========================================================================== Ubuntu Security Notice USN-1114-1 April 18, 2011 kdenetwork vulnerability ========================================================================== A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: - Ubuntu 10.10 - Ubuntu 10.04 LTS - Ubuntu 9.10 Summary: An attacker could overwrite files owned by the user if KGet opened a crafted metalink file. Software Description: - kdenetwork: networking applications for KDE 4 Details: It was discovered that KGet did not properly perform input validation when processing metalink files. If a user were tricked into opening a crafted metalink file, a remote attacker could overwrite files via directory traversal, which could eventually lead to arbitrary code execution. Update instructions: The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 10.10: kget 4:4.5.1-0ubuntu2.2 Ubuntu 10.04 LTS: kget 4:4.4.5-0ubuntu1.1 Ubuntu 9.10: kget 4:4.3.2-0ubuntu4.5 After a standard system update you need to restart KGet to make all the necessary changes. References: CVE-2011-1586 Package Information: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/kdenetwork/4:4.5.1-0ubuntu2.2 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/kdenetwork/4:4.4.5-0ubuntu1.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/kdenetwork/4:4.3.2-0ubuntu4.5
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