Debian DSA-072-1 : groff - printf format attack

Zenith Parse found a security problem in groff the GNU version oftroff. The pic command was vulnerable to a printf format attack which made it possible to circumvent the -S' option and execute arbitrary code. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package...

Debian DSA-064-1 : w3m - buffer overflow

SecureNet Service reported that w3m a console web browser has a buffer overflow in its MIME header parsing code. This could be exploited by an attacker if by making a web-server a user visits return carefully crafted MIME headers. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descripti...

Debian DSA-018-1 : tinyproxy - remote nobody exploit

PkC have found a heap overflow in tinyproxy that could be remotely exploited. An attacker could gain a shell user nobody remotely. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were extracted from Debian Security Advisory DSA-018. The...

Debian DSA-053-1 : nedit - insecure temporary file

The nedit Nirvana editor package as shipped in the non-free section accompanying Debian GNU/Linux 2.2/potato had a bug in its printing code: when printing text it would create a temporary file with the to be printed text and pass that on to the print system. The temporary file was not created...

Debian DSA-035-1 : man2html - remote denial of service

It has been reported that one can tweak man2html remotely into consuming all available memory. This has been fixed by Nicolas Lichtmaier with help of Stephan Kulow. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were extracted from Debi...

Debian DSA-069-1 : xloadimage - buffer overflow

The version of xloadimage a graphics files viewer for X that was shipped in Debian GNU/Linux 2.2 has a buffer overflow in the code that handles FACES format images. This could be exploited by an attacker by tricking someone into viewing a specially crafted image using xloadimagewhich would allow...

Debian DSA-059-1 : man-db - symlink attack

Luki R. reported a bug in man-db: it did not handle nested calls ofdropeffectiveprivs and regaineffectiveprivs correctly which would cause it to regain privileges too early. This could be abused to make man create files as user man. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The...

Debian DSA-074-1 : wmaker - buffer overflow

Alban Hertroys found a buffer overflow in Window Maker a popular window manager for X. The code that handles titles in the window list menu did not check the length of the title when copying it to a buffer. Since applications will set the title using data that can't be trusted for example, most w...

Debian DSA-015-1 : sash - broken maintainer script

Versions of the sash package prior to 3.4-4 did not clone /etc/shadow properly, causing it to be made world-readable. This package only exists in stable, so if you are running unstable you won't see a bugfix unless you use the resources from the bottom of this message to the proper configuration...

Debian DSA-024-1 : cron - local insecure crontab handling

The FreeBSD team has found a bug in the way new crontabs were handled which allowed malicious users to display arbitrary crontab files on the local system. This only affects valid crontab files so it can't be used to get access to /etc/shadow or something. crontab files are not especially secure...

Debian DSA-031-2 : sudo - buffer overflow

Todd Miller announced a new version of sudo which corrects a buffer overflow that could potentially be used to gain root privileges on the local system. The fix from sudo 1.6.3p6 is available in sudo 1.6.2p2-1potato1 for Debian 2.2 potato. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The...

Debian DSA-055-1 : zope - remote unauthorized access

A new Zope hotfix has been released which fixes a problem in ZClasses. The README for the 2001-05-01 hotfix describes the problem as any user can visit a ZClass declaration and change the ZClass permission mappings for methods and other objects defined within the ZClass, possibly allowing for...

Debian DSA-087-1 : wu-ftpd - remote root exploit

CORE ST reports that an exploit has been found for a bug in the wu-ftpd glob code this is the code that handles filename wildcard expansion. Any logged in user including anonymous FTP users can exploit the bug to gain root privileges on the server. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security,...

Debian DSA-040-1 : slrn - buffer overflow

Bill Nottingham reported a problem in the wrapping/unwrapping functions of the slrn newsreader. A long header in a message might overflow a buffer, which could result in executing arbitrary code encoded in the message. The default configuration does not have wrapping enable, but it can easily be...

Debian DSA-092-1 : wmtv - local root exploit

Nicolas Boullis found a nasty security problem in the wmtv a dockable video4linux TV player for windowmaker package as distributed in Debian GNU/Linux 2.2. wmtv can optionally run a command if you double-click on the TV window. This command can be specified using the -e command line option...

Debian DSA-093-1 : postfix - remote DoS

Wietse Venema reported he found a denial of service vulnerability in postfix. The SMTP session log that postfix keeps for debugging purposes could grow to an unreasonable size. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were extract...

Debian DSA-103-1 : glibc - buffer overflow

A buffer overflow has been found in the globbing code for glibc. This is the code which is used to glob patterns for filenames and is commonly used in applications like shells and FTP servers. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package checks in this...

Debian DSA-091-1 : ssh - influencing login

If the UseLogin feature is enabled in ssh local users could pass environment variables including variables like LDPRELOAD to the login process. This has been fixed by not copying the environment if UseLogin is enabled. Please note that the default configuration for Debian does not have UseLogin...

Debian DSA-038-1 : sgml-tools - insecure tempfiles

Former versions of sgml-tools created temporary files directly in /tmp in an insecure fashion. Version 1.0.9-15 and higher create a subdirectory first and open temporary files within that directory. This has been fixed in sgml-tools 1.0.9-15 %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. Th...

Debian DSA-057-1 : gftp - printf format attack

The gftp package as distributed with Debian GNU/Linux 2.2 has a problem in its logging code: it logged data received from the network but it did not protect itself from printf format attacks. An attacker can use this by making an FTP server return special responses that exploit this. %NASLMINLEVE...