[Full-disclosure] [USN-242-1] mailman vulnerabilities

=========================================================== Ubuntu Security Notice USN-242-1 January 16, 2006 mailman vulnerabilities CVE-2005-3573, CVE-2005-4153 =========================================================== A security issue affects the following Ubuntu releases: Ubuntu 4.10 Warty...

VMware vmnat.exe/vmnet-natd Multiple FTP Command Remote Overflow

According to its version number, the VMware program on the remote host may allow an attacker to execute code on the system hosting the VMware instance. The vulnerability can be exploited by sending specially crafted FTP PORT and EPRT requests. To be exploitable, the VMware system must be configur...

[Full-disclosure] [SECURITY] [DSA 943-1] New Perl packages fix arbitrary code execution

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA 943-1 [email protected] http://www.debian.org/security/ Martin Schulze January 16th, 2006 http://www.debian.org/security/faq -...

[Full-disclosure] [SECURITY] [DSA 941-1] New tuxpaint packages fix insecure temporary file creation

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA 941-1 [email protected] http://www.debian.org/security/ Martin Schulze January 16th, 2006 http://www.debian.org/security/faq -...

iDefense Security Advisory 01.13.06: Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise Server Remote Manager Heap Overflow

Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise Server Remote Manager Heap Overflow iDefense Security Advisory 01.13.06 http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?type=vulnerabilities January 13, 2006 I. BACKGROUND Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise Server is a platform for open source computing in an enterprise...

SUSE Security Announcement: novell-nrm remote heap overflow (SUSE-SA:2006:002)

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 SUSE Security Announcement Package: novell-nrm Announcement ID: SUSE-SA:2006:002 Date: Fri, 13 Jan 2006 15:00:00 +0000 Affected Products: Open Enterprise Server Vulnerability Type: remote code execution Severity 1-10: 10 SUSE Default Package: yes...

Ubuntu 4.10 / 5.04 : linux-source-2.6.10, linux-source-2.6.8.1 vulnerabilities (USN-137-1)

Alexander Nyberg discovered that ptrace insufficiently validated addresses on the amd64 platform so that it was possible to set an invalid segment base. A local attacker could exploit this to crash the kernel. This does not affect the i386 and powerpc platforms in any way. CAN-2005-0756 Chris...

Fedora Core 4 : kernel-2.6.14-1.1656_FC4 (2006-013)

This update fixes several low-priority security problems that were discovered during the development of 2.6.15, and backported. Notably, CVE-2005-4605. Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempte...

Fedora Core 4 : tetex-3.0-9.FC4 (2006-028)

Several flaws were discovered in the way teTeX processes PDF files. An attacker could construct a carefully crafted PDF file that could cause poppler to crash or possibly execute arbitrary code when opened. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project assigned the names CVE-2005-3625,...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : netpbm (MDKSA-2005:217)

Greg Roelofs discovered and fixed several buffer overflows in pnmtopng which is also included in netpbm, a collection of graphic conversion utilities, that can lead to the execution of arbitrary code via a specially crafted PNM file. Multiple buffer overflows in pnmtopng in netpbm 10.0 and earlie...

Ubuntu 4.10 : exim4 vulnerabilities (USN-56-1)

A flaw has been found in the hostaton function, which can overflow a buffer if it is presented with an illegal IPv6 address that has more than 8 components. When supplying certain command line parameters, the input was not checked, so that a local attacker could possibly exploit the buffer overfl...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : tetex (MDKSA-2006:011)

Multiple heap-based buffer overflows in the DCTStream::readProgressiveSOF and DCTStream::readBaselineSOF functions in the DCT stream parsing code Stream.cc in xpdf 3.01 and earlier, allow user-complicit attackers to cause a denial of service heap corruption and possibly execute arbitrary code via...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : kdegraphics (MDKSA-2006:012)

Multiple heap-based buffer overflows in the DCTStream::readProgressiveSOF and DCTStream::readBaselineSOF functions in the DCT stream parsing code Stream.cc in xpdf 3.01 and earlier, allow user-complicit attackers to cause a denial of service heap corruption and possibly execute arbitrary code via...

Fedora Core 4 : mod_auth_pgsql-2.0.1-8.1 (2006-015)

Several format string flaws were found in the way modauthpgsql logs information. It may be possible for a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code as the 'apache' user if modauthpgsql is used for user authentication. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project assigned the name CVE-2005-365...

Fedora Core 3 : tetex-2.0.2-21.7.FC3 (2006-029)

Several flaws were discovered in the way teTeX processes PDF files. An attacker could construct a carefully crafted PDF file that could cause poppler to crash or possibly execute arbitrary code when opened. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project assigned the names CVE-2005-3624,...

MDKSA-2005:172 : openssh

Sshd in OpenSSH before 4.2, when GSSAPIDelegateCredentials is enabled, allows GSSAPI credentials to be delegated to clients who log in using non-GSSAPI methods, which could cause those credentials to be exposed to untrusted users or hosts. GSSAPI is only enabled in versions of openssh shipped in...

MDKSA-2005:169 : mozilla-firefox

A number of vulnerabilities have been discovered in Mozilla Firefox that have been corrected in version 1.0.7: A bug in the way Firefox processes XBM images could be used to execute arbitrary code via a specially crafted XBM image file CVE-2005-2701. A bug in the way Firefox handles certain Unico...

MDKSA-2005:156 : ntp

When starting xntpd with the -u option and specifying the group by using a string not a numeric gid the daemon uses the gid of the user not the group. The updated packages have been patched to correct this problem. %NASLMINLEVEL 999999 @DEPRECATED@ This script has been deprecated as the associate...

Ubuntu 4.10 / 5.04 : squid vulnerability (USN-122-1)

Michael Bhola discovered that errors in the httpaccess configuration, in particular missing or invalid ACLs, did not cause a fatal error. This could lead to wider access permissions than intended by the administrator. Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description bloc...

Fedora Core 3 : mod_auth_pgsql-2.0.1-6.2 (2006-014)

Several format string flaws were found in the way modauthpgsql logs information. It may be possible for a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code as the 'apache' user if modauthpgsql is used for user authentication. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project assigned the name CVE-2005-365...