Solution
Please Install the Updated Packages.
Insight
A vulnerability has been found and corrected in kdenetwork4:
Directory traversal vulnerability in the
KGetMetalink::File::isValidNameAttr function in
ui/metalinkcreator/metalinker.cpp in KGet in KDE SC 4.6.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to create arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the name attribute of a file element in a metalink file. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2010-1000 (CVE-2011-1586).
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The updated packages have been patched to correct this issue.
Affected
kdenetwork4 on Mandriva Linux 2009.0,
Mandriva Linux 2009.0/X86_64,
Mandriva Linux 2010.0,
Mandriva Linux 2010.0/X86_64,
Mandriva Linux 2010.1,
Mandriva Linux 2010.1/X86_64
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2010-1000, CVE-2011-1586 -
CVSS Base Score: 5.8
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P
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