kdelibs

New kdelibs packages are available for Slackware 9.0, 9.1 and -current
to fix security issues with URI handling.

More details about this issue may be found in the Common
Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) database:

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

Here are the details from the Slackware 9.1 ChangeLog:

Mon May 17 19:31:12 PDT 2004
patches/packages/kdelibs-3.1.4-i486-2.tgz: Patched URI security
issues. According to www.kde.org:
The telnet, rlogin, ssh and mailto URI handlers in KDE 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.
For more details, see:
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2004-0411
(* Security fix *)

Where to find the new packages:

Updated package for Slackware 9.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-9.0/patches/packages/kde/kdelibs-3.1.3a-i386-2.tgz

Updated package for Slackware 9.1:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-9.1/patches/packages/kdelibs-3.1.4-i486-2.tgz

Updated package for Slackware -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/kde/kdelibs-3.2.2-i486-2.tgz

MD5 signatures:

Slackware 9.0 package:
554873b76b83e345c2c86a9785199fcf kdelibs-3.1.3a-i386-2.tgz

Slackware 9.1 package:
4be0192b1c0c246aa947b625eeb6dfd9 kdelibs-3.1.4-i486-2.tgz

Slackware -current package:
015a0efcd12fb61b6bf78a10e218c0cd kdelibs-3.2.2-i486-2.tgz

Installation instructions:

Upgrade the kdelibs package as root:
> upgradepkg kdelibs-3.1.4-i486-2.tgz