SuSE Update for kernel openSUSE-SU-2012:0236-1 (kernel)

Check for the Version of kernel OpenVAS Vulnerability Test $Id: gbsuse201202361.nasl 8295 2018-01-05 06:29:18Z teissa $ SuSE Update for kernel openSUSE-SU-2012:0236-1 kernel Authors: System Generated Check Copyright: Copyright c 2012 Greenbone Networks GmbH, http://www.greenbone.net This program ...

[SECURITY] [DSA 2519-1] isc-dhcp security update

------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA-2519-1 [email protected] http://www.debian.org/security/ Nico Golde August 1, 2012 http://www.debian.org/security/faq -...

eGlibc Signedness Code Execution Vulnerability

Exploit for linux platform in category dos / poc Exploit Title: eGlibc Signedness Vulnerability Date: November 2011 Exploit Author: c0ntex Vendor Homepage: http://www.eglibc.org Software Link: http://www.eglibc.org/home Version: eGlibc supplied by Ubuntu 10.4 LTS Tested on: Ubuntu 10.4 LTS CVE :...

Scientific Linux Security Update : libcgroup on SL6.x i386/x86_64

A heap-based buffer overflow flaw was found in the way libcgroup converted a list of user-provided controllers for a particular task into an array of strings. A local attacker could use this flaw to escalate their privileges via a specially crafted list of controllers. CVE-2011-1006 It was...

Scientific Linux Security Update : krb5 on SL4.x, SL5.x i386/x86_64

Kerberos is a network authentication system which allows clients and servers to authenticate to each other using symmetric encryption and a trusted third- party, the Key Distribution Center KDC. A buffer overflow flaw was found in the MIT krb5 telnet daemon telnetd. A remote attacker who can acce...

Scientific Linux Security Update : thunderbird on SL4.x,SL5.x i386/x86_64

Mozilla Thunderbird is a standalone mail and newsgroup client. Several flaws were found in the processing of malformed HTML content. An HTML mail message containing malicious content could possibly lead to arbitrary code execution with the privileges of the user running Thunderbird. CVE-2011-0080...

Scientific Linux Security Update : gdm on SL6.x i386/x86_64

The GNOME Display Manager GDM provides the graphical login screen, shown shortly after boot up, log out, and when user-switching. A race condition flaw was found in the way GDM handled the cache directories used to store users' dmrc and face icon files. A local attacker could use this flaw to tri...

Scientific Linux Security Update : dovecot on SL4.x, SL5.x, SL6.x i386/x86_64

Dovecot is an IMAP server for Linux, UNIX, and similar operating systems, primarily written with security in mind. A denial of service flaw was found in the way Dovecot handled NULL characters in certain header names. A mail message with specially crafted headers could cause the Dovecot child...

Scientific Linux Security Update : subversion on SL5.x, SL6.x i386/x86_64

Subversion SVN is a concurrent version control system which enables one or more users to collaborate in developing and maintaining a hierarchy of files and directories while keeping a history of all changes. The moddavsvn module is used with the Apache HTTP Server to allow access to Subversion...

Scientific Linux Security Update : evolution28-pango on SL4.x i386/x86_64

Pango is a library used for the layout and rendering of internationalized text. A buffer overflow flaw was found in HarfBuzz, an OpenType text shaping engine used in Pango. If a user loaded a specially crafted font file with an application that uses Pango, it could cause the application to crash...

Scientific Linux Security Update : qt4 on SL5.x i386/x86_64

Qt 4 is a software toolkit that simplifies the task of writing and maintaining GUI Graphical User Interface applications for the X Window System. HarfBuzz is an OpenType text shaping engine. A flaw in the way Qt 4 expanded certain UTF-8 characters could be used to prevent a Qt 4 based application...

Scientific Linux Security Update : freetype on SL4.x, SL5.x, SL6.x i386/x86_64

FreeType is a free, high-quality, portable font engine that can open and manage font files. It also loads, hints, and renders individual glyphs efficiently. The freetype packages for Scientific Linux 4 provide both the FreeType 1 and FreeType 2 font engines. The freetype packages for Scientific...

Scientific Linux Security Update : seamonkey on SL4.x i386/x86_64

SeaMonkey is an open source web browser, email and newsgroup client, IRC chat client, and HTML editor. A flaw was found in the way SeaMonkey handled frame objects with certain names. An attacker could use this flaw to cause a plug-in to grant its content access to another site or the local file...

Scientific Linux Security Update : NetworkManager on SL6.x i386/x86_64

NetworkManager is a network link manager that attempts to keep a wired or wireless network connection active at all times. The ifcfg-rh NetworkManager plug-in is used in Scientific Linux distributions to read and write configuration information from the /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg- files...

Scientific Linux Security Update : libvirt on SL5.x i386/x86_64

It was found that several libvirt API calls did not honor the read-only permission for connections. A local attacker able to establish a read-only connection to libvirtd on a server could use this flaw to execute commands that should be restricted to read-write connections, possibly leading to a...

Scientific Linux Security Update : avahi on SL6.x i386/x86_64

Avahi is an implementation of the DNS Service Discovery and Multicast DNS specifications for Zero Configuration Networking. It facilitates service discovery on a local network. Avahi and Avahi-aware applications allow you to plug your computer into a network and, with no configuration, view other...

Scientific Linux Security Update : postgresql84 on SL5.x i386/x86_64

PostgreSQL is an advanced object-relational database management system DBMS. A signedness issue was found in the way the crypt function in the PostgreSQL pgcrypto module handled 8-bit characters in passwords when using Blowfish hashing. Up to three characters immediately preceding a non-ASCII...

Scientific Linux Security Update : NetworkManager on SL6.x i386/x86_64

NetworkManager is a network link manager that attempts to keep a wired or wireless network connection active at all times. It was found that NetworkManager did not properly enforce PolicyKit settings controlling the permissions to configure wireless network sharing. A local, unprivileged user cou...

Scientific Linux Security Update : gstreamer-plugins on SL4.x i386/x86_64

An integer overflow flaw, leading to a heap-based buffer overflow, and a stack-based buffer overflow flaw were found in various ModPlug music file format library libmodplug modules, embedded in GStreamer. An attacker could create specially crafted music files that, when played by a victim, would...

Scientific Linux Security Update : icu on SL5.x, SL6.x i386/x86_64

The International Components for Unicode ICU library provides robust and full-featured Unicode services. A stack-based buffer overflow flaw was found in the way ICU performed variant canonicalization for some locale identifiers. If a specially crafted locale representation was opened in an...