[CLA-2004:841] Conectiva Security Announcement - libneon

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CONECTIVA LINUX SECURITY ANNOUNCEMENT 
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PACKAGE   : libneon
SUMMARY   : Fix for a buffer overflow vulnerability
DATE      : 2004-05-25 16:34:00
ID        : CLA-2004:841
RELEVANT
RELEASES  : 9

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DESCRIPTION
 "libneon"[1] is a library used by some WebDAV clients.
 
 Stefan Esser from e-matters security published[2] an advisory about a
 vulnerability[3] in the libneon library which could be abused by
 remote WebDAV servers to execute arbitrary code on the client
 accessing these servers.


SOLUTION
 It is recommended that all libneon users upgrade their packages.
 
 
 REFERENCES
 1. http://www.webdav.org/neon/
 2. http://security.e-matters.de/advisories/062004.html
 3. http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2004-0398


UPDATED PACKAGES
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/9/SRPMS/libneon-0.23.5-21884U90_2cl.src.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/9/RPMS/libneon-devel-0.23.5-21884U90_2cl.i386.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/9/RPMS/libneon-devel-static-0.23.5-21884U90_2cl.i386.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/9/RPMS/libneon-doc-0.23.5-21884U90_2cl.i386.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/9/RPMS/libneon23-0.23.5-21884U90_2cl.i386.rpm


ADDITIONAL INSTRUCTIONS
 The apt tool can be used to perform RPM packages upgrades:

 - run:                 apt-get update
 - after that, execute: apt-get upgrade

 Detailed instructions regarding the use of apt and upgrade examples 
 can be found at http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/#apt?idioma=en

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All our advisories and generic update instructions can be viewed at
http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?idioma=en

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