Secunia Security Advisory - Fedora has issued an update for KDE4. This fixes a vulnerability, which potentially can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.
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TITLE:
Fedora update for KDE4
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA30001
VERIFY ADVISORY:
https://secunia.com/advisories/30001/
CRITICAL:
Highly critical
IMPACT:
DoS, System access
WHERE:
>From remote
OPERATING SYSTEM:
Fedora 7
https://secunia.com/product/15552/
Fedora 8
https://secunia.com/product/16769/
DESCRIPTION:
Fedora has issued an update for KDE4. This fixes a vulnerability,
which potentially can be exploited by malicious people to compromise
a user's system.
For more information:
SA29980
SOLUTION:
Apply updated packages via the yum utility. Please see vendor
advisories for further details.
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
Fedora 7:
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-April/msg00588.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-April/msg00589.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-April/msg00590.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-April/msg00591.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-April/msg00592.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-April/msg00593.html
Fedora 8:
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-April/msg00614.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-April/msg00615.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-April/msg00616.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-April/msg00617.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-April/msg00618.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-April/msg00619.html
OTHER REFERENCES:
SA29980:
https://secunia.com/advisories/29980/
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