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SSA-2005-203-02 kdenetwork

Vulnerability Assessment Summary
SSA-2005-203-02 kdenetwork

Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment

New kdenetwork packages are available for Slackware 10.0, 10.1, and -current
to fix security issues. Overflows in libgadu (used by kopete) that can
cause a denial of service or arbitrary code execution.

More details about this vulnerability may be found here:
http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20050721-1.txt

Networks Security ID:

Vulnerability Assessment Copyright: This script is Copyright (C) 2005 Michel Arboi

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