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[Security Announce] [ MDVA-2009:251 ] mdkonline

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Mandriva Linux Advisory MDVA-2009:251

http://www.mandriva.com/security/

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Package : mdkonline

Date : December 10, 2009

Affected: 2008.1

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Problem Description:

 

This update fixes several issues regarding the live upgrade to a more

recent distribution, notably:

- new distributions are now only presented after all updates were

applied.

- if current distribution is no more supported, we will about it and

offer to upgrade to a newer release

 

It also fix a couple crashes:

- a rare crash (bug #55346)

- gracefully handle (rare) server issues (bugs #51299 & #51548)

 

Now passwords with special caracters are properly managed.

For security, we now access api.mandriva.com through the https

protocol.

 

The applet now offer to configure a couple settings.

 

Last but not least, it now more efficient system power usage

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Updated Packages:

 

Mandriva Linux 2008.1:

2f89701bacdefa24c120a1358a6cfa52 2008.1/i586/mdkonline-2.77.14-1.1mdv2008.1.noarch.rpm

e849063fc39f902ec5fbf676e798e388 2008.1/SRPMS/mdkonline-2.77.14-1.1mdv2008.1.src.rpm

 

Mandriva Linux 2008.1/X86_64:

d06b866d85a9f56e7a4ec65c78dc1690 2008.1/x86_64/mdkonline-2.77.14-1.1mdv2008.1.noarch.rpm

e849063fc39f902ec5fbf676e798e388 2008.1/SRPMS/mdkonline-2.77.14-1.1mdv2008.1.src.rpm

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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

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Type Bits/KeyID Date User ID

pub 1024D/22458A98 2000-07-10 Mandriva Security Team

 

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