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Updated libneon packages are available for Mandrakelinux
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Mandrakelinux Security Update Advisory
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Package name: libneon
Advisory ID: MDKSA-2004:049
Date: May 19th, 2004

Affected versions: 10.0, 9.2
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Problem Description:

It was discovered that in portions of neon, sscanf() is used in an unsafe manner. This will result in an overflow of a static heap variable.

The updated packages provide a patched libneon to correct these problems.



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References:

http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2004-0398
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Updated Packages:

Mandrakelinux 10.0:
c4210d7bc9cf66d9787b66ab9fd2aad7 10.0/RPMS/libneon0.24-0.24.5-0.2.100mdk.i586.rpm
55e73f435e3874af9f0071651578bb1b 10.0/RPMS/libneon0.24-devel-0.24.5-0.2.100mdk.i586.rpm
50eea6e5d78f1d52f71f286608349c74 10.0/RPMS/libneon0.24-static-devel-0.24.5-0.2.100mdk.i586.rpm
d50605f1b603303a0cadb37175c1a5e3 10.0/SRPMS/libneon-0.24.5-0.2.100mdk.src.rpm

Mandrakelinux 10.0/AMD64:
2b7eee868064046c077f095769fc9ecb amd64/10.0/RPMS/lib64neon0.24-0.24.5-0.2.100mdk.amd64.rpm
4f2a2c05a74f7b0823ccec6961bd488d amd64/10.0/RPMS/lib64neon0.24-devel-0.24.5-0.2.100mdk.amd64.rpm
28fbdae0e4ce0bcd859434726ca60bbf amd64/10.0/RPMS/lib64neon0.24-static-devel-0.24.5-0.2.100mdk.amd64.rpm
d50605f1b603303a0cadb37175c1a5e3 amd64/10.0/SRPMS/libneon-0.24.5-0.2.100mdk.src.rpm

Mandrakelinux 9.2:
493d8de296578f6b79ff2f9dfd184e98 9.2/RPMS/libneon0.24-0.24.5-0.2.92mdk.i586.rpm
22f236280bafdbc4dfbf4689885f29aa 9.2/RPMS/libneon0.24-devel-0.24.5-0.2.92mdk.i586.rpm
1b4bc7135de9d6435fb34f75b30ef93a 9.2/RPMS/libneon0.24-static-devel-0.24.5-0.2.92mdk.i586.rpm
7ad4ede0f92822aef97a89c92438f54d 9.2/SRPMS/libneon-0.24.5-0.2.92mdk.src.rpm

Mandrakelinux 9.2/AMD64:
acc2986d2b6230e6013adca7c8b9b025 amd64/9.2/RPMS/lib64neon0.24-0.24.5-0.2.92mdk.amd64.rpm
aab98267d4df381730ca3cae16434590 amd64/9.2/RPMS/lib64neon0.24-devel-0.24.5-0.2.92mdk.amd64.rpm
68b78514eaca5f4dcc0e19d918d5d664 amd64/9.2/RPMS/lib64neon0.24-static-devel-0.24.5-0.2.92mdk.amd64.rpm
7ad4ede0f92822aef97a89c92438f54d amd64/9.2/SRPMS/libneon-0.24.5-0.2.92mdk.src.rpm
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To upgrade automatically use MandrakeUpdate or urpmi. The verification of md5 checksums and GPG signatures is performed automatically for you.

A list of FTP mirrors can be obtained from:

http://www.mandrakesecure.net/en/ftp.php

All packages are signed by Mandrakesoft for security. You can obtain the GPG public key of the Mandrakelinux Security Team by executing:

gpg --recv-keys --keyserver www.mandrakesecure.net 0x22458A98

Please be aware that sometimes it takes the mirrors a few hours to update.

You can view other update advisories for Mandrakelinux at:

http://www.mandrakesecure.net/en/advisories/

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