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SciLinux: CVE-2011-1586 Important Kdenetwork Update on SL6.x

Calendar Apr 22, 2011 • User Avatar LinuxSecurity Advisories
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Important: kdenetwork security update 
Date: Fri, 22 Apr 2011 15:04:08 -0500
Reply-To: Troy Dawson 
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From: Troy Dawson 
Subject: Security ERRATA Important: kdenetwork on SL6.x i386/x86_64
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Synopsis:	Important: kdenetwork security update
Issue date:	2011-04-21
CVE Names:	CVE-2011-1586

A directory traversal flaw was found in the way KGet, a download
manager, handled the "file" element in Metalink files. An attacker could
use this flaw to create a specially-crafted Metalink file that, when
opened, would cause KGet to overwrite arbitrary files accessible to the
user running KGet. (CVE-2011-1586)

The desktop must be restarted (log out, then log back in) for this
update to take effect.

SL 6.x

 SRPMS:
kdenetwork-4.3.4-11.el6_0.1.src.rpm
 i386:
kdenetwork-4.3.4-11.el6_0.1.i686.rpm
kdenetwork-devel-4.3.4-11.el6_0.1.i686.rpm
kdenetwork-libs-4.3.4-11.el6_0.1.i686.rpm
 x86_64:
kdenetwork-4.3.4-11.el6_0.1.x86_64.rpm
kdenetwork-devel-4.3.4-11.el6_0.1.i686.rpm
kdenetwork-devel-4.3.4-11.el6_0.1.x86_64.rpm
kdenetwork-libs-4.3.4-11.el6_0.1.i686.rpm
kdenetwork-libs-4.3.4-11.el6_0.1.x86_64.rpm

- Scientific Linux Development Team