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Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2001 14:11:32 -0200 To: conectiva-updates@papaleguas.conectiva.com.br, Subject: [CLA-2001:378] Conectiva Linux Security Announcement - kde2 From: secure@conectiva.com.br -----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: conectiva-updates-subscribe@papaleguas.conectiva.com.br unsubscribe: conectiva-updates-unsubscribe@papaleguas.conectiva.com.br -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.4 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE6duez42jd0JmAcZARAnD3AKDBDHOecWFEm6lH2vuBg0upPLLcEwCgx2Kl 5EDfqdyLp9JWEGIycQ6jZXU= =2dFC -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----