[CLA-2003:569] Conectiva Linux Security Announcement - kde

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Date: 02/20/03

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Date: Thu, 20 Feb 2003 20:25:24 -0200
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CONECTIVA LINUX SECURITY ANNOUNCEMENT
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PACKAGE : kde
SUMMARY : Multiple vulnerabilities in KDE
DATE : 2003-02-20 20:24:00
ID : CLA-2003:569
RELEVANT
RELEASES : 8

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DESCRIPTION
KDE[3] is a very popular graphical desktop environment available for
GNU/Linux and other operating systems.

This is a full update of the KDE desktop to the 3.0.5a version, the
latest 3.0.x release from the KDE project[1]. Besides containing
several bugfixes and enhancements, this update also fixes several
security vulnerabilities[2] found during an internal code audit
organized by the KDE team.

The vulnerabilities consist basically in improper quoting of
instruction parameters passed to a command shell for execution. Since
some of these instructions can come from remote or untrusted sources
(mail, web sites and network connections), a remote attacker can
exploit it to execute arbitrary commands in the user's context.

Details of all fixes and enhancements made to this new KDE version
can be obtained in the project changelog[4,5].

Conectiva Linux 7.0 users are also vulnerable (KDE 2.X). Updated
packages will be provided soon.

SOLUTION
It is recommended that all KDE users upgrade their packages. Please
note that after the new packages instalation, you must restart KDE in
order to run the new version.

REFERENCES:
1.http://www.kde.org/announcements/announce-3.0.5a.html
2.http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20021220-1.txt
3.http://www.kde.org/
4.http://www.kde.org/announcements/changelogs/changelog3_0_3to3_0_4.html
5.http://www.kde.org/announcements/changelogs/changelog3_0_4to3_0_5.html

ADDITIONAL INSTRUCTIONS
Users of Conectiva Linux version 6.0 or higher may use apt to perform
upgrades of RPM packages:

- run: apt-get update
- after that, execute: apt-get upgrade

Detailed instructions reagarding 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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