[CLA-2001:378] Conectiva Linux Security Announcement - kde2
Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2001 14:11:32 -0200
From: [email protected]
To: [email protected]
Subject: [CLA-2001:378] Conectiva Linux Security Announcement - kde2
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
Hash: SHA1
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------
CONECTIVA LINUX SECURITY ANNOUNCEMENT
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------
PACKAGE : kde2
SUMMARY : Password sniffing via kdesu
DATE : 2001-01-30 14:05:00
ID : CLA-2001:378
RELEVANT
RELEASES : 6.0
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------
DESCRIPTION
"kdesu" is an utility called by some graphic programs when they need
to execute something as another user, typically root. This utility
then prompts for the password.
There is a vulnerability in kdesu which allows for other users on the
machine to capture that password and thus potencially compromise the
root account.
SOLUTION
All KDE2 users should upgrade.
DIRECT DOWNLOAD LINKS TO THE UPDATED PACKAGES
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/6.0/SRPMS/kdelibs-2.01-6cl.src.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/6.0/SRPMS/kdebase-2.01-4cl.src.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/6.0/RPMS/kdebase-2.01-4cl.i386.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/6.0/RPMS/kdebase-devel-2.01-4cl.i386.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/6.0/RPMS/kdelibs-2.01-6cl.i386.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/6.0/RPMS/kdelibs-devel-2.01-6cl.i386.rpm
ADDITIONAL INSTRUCTIONS
Users of Conectiva Linux version 6.0 or higher may use apt to perform
upgrades:
- add the following line to /etc/apt/sources.list if it is not there yet
(you may also use linuxconf to do this):
rpm [cncbr] ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br 6.0/conectiva updates
- 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://www.conectiva.com.br/suporte/atualizacoes
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------
subscribe: [email protected]
unsubscribe: [email protected]
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
Version: GnuPG v1.0.4 (GNU/Linux)
Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org
iD8DBQE6duez42jd0JmAcZARAnD3AKDBDHOecWFEm6lH2vuBg0upPLLcEwCgx2Kl
5EDfqdyLp9JWEGIycQ6jZXU=
=2dFC
-----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
