LBA-Linux Advisories: kdelibs, kernel

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Jun 28, 2004

LBA-Linux Security Advisory

Subject: Updated kdelibs package for LBA-Linux R1
Advisory ID: LBASA-2004:17
Date: Saturday, June 26, 2004
Product: LBA-Linux R1


Problem description:

A vulnerability in the Opera web browser was identified by
iDEFENSE; the same type of vulnerability exists in KDE. The telnet,
rlogin, ssh, and mailto URI handlers do not check for ‘-‘ at the
beginning of the hostname passed, which makes it possible to pass
an option to the programs started by the handlers. This can allow
remote attackers to create or truncate arbitrary files.

Updated packages:

LBA-Linux R1:

i386:

ftp://ftp.sot.com/lba-linux_r1/apt/RPMS.updates/kdelibs-3.2.0-1.4.lba.2.i386.rpm


ftp://ftp.sot.com/lba-linux_r1/apt/RPMS.updates/kdelibs-devel-3.2.0-1.4.lba.2.i386.rpm

Upgrading your system:

To apply this security update to your LBA-Linux system, run the
Updater tool from the LBA-Linux root desktop:

  1. Log in to your LBA-Linux desktop as the root user.
  2. Click on the penguin icon at the lower left of the display, and
    select the menu item SYSTEM TOOLS>UPDATER.
  3. Click on the item named kdelibs to highlight it.
  4. Click on the PACKAGE menu in the menu bar, and select the
    UPGRADE action.
  5. Confirm the upgrade by clicking the APPLY button in Updater’s
    main toolbar.

References:

http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2004-0411

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/363225

Copyright(c) 2001-2004 SOT


LBA-Linux Security Advisory

Subject: Updated kernel package for LBA-Linux R1
Advisory ID: LBASA-2004:18
Date: Saturday, June 26, 2004
Product: LBA-Linux R1


Problem description:

A vulnerability was discovered in the kernel were a certain C
program would trigger a floating point exception that would crash
the kernel. This vulnerability can only be triggered locally by
users with shell access (CAN-2004-0554).

Updated packages:

LBA-Linux R1:

i386:

ftp://ftp.sot.com/lba-linux_r1/apt/RPMS.updates/kernel-2.6.3-2.1.253.lba.3.i586.rpm


ftp://ftp.sot.com/lba-linux_r1/apt/RPMS.updates/kernel-2.6.3-2.1.253.lba.3.i686.rpm


ftp://ftp.sot.com/lba-linux_r1/apt/RPMS.updates/kernel-doc-2.6.3-2.1.253.lba.3.i386.rpm


ftp://ftp.sot.com/lba-linux_r1/apt/RPMS.updates/kernel-smp-2.6.3-2.1.253.lba.3.i586.rpm

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ftp://ftp.sot.com/lba-linux_r1/apt/RPMS.updates/kernel-smp-2.6.3-2.1.253.lba.3.i686.rpm


ftp://ftp.sot.com/lba-linux_r1/apt/RPMS.updates/kernel-source-2.6.3-2.1.253.lba.3.i386.rpm

Upgrading your system:

To apply this security update to your LBA-Linux system, run the
Updater tool from the LBA-Linux root desktop:

  1. Log in to your LBA-Linux desktop as the root user.
  2. Click on the penguin icon at the lower left of the display, and
    select the menu item SYSTEM TOOLS>UPDATER.
  3. Click on the item named kernel to highlight it.
  4. Click on the PACKAGE menu in the menu bar, and select the
    UPGRADE action.
  5. Confirm the upgrade by clicking the APPLY button in Updater’s
    main toolbar.

References:

http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2004-0554

http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/973654

Copyright(c) 2001-2004 SOT

Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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