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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_3c
l.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-3.1.5-29987
U90_3cl.i386.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/9/RPMS/kdenetwork-devel-3.1.5-29987U
90_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-3.1.5-29987U
90_3cl.i386.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/9/RPMS/kdenetwork-kdict-doc-3.1.5-29
987U90_3cl.i386.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/9/RPMS/kdenetwork-kget-3.1.5-29987U9
0_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-3.1.5-2998
7U90_3cl.i386.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/9/RPMS/kdenetwork-kmail-3.1.5-29987U
90_3cl.i386.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/9/RPMS/kdenetwork-kmail-doc-3.1.5-29
987U90_3cl.i386.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/9/RPMS/kdenetwork-kmailcvt-3.1.5-299
87U90_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-3.1.5-29987U
90_3cl.i386.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/9/RPMS/kdenetwork-knode-doc-3.1.5-29
987U90_3cl.i386.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/9/RPMS/kdenetwork-korn-3.1.5-29987U9
0_3cl.i386.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/9/RPMS/kdenetwork-korn-doc-3.1.5-299
87U90_3cl.i386.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/9/RPMS/kdenetwork-krdc-3.1.5-29987U9
0_3cl.i386.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/9/RPMS/kdenetwork-krfb-3.1.5-29987U9
0_3cl.i386.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/9/RPMS/kdenetwork-krfb-doc-3.1.5-299
87U90_3cl.i386.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/9/RPMS/kdenetwork-ksirc-3.1.5-29987U
90_3cl.i386.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/9/RPMS/kdenetwork-ksirc-doc-3.1.5-29
987U90_3cl.i386.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/9/RPMS/kdenetwork-ktalkd-3.1.5-29987
U90_3cl.i386.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/9/RPMS/kdenetwork-ktalkd-doc-3.1.5-2
9987U90_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-3.1.5-29987
U90_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.i
386.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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