Mandriva Linux Security Advisory 2009-009 - Security vulnerabilities have been discovered and corrected in VNC server of kvm version 79 and earlier, which could lead to denial-of-service attacks. The updated packages have been patched to prevent this.
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Mandriva Linux Security Advisory MDVSA-2009:009
http://www.mandriva.com/security/
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Package : kvm
Date : January 14, 2009
Affected: 2009.0
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Problem Description:
Security vulnerabilities have been discovered and corrected in
VNC server of kvm version 79 and earlier, which could lead to
denial-of-service attacks (CVE-2008-2382), and make it easier for
remote crackers to guess the VNC password (CVE-2008-5714).
The updated packages have been patched to prevent this.
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References:
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-2382
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-5714
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Updated Packages:
Mandriva Linux 2009.0:
acdff9c09970bba49f5b500723092f2b 2009.0/i586/kvm-74-3.1mdv2009.0.i586.rpm
8ee1433de23a7fec8bc768a66585368c 2009.0/SRPMS/kvm-74-3.1mdv2009.0.src.rpm
Mandriva Linux 2009.0/X86_64:
b84f9ff6c8005e7de6996b3e1f04335d 2009.0/x86_64/kvm-74-3.1mdv2009.0.x86_64.rpm
8ee1433de23a7fec8bc768a66585368c 2009.0/SRPMS/kvm-74-3.1mdv2009.0.src.rpm
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