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Sun Linux update for kdebase
Secunia Advisory: SA10053
Release Date: 2003-10-23
Last Update: 2003-10-28
Popularity: 5,807 views

Critical:
Less critical
Impact: Brute force
Privilege escalation
System access
Where: From local network
Solution Status: Vendor Patch

OS:Sun Linux 5.x

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CVE reference:CVE-2003-0690
CVE-2003-0692


Description:
Sun has issued updated packages for kdebase. These fix two vulnerabilities, which can be exploited by malicious users to escalate their privileges or by malicious people to brute force the session cookie.

For more information:
SA9753

Solution:
Updated packages:

ftp://ftp.cobalt.sun.com/pub/products...s/i386/RPMS/kdebase-2.2.2-11.i386.rpm
ftp://ftp.cobalt.sun.com/pub/products.../RPMS/kdebase-devel-2.2.2-11.i386.rpm

SRPM:
ftp://ftp.cobalt.sun.com/pub/products...s/i386/SRPMS/kdebase-2.2.2-11.src.rpm

Other References:
SA9753:
http://secunia.com/advisories/9753/


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