Ubuntu 5.04 : mozilla-firefox bug fix (USN-124-2)

USN-124-1 fixed several vulnerabilities of Firefox. After that update, several users experienced XML errors on various actions like adding bookmarks see https://bugzilla.ubuntu.com/showbug.cgi?id=10643. After installing these new packages and restarting the browser, these problems should be fixed...

Ubuntu 5.04 : kdelibs fixed packages (USN-114-2)

USN-114-1 fixed a vulnerability in the PCX decoder of kimgio. Unfortunately it was discovered that the original patches were faulty and caused regressions. This update now has the correct patches. This update also fixes the disappearing KDE settings which were caused by the accidental removal of...

Ubuntu 4.10 / 5.04 : courier vulnerabilities (USN-201-1)

Several Cross Site Scripting vulnerabilities were discovered in SqWebmail. A remote attacker could exploit this to execute arbitrary JavaScript or other active HTML embeddable content in the web browser of an SqWebmail user by sending specially crafted emails to him. Please note that the...

Ubuntu 5.04 : dia vulnerability (USN-193-1)

Joxean Koret discovered that the SVG import plugin did not properly sanitise data read from an SVG file. By tricking an user into opening a specially crafted SVG file, an attacker could exploit this to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user. Note that Tenable Network Security has...

Ubuntu 4.10 / 5.04 : php4, php4-universe vulnerability (USN-147-1)

A remote code execution vulnerability has been discovered in the XMLRPC module of the PEAR PHP Extension and Application Repository extension of PHP. By sending specially crafted XMLRPC requests to an affected web server, a remote attacker could exploit this to execute arbitrary code with the web...

Ubuntu 5.04 : graphviz vulnerability (USN-208-1)

Javier Fernandez-Sanguino Pena discovered that the 'dotty' tool created and used temporary files in an insecure way. A local attacker could exploit this with a symlink attack to create or overwrite arbitrary files with the privileges of the user running dotty. Note that Tenable Network Security h...

USN-194-2: texinfo regression fix

USN-194-1 fixed a vulnerability in the 'texindex' program. Unfortunately this update introduced a regression that caused the program to abort when cleaning up temporary files which are used with extraordinarily large input files. The updated packages fix this...

USN-236-2: xpdf vulnerabilities in kword, kpdf

USN-236-1 fixed several vulnerabilities in xpdf. kpdf and kword contain copies of xpdf code and are thus vulnerable to the same issues. For reference, this is the original advisory: Chris Evans discovered several integer overflows in the XPDF code, which is present in xpdf, the Poppler library, a...

USN-239-1: libapache2-mod-auth-pgsql vulnerability

Several format string vulnerabilities were discovered in the error logging handling. By sending specially crafted user names, an unauthenticated remote attacker could exploit this to crash the Apache server or possibly even execute arbitrary code with the privileges of Apache user 'www-data'...

USN-231-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Rudolf Polzer reported an abuse of the 'loadkeys' command. By redefining one or more keys and tricking another user like root into logging in on a text console and typing something that involves the redefined keys, a local user could cause execution of arbitrary commands with the privileges of th...

USN-230-2: ffmpeg/xine-lib vulnerability

USN-230-1 fixed a vulnerability in the ffmpeg library. The Xine library contains a copy of the ffmpeg code, thus it is vulnerable to the same flaw. For reference, this is the original advisory: Simon Kilvington discovered a buffer overflow in the avcodecdefaultgetbuffer function of the ffmpeg...

USN-230-1: ffmpeg vulnerability

Simon Kilvington discovered a buffer overflow in the avcodecdefaultgetbuffer function of the ffmpeg library. By tricking an user into opening a malicious movie which contains specially crafted PNG images, this could be exploited to execute arbitrary code with the user's privileges...

USN-222-2: Perl vulnerability

USN-222-1 fixed a vulnerability in the Perl interpreter. It was discovered that the version of USN-222-1 was not sufficient to handle all possible cases of malformed input that could lead to arbitrary code execution, so another update is necessary. Original advisory: Jack Louis of Dyad Security...

USN-225-1: Apache 2 vulnerability

A memory leak was found in the Apache 2 'worker' module in the handling of aborted TCP connections. By repeatedly triggering this situation, a remote attacker could drain all available memory, which eventually led to a Denial of Service...

USN-223-1: Inkscape vulnerability

Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña discovered that Inkscape's ps2epsi.sh script, which converts PostScript files to Encapsulated PostScript format, creates a temporary file in an insecure way. A local attacker could exploit this with a symlink attack to create or overwrite arbitrary files with the...

USN-216-1: GDK vulnerabilities

Two integer overflows have been discovered in the XPM image loader of the GDK pixbuf library. By tricking an user into opening a specially crafted XPM image with any Gnome desktop application that uses this library, this could be exploited to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user...

USN-215-1: fetchmailconf vulnerability

Thomas Wolff and Miloslav Trmac discovered a race condition in the fetchmailconf program. The output configuration file was initially created with insecure permissions, and secure permissions were applied after writing the configuration into the file. During this time, the file was world readable...

USN-206-2: Fixed lynx packages for USN-206-1

USN-206-1 fixed a security vulnerability in lynx. Unfortunately the fix contained an error that caused lynx to crash under certain circumstances. The updated packages fix this...

[USN-210-1] netpbm vulnerability

=========================================================== Ubuntu Security Notice USN-210-1 October 18, 2005 netpbm-free vulnerability CAN-2005-2978 =========================================================== A security issue affects the following Ubuntu releases: Ubuntu 4.10 Warty Warthog Ubunt...

USN-209-1: SSH server vulnerability

An information disclosure vulnerability has been found in the SSH server. When the GSSAPIAuthentication option was enabled, the SSH server could send GSSAPI credentials even to users who attempted to log in with a method other than GSSAPI. This could inadvertently expose these credentials to an...