Bugtraq: [CLA-2004:810] Conectiva Security Announcement

From: Conectiva Updates <secure_at_conectiva.com.br>
Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2004 09:35:52 -0200

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CONECTIVA LINUX SECURITY ANNOUNCEMENT
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PACKAGE : kdepim
SUMMARY : Fix for buffer overflow vulnerability
DATE : 2004-01-20 09:10:00
ID : CLA-2004:810
RELEVANT
RELEASES : 9

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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

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

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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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Copyright (c) 2004 Conectiva Inc.
http://www.conectiva.com

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Received on Jan 20 2004

[CLA-2004:810] Conectiva Security Announcement - kdepim