On Thu, 2005-03-03 at 16:07 +0800, Ow Mun Heng wrote:
> I just noticed that GLSA 200501-16 
> Konqueror: Java sandbox vulnerabilities 
> 
> affects my laptop. I want to know if it's advisable to _not_ upgrade to
> the newer kdelibs. Since this GLSA affects only Konqueror and I only
> have kdelibs for the few kde utils which I use such as KB3.
> 
> Other than that, I don't need KDE at all and I don't particularly like
> to compile another newer version of KDE unless I have to.
> 
> What say you all?

the glsa doesn't say you need a whole new kde. all you need to do is
update kdelibs to >=kdelibs-3.3.2

If you are not using konqueror it probably doesn't particularly matter,
as only browsing seems to be vulnerable:

"Impact: A remote attacker could embed a malicious Java applet in a web
page and entice a victim to view it. This applet can then bypass
security restrictions and execute any command, or access any file with
the rights of the user running Konqueror."

> 
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Nick Rout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

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