Ubuntu wget vulnerability

It was discovered that Wget did not correctly handle SSL certificates with zero bytes in the Common Name. A remote attacker could exploit this to perform a man in the middle attack to view sensitive information or alter encrypted communications. Ubuntu 6.06 LTS Ubuntu 8.04 LTS Ubuntu 8.10 Ubuntu...

Ubuntu 8.04 LTS / 8.10 / 9.04 : backuppc vulnerability (USN-843-1)

It was discovered that BackupPC did not restrict normal users from setting the ClientNameAlias parameter. An authenticated user could exploit this to gain access to unauthorized hosts. This update fixed the issue by preventing normal users from modifying the ClientNameAlias configuration paramete...

USN-842-1: Wget vulnerability

It was discovered that Wget did not correctly handle SSL certificates with zero bytes in the Common Name. A remote attacker could exploit this to perform a machine-in-the-middle attack to view sensitive information or alter encrypted communications...

USN-843-1: BackupPC vulnerability

It was discovered that BackupPC did not restrict normal users from setting the ClientNameAlias parameter. An authenticated user could exploit this to gain access to unauthorized hosts. This update fixed the issue by preventing normal users from modifying the ClientNameAlias configuration paramete...

USN-841-1: GLib vulnerability

Arand Nash discovered that applications linked to GLib e.g. Nautilus did not correctly copy symlinks. If a user copied symlinks with GLib, the symlink target files would become world-writable, allowing local attackers to gain access to potentially sensitive information...

Ubuntu 8.04 LTS / 8.10 / 9.04 : openoffice.org vulnerabilities (USN-840-1)

Dyon Balding discovered flaws in the way OpenOffice.org handled tables. If a user were tricked into opening a specially crafted Word document, a remote attacker might be able to execute arbitrary code with user privileges. CVE-2009-0200, CVE-2009-0201 A memory overflow flaw was discovered in...

Ubuntu 6.06 LTS / 8.04 LTS / 8.10 / 9.04 : samba vulnerabilities (USN-839-1)

J. David Hester discovered that Samba incorrectly handled users that lack home directories when the automated homes share is enabled. An authenticated user could connect to that share name and gain access to the whole filesystem. CVE-2009-2813 Tim Prouty discovered that the smbd daemon in Samba...

Ubuntu 8.04 LTS / 8.10 / 9.04 : dovecot vulnerabilities (USN-838-1)

It was discovered that the ACL plugin in Dovecot would incorrectly handle negative access rights. An attacker could exploit this flaw to access the Dovecot server, bypassing the intended access restrictions. This only affected Ubuntu 8.04 LTS. CVE-2008-4577 It was discovered that the ManageSieve...

SecurityReason: glibc x<=2.10.1 stdio/strfmon.c Multiple vulnerabilities

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 glibc x=2.10.1 stdio/strfmon.c Multiple vulnerabilities Author: Maksymilian Arciemowicz http://SecurityReason.com Date: - - Dis.: 10.03.2008 - - Pub.: 17.09.2009 CVE: CVE-2008-1391 Risk: High Affected Software tested 27.08.2009: - - Fedora 11 - -...

Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-831-1)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2009 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only ifdescription...

Ubuntu 8.04 LTS / 8.10 / 9.04 : openexr vulnerabilities (USN-831-1)

Drew Yao discovered several flaws in the way OpenEXR handled certain malformed EXR image files. If a user were tricked into opening a crafted EXR image file, an attacker could cause a denial of service via application crash, or possibly execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user...

Ubuntu USN-828-1 (pam)

The remote host is missing an update to pam announced via advisory USN-828-1. OpenVAS Vulnerability Test $Id: ubuntu8281.nasl 7969 2017-12-01 09:23:16Z santu $ $Id: ubuntu8281.nasl 7969 2017-12-01 09:23:16Z santu $ Description: Auto-generated from advisory USN-828-1 pam Authors: Thomas Reinke...

Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-828-1)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2009 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only ifdescription...

Ubuntu 6.06 LTS / 8.04 LTS / 8.10 / 9.04 : openssl vulnerability (USN-830-1)

Dan Kaminsky discovered OpenSSL would still accept certificates with MD2 hash signatures. As a result, an attacker could potentially create a malicious trusted certificate to impersonate another site. This update handles this issue by completely disabling MD2 for certificate validation. Note that...

USN-821-1: Firefox and Xulrunner vulnerabilities

Several flaws were discovered in the Firefox browser and JavaScript engines. If a user were tricked into viewing a malicious website, a remote attacker could cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking the program. CVE-2009-3070,...

GemStoneS 6.3.1 - stoned Local Buffer Overflow

GemStoneS 6.3.1 - stoned Local Buffer Overflow / wonderfulcaricatureofexploitability.c AKA GemStone/S 6.3.1 "stoned" Local Buffer Overflow Exploit Jeremy Brown [email protected]//jbrownsec.blogspot.com//krakowlabs.com 09.07.2009 Gemstone/S "stoned" suffers from a local buffer overflow when...

GemStone/S 6.3.1 - 'stoned' Local Buffer Overflow

/ wonderfulcaricatureofexploitability.c AKA GemStone/S 6.3.1 "stoned" Local Buffer Overflow Exploit Jeremy Brown [email protected]//jbrownsec.blogspot.com//krakowlabs.com 09.07.2009 Gemstone/S "stoned" suffers from a local buffer overflow when parsing input either from the "-e" or "-l" flags,...

Ubuntu USN-820-1 (pidgin)

The remote host is missing an update to pidgin announced via advisory USN-820-1. OpenVAS Vulnerability Test $Id: ubuntu8201.nasl 7969 2017-12-01 09:23:16Z santu $ $Id: ubuntu8201.nasl 7969 2017-12-01 09:23:16Z santu $ Description: Auto-generated from advisory USN-820-1 pidgin Authors: Thomas Rein...

Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-820-1)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2009 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only ifdescription...

Ubuntu 8.04 LTS / 8.10 / 9.04 : pidgin vulnerability (USN-820-1)

Federico Muttis discovered that Pidgin did not properly handle certain malformed messages in the MSN protocol handler. A remote attacker could send a specially crafted message and possibly execute arbitrary code with user privileges. Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding...