USN-689-1: Vinagre vulnerability

Alfredo Ortega discovered a flaw in Vinagre's use of format strings. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability if they tricked a user into connecting to a malicious VNC server, or opening a specially crafted URI with Vinagre. In Ubuntu 8.04, it was possible to execute arbitrary code with...

USN-688-1: Compiz vulnerability

It was discovered that the Expo plugin for Compiz did not correctly restrict the screensaver window from being moved with the mouse. A local attacker could use the mouse to move the screensaver off the screen and gain access to the locked desktop session underneath. Default installs of Ubuntu wer...

[Full-disclosure] [USN-683-1] Imlib2 vulnerability

=========================================================== Ubuntu Security Notice USN-683-1 December 02, 2008 imlib2 vulnerability CVE-2008-5187 =========================================================== A security issue affects the following Ubuntu releases: Ubuntu 6.06 LTS Ubuntu 7.10 Ubuntu...

USN-682-1: libvorbis vulnerabilities

It was discovered that libvorbis did not correctly handle certain malformed sound files. If a user were tricked into opening a specially crafted sound file with an application that uses libvorbis, an attacker could execute arbitrary code with the user's privileges...

USN-677-1: OpenOffice.org vulnerabilities

Multiple memory overflow flaws were discovered in OpenOffice.org's handling of WMF and EMF files. If a user were tricked into opening a specially crafted document, a remote attacker might be able to execute arbitrary code with user privileges. CVE-2008-2237, CVE-2008-2238 Dmitry E. Oboukhov...

[USN-670-1] VMBuilder vulnerability

=========================================================== Ubuntu Security Notice USN-670-1 November 13, 2008 vm-builder vulnerability https://bugs.launchpad.net/+bug/296841 =========================================================== A security issue affects the following Ubuntu releases: Ubuntu...

USN-662-2: Ubuntu kernel modules vulnerability

USN-662-1 fixed vulnerabilities in ndiswrapper in Ubuntu 8.10. This update provides the corresponding updates for Ubuntu 8.04 and 7.10. Original advisory details: Anders Kaseorg discovered that ndiswrapper did not correctly handle long ESSIDs. For a system using ndiswrapper, a physically near-by...

Konqueror 3.5.9 (load) Remote Crash Vulnerability

No description provided by source. !--- Jeremy Brown [email protected]/http://jbrownsec.blogspot.com Tested on Ubuntu 8.04 + Konqueror 3.5.9 A product of my fuzzing projects : -- html script type="text/javascript" document.load''; /script /html...

USN-651-1: Ruby vulnerabilities

Akira Tagoh discovered a vulnerability in Ruby which lead to an integer overflow. If a user or automated system were tricked into running a malicious script, an attacker could cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking the program...

Konqueror 3.5.9 (load) Remote Crash Vulnerability

Exploit for linux platform in category dos / poc ================================================= Konqueror 3.5.9 load Remote Crash Vulnerability ================================================= document.load''; 0day.today 2018-04-02...

KDE Konqueror 3.5.9 - JavaScript 'load' Denial of Service

source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31696/info KDE Konqueror is prone to a remote denial-of-service vulnerability because it fails to handle specially crafted JavaScript code. An attacker may exploit this vulnerability to cause Konqueror to crash, resulting in denial-of-service conditions...

Konqueror 3.5.9 - load Remote Crash

Konqueror 3.5.9 - load Remote Crash document.load''; milw0rm.com 2008-10-10...

Linux Kernel 'do_change_type()' Local Security Bypass Vulnerability

The Linux kernel is prone to a local security-bypass vulnerability because the 'dochangetype' routine fails to adequately verify user permissions before performing mountpoint type changes. Attackers can exploit this issue to bypass security restrictions and change mountpoint types. Attackers coul...

USN-645-3: Firefox and xulrunner regression

USN-645-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Firefox and xulrunner. The upstream patches introduced a regression in the saved password handling. While password data was not lost, if a user had saved any passwords with non-ASCII characters, Firefox could not access the password database. This update fixes t...

USN-643-1: FreeType vulnerabilities

Multiple flaws were discovered in the PFB and TTF font handling code in freetype. If a user were tricked into using a specially crafted font file, a remote attacker could execute arbitrary code with user privileges or cause the application linked against freetype to crash, leading to a denial of...

USN-638-1: Yelp vulnerability

Aaron Grattafiori discovered that the Gnome Help Viewer did not handle format strings correctly when displaying certain error messages. If a user were tricked into opening a specially crafted URI, a remote attacker could execute arbitrary code with user privileges...

Ubuntu 8.04 LTS : devhelp, epiphany-browser, midbrowser, yelp update (USN-626-2)

USN-626-1 fixed vulnerabilities in xulrunner-1.9. The changes required that Devhelp, Epiphany, Midbrowser and Yelp also be updated to use the new xulrunner-1.9. A flaw was discovered in the browser engine. A variable could be made to overflow causing the browser to crash. If a user were tricked...

USN-626-2: Devhelp, Epiphany, Midbrowser and Yelp update

USN-626-1 fixed vulnerabilities in xulrunner-1.9. The changes required that Devhelp, Epiphany, Midbrowser and Yelp also be updated to use the new xulrunner-1.9. Original advisory details: A flaw was discovered in the browser engine. A variable could be made to overflow causing the browser to cras...

Ubuntu 6.06 LTS / 7.04 / 7.10 / 8.04 LTS : openldap2.2, openldap2.3 vulnerability (USN-634-1)

Cameron Hotchkies discovered that OpenLDAP did not correctly handle certain ASN.1 BER data. A remote attacker could send a specially crafted packet and crash slapd, leading to a denial of service. Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the...

USN-632-1: Python vulnerabilities

It was discovered that there were new integer overflows in the imageop module. If an attacker were able to trick a Python application into processing a specially crafted image, they could execute arbitrary code with user privileges. CVE-2008-1679 Justin Ferguson discovered that the zlib module di...