Important: Red Hat Security Advisory: openssl security update

Updated OpenSSL packages that fix a remote denial of service vulnerability are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1. OpenSSL is a toolkit that implements Secure Sockets Layer SSL v2/v3 and Transport Layer Security TLS v1 protocols as well as a full-strength general purpose cryptography...

Important: Red Hat Security Advisory: gdk-pixbuf security update

Updated gdk-pixbuf packages that fix a crash are now available. The gdk-pixbuf package contains an image loading library used with the GNOME GUI desktop environment. Thomas Kristensen discovered a bitmap file that would cause versions of gdk-pixbuf prior to 0.20 to crash. To exploit this flaw, an...

[SECURITY] [DSA 450-1] New Linux 2.4.19 packages fix several local root exploits (mips)

-------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA 450-1 [email protected] http://www.debian.org/security/ Martin Schulze February 27th, 2004 http://www.debian.org/security/faq -...

[Full-Disclosure] iDEFENSE Security Advisory 02.23.04: Darwin Streaming Server Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability

iDEFENSE Security Advisory 02.23.04 Darwin Streaming Server Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=75 February 23, 2004 I. BACKGROUND Darwin Streaming Server is server technology allowing for the streaming of QuickTime data to clients across the...

Important: Red Hat Security Advisory: kernel security update

Updated kernel packages that fix a security vulnerability that may allow local users to gain root privileges are now available. These packages also resolve other minor issues. The Linux kernel handles the basic functions of the operating system. Paul Starzetz discovered a flaw in return value...

Kernel security update

New kernels are available for Slackware 9.1 and -current to fix a bounds-checking problem in the kernel's mremap call which could be used by a local attacker to gain root privileges. Please note that this is not the same issue as CAN-2003-0985 which was fixed in early January. The kernels in...

Important: Red Hat Security Advisory: mailman security update

Updated mailman packages that close a DoS vulnerability present in mailman versions prior to version 2.1 are now available. Mailman is a mailing list manager. Matthew Galgoci of Red Hat discovered a Denial of Service DoS vulnerability in versions of Mailman prior to 2.1. An attacker could send a...

Moderate: Red Hat Security Advisory: net-snmp security update

Updated Net-SNMP packages are available that correct a security vulnerability and other bugs. The Net-SNMP project includes various Simple Network Management Protocol SNMP tools. A security issue in Net-SNMP versions before 5.0.9 could allow an existing user/community to gain access to data in MI...

[SECURITY] [DSA 423-1] New Linux 2.4.17 packages fix several problems (ia64)

-------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA 423-1 [email protected] http://www.debian.org/security/ Martin Schulze January 15th, 2004 http://www.debian.org/security/faq -...

Kernel security update

New kernels are available for Slackware 9.0, 9.1 and -current. The 9.1 and -current kernels have been upgraded to 2.4.24, and a fix has been backported to the 2.4.21 kernels in Slackware 9.0 to fix a bounds-checking problem in the kernel's mremap call which could be used by a local attacker to ga...

BELL-CVE-2003-0249 CVE-2003-0249 does not affect BellSoft software

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Important: Red Hat Security Advisory: Updated IA64 kernel packages address security vulnerabilities, bugfixes

Updated kernel packages that address several security vulnerabilites, fix a number of bugs, and update various drivers are now available. The Linux kernel handles the basic functions of the operating system. A flaw in bounds checking in the dobrk function in the Linux kernel versions 2.4.22 and...

minor advisory typo

The recently issued kernel advisory SSA:2003-336-01 reads: "More details about the Apache issue may be found in the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures CVE database: http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2003-0961" This should say "kernel", not "Apache". Sorry for any confusion. The...

Important: Red Hat Security Advisory: : Updated zebra packages fix security vulnerabilities

Updated zebra packages that close a locally-exploitable and a remotely-exploitable denial of service vulnerability are now available. Zebra an open source implementation of TCP/IP routing software. Jonny Robertson reported that Zebra can be remotely crashed if a Zebra password has been enabled an...

Moderate: Red Hat Security Advisory: postgresql security update

Updated PostgreSQL packages that correct a buffer overflow in the toascii routines are now available. PostgreSQL is an advanced Object-Relational database management system DBMS. Two bugs that can lead to buffer overflows have been found in the PostgreSQL abstract data type to ASCII conversion...

OpenLinux: Multiple vulnerabilities have reported in Ethereal 0.9.12

To: [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 SCO Security Advisory Subject: OpenLinux: Multiple vulnerabilities have reported in Ethereal 0.9.12 Advisory number:...

fetchmail security update

Fetchmail is a mail-retrieval and forwarding utility. Upgraded fetchmail packages are available for Slackware 8.1, 9.0, 9.1, and -current. These fix a vulnerability where a specially crafted email could crash fetchmail, preventing the user from downloading or forwarding their email. More details...

Important: Red Hat Security Advisory: : Updated MySQL packages fix vulnerability

Updated MySQL server packages fix a buffer overflow vulnerability. MySQL is a multi-user, multi-threaded SQL database server. Frank Denis reported a bug in unpatched versions of MySQL prior to version 3.23.58. Passwords for MySQL users are stored in the Password field of the user table. Under thi...

Moderate: Red Hat Security Advisory: : Updated SANE packages fix remote vulnerabilities

Updated SANE packages that resolve a number of vulnerabilities with the saned daemon are now available. SANE is a package for using document scanners. Sane includes a daemon program called saned that enables a single machine connected to a scanner to be used remotely. This program contains severa...

Critical: Red Hat Security Advisory: openssh security update

Updated OpenSSH packages are now available that fix bugs that may be remotely exploitable. Updated 17 Sep 2003 Updated packages are now available to fix additional buffer manipulation problems which were fixed in OpenSSH 3.7.1. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project cve.mitre.org has...