Updated kdelibs packages has been released for Mandrakelinux 10.0 and 10.1
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Mandrakelinux Security Update Advisory
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Package name: kdelibs
Advisory ID: MDKSA-2004:154
Date: December 22nd, 2004

Affected versions: 10.0, 10.1
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Problem Description:

A vulnerability in the Konqueror webbrowser was discovered where an untrusted java applet could escalate privileges (through JavaScript calling into Java code). This includes the reading and writing of files with the privileges of the user running the applet.

The provided packages have been patched to correct this problem.



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References:

http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2004-1145
http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20041220-1.txt
http://www.heise.de/security/dienste/browsercheck/tests/java.shtml
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Updated Packages:

Mandrakelinux 10.0:
cf896a582eb5e86b44d28ba5187a8bd1 10.0/RPMS/kdelibs-common-3.2-36.7.100mdk.i586.rpm
95e70b55d076356f2b1b15be3bc82d67 10.0/RPMS/libkdecore4-3.2-36.7.100mdk.i586.rpm
69bd5ef5db84ce6fb75fe00ba30cb8b0 10.0/RPMS/libkdecore4-devel-3.2-36.7.100mdk.i586.rpm
add624cce5c6276155bb2beae8684be3 10.0/SRPMS/kdelibs-3.2-36.7.100mdk.src.rpm

Mandrakelinux 10.0/AMD64:
1192d2bffd4a0902e3ae85314aadff7c amd64/10.0/RPMS/kdelibs-common-3.2-36.7.100mdk.amd64.rpm
092b1adb47f2ee7361202fb3961daec2 amd64/10.0/RPMS/lib64kdecore4-3.2-36.7.100mdk.amd64.rpm
54febb9104d36727b1912f874f8ddeb6 amd64/10.0/RPMS/lib64kdecore4-devel-3.2-36.7.100mdk.amd64.rpm
add624cce5c6276155bb2beae8684be3 amd64/10.0/SRPMS/kdelibs-3.2-36.7.100mdk.src.rpm

Mandrakelinux 10.1:
69e937991e7295a12c0fcb2deddbf17e 10.1/RPMS/kdelibs-common-3.2.3-99.1.101mdk.i586.rpm
e1418cf4339274ad2a7ab04a9bf827bd 10.1/RPMS/libkdecore4-3.2.3-99.1.101mdk.i586.rpm
c8b6e944438fc55d779acb0164443f1b 10.1/RPMS/libkdecore4-devel-3.2.3-99.1.101mdk.i586.rpm
8d35b4a058364c775964bed572609d09 10.1/SRPMS/kdelibs-3.2.3-99.1.101mdk.src.rpm

Mandrakelinux 10.1/X86_64:
4e8f39434fcca6243db2202a2219e674 x86_64/10.1/RPMS/kdelibs-common-3.2.3-99.1.101mdk.x86_64.rpm
e7c19866ad0b280640ef7f34b79896ea x86_64/10.1/RPMS/lib64kdecore4-3.2.3-99.1.101mdk.x86_64.rpm
4f4a0ae29057043790019e31713a11d0 x86_64/10.1/RPMS/lib64kdecore4-devel-3.2.3-99.1.101mdk.x86_64.rpm
8d35b4a058364c775964bed572609d09 x86_64/10.1/SRPMS/kdelibs-3.2.3-99.1.101mdk.src.rpm
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To upgrade automatically use MandrakeUpdate or urpmi. The verification of md5 checksums and GPG signatures is performed automatically for you.

All packages are signed by Mandrakesoft for security. You can obtain the GPG public key of the Mandrakelinux Security Team by executing:

gpg --recv-keys --keyserver pgp.mit.edu 0x22458A98

You can view other update advisories for Mandrakelinux at:

http://www.mandrakesoft.com/security/advisories

If you want to report vulnerabilities, please contact

security_linux-mandrake.com