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[CLA-2005:918] Conectiva Security Announcement - twiki



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CONECTIVA LINUX SECURITY ANNOUNCEMENT 
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PACKAGE   : twiki
SUMMARY   : Fix for twiki remote vulnerability
DATE      : 2005-01-14 10:51:00
ID        : CLA-2005:918
RELEVANT
RELEASES  : 10

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DESCRIPTION
 TWiki[1] is a flexible, powerful, and easy to use enterprise
 collaboration platform.
 
 A vulnerability in twiki was found where a remote attacker could
 exploit it to run arbitrary shell commands on the server. For further
 information on this vulnerability, please, refer to the authors'
 announcement[2].


SOLUTION
 It is recommended that all twiki users upgrade their packages.
 
 
 REFERENCES
 1.http://www.twiki.org/
 2.http://twiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Codev/SecurityAlertExecuteCommandsWithSearch


UPDATED PACKAGES
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/10/SRPMS/twiki-20040507beta-61534U10_1cl.src.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/10/RPMS/twiki-20040507beta-61534U10_1cl.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 packages are signed with Conectiva's GPG key. The key and instructions
on how to import it can be found at 
http://distro.conectiva.com.br/seguranca/chave/?idioma=en
Instructions on how to check the signatures of the RPM packages can be
found at http://distro.conectiva.com.br/seguranca/politica/?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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Copyright (c) 2004 Conectiva Inc.
http://www.conectiva.com

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