Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2004-133
2004-05-19
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Product     : Fedora Core 1
Name        : kdepim
Version     : 3.1.4
Release     : 2
Summary     : PIM (Personal Information Manager) for KDE
Description :
A PIM (Personal Information Manager) for KDE.

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Update Information:

The KDE team found a buffer overflow in the file information reader of
VCF files. An attacker could construct a VCF file so that when it was
opened by a victim it would execute arbitrary commands. The Common
Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name
CAN-2003-0988 to this issue.

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* Thu Dec 18 2003 Than Ngo <than@redhat.com> 6:3.1.4-2

- added patch from KDE stable branch to fix buffer overflow in vcf


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This update can be downloaded from:
   

20a4f053aba0eccfd4e22b816714e27a  SRPMS/kdepim-3.1.4-2.src.rpm
216304bb47999422716bc39b1b992d5e  i386/kdepim-3.1.4-2.i386.rpm
a1b17e1958b623c414751bfb0044bf37  i386/debug/kdepim-debuginfo-3.1.4-2.i386.rpm
e750576e7c01bdc9242fc31299cd07b4  i386/kdepim-devel-3.1.4-2.i386.rpm
1c5694e3993b93e5a242a4acb725e18c  x86_64/kdepim-3.1.4-2.x86_64.rpm
f7fa93f04c386d21cbdd380c9606766d  x86_64/debug/kdepim-debuginfo-3.1.4-2.x86_64.rpm
2024ae0a406a8aaf39e00a5997cc76f0  x86_64/kdepim-devel-3.1.4-2.x86_64.rpm

This update can also be installed with the Update Agent; you can
launch the Update Agent with the 'up2date' command.
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Fedora: 1: kdepim Buffer overflow vulnerability

May 25, 2004
An attacker could construct a VCF file so that when it was opened by a victim it would execute arbitrary commands.

Summary

A PIM (Personal Information Manager) for KDE.

Update Information:

The KDE team found a buffer overflow in the file information reader of VCF files. An attacker could construct a VCF file so that when it was opened by a victim it would execute arbitrary commands. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CAN-2003-0988 to this issue.

* Thu Dec 18 2003 Than Ngo <than@redhat.com> 6:3.1.4-2

- added patch from KDE stable branch to fix buffer overflow in vcf


This update can be downloaded from:


20a4f053aba0eccfd4e22b816714e27a SRPMS/kdepim-3.1.4-2.src.rpm 216304bb47999422716bc39b1b992d5e i386/kdepim-3.1.4-2.i386.rpm a1b17e1958b623c414751bfb0044bf37 i386/debug/kdepim-debuginfo-3.1.4-2.i386.rpm e750576e7c01bdc9242fc31299cd07b4 i386/kdepim-devel-3.1.4-2.i386.rpm 1c5694e3993b93e5a242a4acb725e18c x86_64/kdepim-3.1.4-2.x86_64.rpm f7fa93f04c386d21cbdd380c9606766d x86_64/debug/kdepim-debuginfo-3.1.4-2.x86_64.rpm 2024ae0a406a8aaf39e00a5997cc76f0 x86_64/kdepim-devel-3.1.4-2.x86_64.rpm

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References

Fedora Update Notification FEDORA-2004-133 2004-05-19 Product : Fedora Core 1 Name : kdepim Version : 3.1.4 Release : 2 Summary : PIM (Personal Information Manager) for KDE Description : A PIM (Personal Information Manager) for KDE.

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Severity
Product : Fedora Core 1
Name : kdepim
Version : 3.1.4
Release : 2
Summary : PIM (Personal Information Manager) for KDE

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