[CLA-2004:841] Conectiva Security Announcement - libneon

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Date: 05/25/04

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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-0.23.5-21884U90_2cl.i386.rpm
    ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/9/RPMS/libneon-doc-0.23.5-21884U90_2cl.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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    http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?idioma=en

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