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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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