New kdebase packages are available for Slackware 10.0, 10.1, 10.2, and -current
to fix a security issue with KDM (the KDE login manager) which could be
exploited by a local attacker to read any file on the system.
The official KDE security advisory may be found here:
http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20060614-1.txt
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=CVE-2006-2449
Here are the details from the Slackware 10.2 ChangeLog:
patches/packages/kdebase-3.4.2-i486-3_slack10.2.tgz:
Patched a problem with kdm where it could be abused to read any file
on the system.
The official KDE security advisory may be found here:
http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20060614-1.txt
The CVE entry for this issue may be found here:
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-2449
(* Security fix *)
Where to find the new packages:
HINT: Getting slow download speeds from ftp.slackware.com?
Give slackware.osuosl.org a try. This is another primary FTP site
for Slackware that can be considerably faster than downloading
from ftp.slackware.com.
Thanks to the friendly folks at the OSU Open Source Lab
(http://osuosl.org) for donating additional FTP and rsync hosting
to the Slackware project! :-)
Also see the "Get Slack" section on http://slackware.com for
additional mirror sites near you.
Updated package for Slackware 10.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-10.0/patches/packages/kdebase-3.2.3-i486-4_slack10.0.tgz
Updated package for Slackware 10.1:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-10.1/patches/packages/kdebase-3.3.2-i486-3_slack10.1.tgz
Updated package for Slackware 10.2:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-10.2/patches/packages/kdebase-3.4.2-i486-3_slack10.2.tgz
Updated package for Slackware -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/kde/kdebase-3.5.3-i486-2.tgz
MD5 signatures:
Slackware 10.0 package:
70c7adc94a16c3e66a59e0cb4c47c0f2 kdebase-3.2.3-i486-4_slack10.0.tgz
Slackware 10.1 package:
70b86d1f8412cf4a8d31037a15c288e7 kdebase-3.3.2-i486-3_slack10.1.tgz
Slackware 10.2 package:
cb89a316532b897454388c004b9aa6ec kdebase-3.4.2-i486-3_slack10.2.tgz
Slackware -current package:
57977010882f353df29e5b46bb9ddb74 kdebase-3.5.3-i486-2.tgz
Installation instructions:
Upgrade the package as root:
> upgradepkg kdebase-3.4.2-i486-3_slack10.2.tgz
OS | Version | Architecture | Package | Version | Filename |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Slackware | 10.1 | i486 | kdebase | < 3.3.2 | kdebase-3.3.2-i486-3_slack10.1.tgz |
Slackware | 10.0 | i486 | kdebase | < 3.2.3 | kdebase-3.2.3-i486-4_slack10.0.tgz |
Slackware | 10.2 | i486 | kdebase | < 3.4.2 | kdebase-3.4.2-i486-3_slack10.2.tgz |