-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 _______________________________________________________________________ Mandriva Linux Security Advisory MDVSA-2009:009 http://www.mandriva.com/security/ _______________________________________________________________________ Package : kvm Date : January 14, 2009 Affected: 2009.0 _______________________________________________________________________ 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. _______________________________________________________________________ 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 _______________________________________________________________________ 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 _______________________________________________________________________ To upgrade automatically use MandrivaUpdate or urpmi. The verification of md5 checksums and GPG signatures is performed automatically for you. All packages are signed by Mandriva for security. You can obtain the GPG public key of the Mandriva Security Team by executing: gpg --recv-keys --keyserver pgp.mit.edu 0x22458A98 You can view other update advisories for Mandriva Linux at: http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories If you want to report vulnerabilities, please contact security_(at)_mandriva.com _______________________________________________________________________ Type Bits/KeyID Date User ID pub 1024D/22458A98 2000-07-10 Mandriva Security Team -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFJbVRimqjQ0CJFipgRAoEPAJ0dZtxXkpX7Ft2YHREKrePd7QV9WgCg827W ha/fMpm4QxG0vwCrbHMLjK4= =iT86 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----