openSUSE 10 Security Update : sylpheed-claws (sylpheed-claws-4511)

This update fixes a format string bug in the incputerror function. This bug is triggered when error messages from the POP3 server are displayed and can be exploited remotely to execute arbitrary code. CVE-2007-2958 %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : tar (MDKSA-2007:197)

A buffer overflow in GNU tar has unspecified attack vectors and impact, resulting in a crashing stack. Updated packages fix this issue. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were extracted from Mandrake Linux Security Advisory...

openSUSE 10 Security Update : libarchive (libarchive-3982)

Specially crafted tar-archives could cause programs based on libarchive to crash, to run into an enless loop or potentially to even execute arbitrary code CVE-2007-3641, CVE-2007-3644, CVE-2007-3645. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package checks in...

openSUSE 10 Security Update : samba (samba-2553)

A logic error in the deferred open code can lead to an infinite loop in Samba's smbd daemon CVE-2007-0452. In addition the following changes are included with these packages : - Move tdb utils to the client package. - Add version of the package subversion to Samba vendor version suffix. - Fix tim...

openSUSE 10 Security Update : rsync (rsync-3996)

An off by one buffer overflow within the fname function has been fixed. CVE-2007-4091 has been assigned to this issue. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were extracted from openSUSE Security Update rsync-3996. The text...

openSUSE 10 Security Update : php5 (php5-3753)

The following issues have been fixed in PHP, which were spotted by the MOPB project or fixed in PHP 5.2.3 release : - missing openbasedir and safemode restriction CVE-2007-3007 - chunksplit integer overflow CVE-2007-2872 - DoS condition in libgd's image processing CVE-2007-2756 - possible...

CVE-2007-5513: Undefined Security Weakness

The XML DB XMLDB component in Oracle Database 9.2.0.8, 9.2.0.8DV, and 10.1.0.5 generates incorrect audit entries in the USERID column in which 1 long usernames are trimmed to 5 characters, or 2 short entries contain any extra characters from usernames in previous entries, aka DB23...

openSUSE 10 Security Update : apache2-mod_php5 (apache2-mod_php5-3289)

This Update fixes numerous vulnerabilities in PHP. Most of them were made public during the 'Month of PHP Bugs'. The vulnerabilities potentially lead to crashes, information leaks or even execution of malicious code. CVE-2007-1380, CVE-2007-0988, CVE-2007-1375, CVE-2007-1454 CVE-2007-1453,...

openSUSE 10 Security Update : xine-lib (xine-lib-2487)

This update fixes several format string bugs that can be exploited remotely with user-assistance to execute arbitrary code. CVE-2007-0017 %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were extracted from openSUSE Security Update...

openSUSE 10 Security Update : OpenOffice_org (OpenOffice_org-4319)

This update of OpenOfficeorg fixes a bug in TIFF parsing code that leads to a heap overflow. CVE-2007-2834 This bug can be exploited with user assistance to execute arbitrary code. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were...

openSUSE 10 Security Update : xine-lib (xine-lib-2488)

This update fixes several format string bugs that can be exploited remotely with user-assistance to execute arbitrary code. CVE-2007-0017 %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were extracted from openSUSE Security Update...

Solaris 9 (x86) : 117472-04

SunOS 5.9x86: connld, fifofs, fifonode patch. Date this patch was last updated by Sun : Oct/02/07 %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text in this plugin was extracted from the Oracle SunOS Patch Updates. include'deprecatednasllevel.inc'; include'compat.inc'; if...

openSUSE 10 Security Update : cups (cups-3136)

By keeping a partially negotiated SSL connection open an attacker could prevent the cups server from accepting other requests CVE-2007-0720. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were extracted from openSUSE Security Update...

openSUSE 10 Security Update : emacs (emacs-4197)

This update fixes a bug in parsing GIF images that lead to a crash of emacs. CVE-2007-2833 %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were extracted from openSUSE Security Update emacs-4197. The text description of this plugin is C...

openSUSE 10 Security Update : xpdf (xpdf-3974)

A buffer overflow in xpdf could be exploited by attackers to potentially execute arbitrary code CVE-2007-3387. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were extracted from openSUSE Security Update xpdf-3974. The text description o...

openSUSE 10 Security Update : hplip (hplip-4516)

The deamon 'hpssd' could be exploited by users to execute arbitrary commands as root. hpssd only runs on systems that have HP all-in-one devices configured. In the default configuration the problem is not remotely exploitable as hpssd only listens on local interfaces CVE-2007-5208. %NASLMINLEVEL...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : util-linux (MDKSA-2007:198)

The mount and umount programs in util-linux called the setuid and setgid functions in the wrong order and did not check the return values, which could allow attackers to grain privileges via helper applications such as mount.nfs. Updated packages have been patched to fix this issue. %NASLMINLEVEL...

openSUSE 10 Security Update : chmlib (chmlib-2595)

This update of chmlib fixes a vulnerability that allowed the execution of arbitrary code. CVE-2007-0619 %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were extracted from openSUSE Security Update chmlib-2595. The text description of thi...

openSUSE 10 Security Update : vim (vim-3410)

Files with VIM modelines could call some unsafe VIM functions CVE-2007-2438. Modelines are disabled in the default config /etc/vimrc of openSUSE though. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were extracted from openSUSE Securit...

openSUSE 10 Security Update : evolution (evolution-3960)

Format string problems in the Memo Viewer of evolution could be used to potentially execute code when viewing shared memos. CVE-2007-1002 %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were extracted from openSUSE Security Update...