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Red Hat update for KDE
Secunia Advisory: SA9754
Release Date: 2003-09-17
Popularity: 7,211 views

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

OS:RedHat Enterprise Linux AS 2.1
RedHat Enterprise Linux ES 2.1
RedHat Enterprise Linux WS 2.1
RedHat Linux 7.1
RedHat Linux 7.2
RedHat Linux 7.3
RedHat Linux 8.0
RedHat Linux 9
RedHat Linux Advanced Server 2.1 for Itanium
RedHat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1 for Itanium

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


Description:
Red Hat has issued updated packages for KDE. These fix vulnerabilities which could potentially allow users to escalate their privileges or allow malicious people to gain system access.

For more information:
SA9753

Solution:
Updated packages for enterprise versions are only available via Red Hat Network.

Red Hat Linux 7.1:

SRPMS:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.1/en/os/SRPMS/kdebase-2.2.2-0.71.5.src.rpm

i386:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.1/en/os/i386/kdebase-2.2.2-0.71.5.i386.rpm
ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.1/en/os/i386/kdebase-devel-2.2.2-0.71.5.i386.rpm

Red Hat Linux 7.2:

SRPMS:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.2/en/os/SRPMS/kdebase-2.2.2-11.src.rpm

i386:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.2/en/os/i386/kdebase-2.2.2-11.i386.rpm
ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.2/en/os/i386/kdebase-devel-2.2.2-11.i386.rpm

ia64:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.2/en/os/ia64/kdebase-2.2.2-11.ia64.rpm
ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.2/en/os/ia64/kdebase-devel-2.2.2-11.ia64.rpm

Red Hat Linux 7.3:

SRPMS:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.3/en/os/SRPMS/kdebase-3.0.5a-0.73.4.src.rpm

i386:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.3/en/os/i386/kdebase-3.0.5a-0.73.4.i386.rpm
ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.3/en/os/i386/kdebase-devel-3.0.5a-0.73.4.i386.rpm

Red Hat Linux 8.0:

SRPMS:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/8.0/en/os/SRPMS/kdebase-3.0.5a-9.src.rpm

i386:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/8.0/en/os/i386/kdebase-3.0.5a-9.i386.rpm
ftp://updates.redhat.com/8.0/en/os/i386/kdebase-devel-3.0.5a-9.i386.rpm

Red Hat Linux 9:

SRPMS:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/9/en/os/SRPMS/kdebase-3.1-15.src.rpm

i386:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/9/en/os/i386/kdebase-3.1-15.i386.rpm
ftp://updates.redhat.com/9/en/os/i386/kdebase-devel-3.1-15.i386.rpm

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (v. 2.1)

SRPMS:
kdebase-2.2.2-11.src.rpm

i386:
kdebase-2.2.2-11.i386.rpm
kdebase-devel-2.2.2-11.i386.rpm

ia64:
kdebase-2.2.2-11.ia64.rpm
kdebase-devel-2.2.2-11.ia64.rpm

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES (v. 2.1)

SRPMS:
kdebase-2.2.2-11.src.rpm

i386:
kdebase-2.2.2-11.i386.rpm
kdebase-devel-2.2.2-11.i386.rpm

Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS (v. 2.1)

SRPMS:
kdebase-2.2.2-11.src.rpm

i386:
kdebase-2.2.2-11.i386.rpm
kdebase-devel-2.2.2-11.i386.rpm

Red Hat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1 for the Itanium Processor

SRPMS:
kdebase-2.2.2-11.src.rpm

ia64:
kdebase-2.2.2-11.ia64.rpm
kdebase-devel-2.2.2-11.ia64.rpm

Original Advisory:
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2003-270.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2003-269.html

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


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