From secure@conectiva.com.br Tue Jan 20 17:07:48 2004 From: Conectiva Updates To: conectiva-updates@papaleguas.conectiva.com.br, lwn@lwn.net, bugtraq@securityfocus.com, security-alerts@linuxsecurity.com, linsec@lists.seifried.org Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2004 09:35:52 -0200 Subject: [CLA-2004:810] Conectiva Security Announcement - kdepim -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------- CONECTIVA LINUX SECURITY ANNOUNCEMENT - -------------------------------------------------------------------------- PACKAGE : kdepim SUMMARY : Fix for buffer overflow vulnerability DATE : 2004-01-20 09:10:00 ID : CLA-2004:810 RELEVANT RELEASES : 9 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- DESCRIPTION kdepim is a collection of Personal Information Management (PIM) tools for the K Desktop Enviromnent (KDE[1]). The KDE team has found[2] a buffer overflow vulnerability[3] in the file information reader of .VCF files. A carefully constructed .VCF file, if opened or previewed by an unsuspecting user, could cause the execution of arbitrary code with the victim's privileges. SOLUTION It is recommended that all KDE users upgrade their kdepim packages. REFERENCES 1. http://www.kde.org/ 2. http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20040114-1.txt 3. http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2003-0988 UPDATED PACKAGES ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/9/SRPMS/kdepim-3.1.1-27625U90_1cl.src.rpm ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/9/RPMS/kdepim-3.1.1-27625U90_1cl.i386.rpm ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/9/RPMS/kdepim-common-3.1.1-27625U90_1cl.i386.rpm ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/9/RPMS/kdepim-devel-3.1.1-27625U90_1cl.i386.rpm ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/9/RPMS/kdepim-doc-3.1.1-27625U90_1cl.i386.rpm ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/9/RPMS/kdepim-kaddressbook-3.1.1-27625U90_1cl.i386.rpm ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/9/RPMS/kdepim-kaddressbook-doc-3.1.1-27625U90_1cl.i386.rpm ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/9/RPMS/kdepim-kalarm-3.1.1-27625U90_1cl.i386.rpm ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/9/RPMS/kdepim-kalarm-doc-3.1.1-27625U90_1cl.i386.rpm ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/9/RPMS/kdepim-kandy-3.1.1-27625U90_1cl.i386.rpm ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/9/RPMS/kdepim-kandy-doc-3.1.1-27625U90_1cl.i386.rpm ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/9/RPMS/kdepim-karm-3.1.1-27625U90_1cl.i386.rpm ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/9/RPMS/kdepim-knotes-3.1.1-27625U90_1cl.i386.rpm ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/9/RPMS/kdepim-korganizer-3.1.1-27625U90_1cl.i386.rpm ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/9/RPMS/kdepim-korganizer-doc-3.1.1-27625U90_1cl.i386.rpm ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/9/RPMS/kdepim-kpilot-3.1.1-27625U90_1cl.i386.rpm ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/9/RPMS/kdepim-kpilot-doc-3.1.1-27625U90_1cl.i386.rpm ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/9/RPMS/kdepim-ksync-3.1.1-27625U90_1cl.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 reagarding the use of apt and upgrade examples can be found at http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/#apt?idioma=en - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- All our advisories and generic update instructions can be viewed at http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?idioma=en - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Copyright (c) 2004 Conectiva Inc. http://www.conectiva.com - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- subscribe: conectiva-updates-subscribe@papaleguas.conectiva.com.br unsubscribe: conectiva-updates-unsubscribe@papaleguas.conectiva.com.br -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQFADRKX42jd0JmAcZARAoppAJ913wmeVlhgFKD6lx8yMV39delYHACcCtGk 4k4/iBEMCUro3zDJpaLOidU= =MS5C -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----