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Fedora Core 3 Update: kdelibs-3.3.1-2.12.FC3 Print E-mail
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Posted by Benjamin D. Thomas   
Fedora A buffer overflow was found in the kimgio library for KDE 3.3.1. An attacker could create a carefully crafted PCX image in such a way that it would cause kimgio to execute arbitrary code when processing the image.
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Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2005-350
2005-05-02
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Product     : Fedora Core 3
Name        : kdelibs
Version     : 3.3.1
Release     : 2.12.FC3
Summary     : K Desktop Environment - Libraries
Description :
Libraries for the K Desktop Environment:
KDE Libraries included: kdecore (KDE core library), kdeui (user interface),
kfm (file manager), khtmlw (HTML widget), kio (Input/Output, networking),
kspell (spelling checker), jscript (javascript), kab (addressbook),
kimgio (image manipulation).
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Update Information:

A buffer overflow was found in the kimgio library for KDE 3.3.1. An
attacker could create a carefully crafted PCX image in such a way that it
would cause kimgio to execute arbitrary code when processing the image.
The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has
assigned the name CAN-2005-1046 to this issue.

All users of kdelibs should upgrade to these updated packages, which
contain a backported security patch to correct these issues.
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* Tue Apr 19 2005 Than Ngo  6:3.3.1-2.12.FC3

- apply patch to fix gcc warning #117938

* Tue Apr 19 2005 Than Ngo  6:3.3.1-2.11.FC3

- add missing kde documents #152307
- apply patch to fix kimgio input validation vulnerabilities, CAN-2005-1046
- add hack for loading of *.so shared object files #142244

* Mon Apr 18 2005 Than Ngo  6:3.3.1-2.10.FC3

- backport the patch to fix kimgio input validation vulnerabilities,
  CAN-2005-1046, #152093, thanks to KDE security team


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This update can be downloaded from:
  http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/updates/3/

1023f08e9573cd579ed4d978b8f7a7fb  SRPMS/kdelibs-3.3.1-2.12.FC3.src.rpm
be28a562a1d99f4530ac1866ab332199  x86_64/kdelibs-3.3.1-2.12.FC3.x86_64.rpm
784b411818c9a1a3d28811e814b9880a  
x86_64/kdelibs-devel-3.3.1-2.12.FC3.x86_64.rpm
c81fb52aa13551ffb233f9ecc9ea72df  
x86_64/debug/kdelibs-debuginfo-3.3.1-2.12.FC3.x86_64.rpm
0e6fdd04807160ee7571bcfb098d4c79  x86_64/kdelibs-3.3.1-2.12.FC3.i386.rpm
0e6fdd04807160ee7571bcfb098d4c79  i386/kdelibs-3.3.1-2.12.FC3.i386.rpm
f14c330fcc3f2c9618dc88550d4dd307  i386/kdelibs-devel-3.3.1-2.12.FC3.i386.rpm
bf6808e504ace10edb9da8b6f71efc5f  
i386/debug/kdelibs-debuginfo-3.3.1-2.12.FC3.i386.rpm

This update can also be installed with the Update Agent; you can
launch the Update Agent with the 'up2date' command.
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