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