Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-2211-1)

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Debian DSA-2234-1 : zodb - several vulnerabilities

Several remote vulnerabilities have been discovered in python-zodb, a set of tools for using ZODB, that could lead to arbitrary code execution in the worst case. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems : - CVE-2009-0668 The ZEO server doesn't restrict th...

Debian DSA-2233-1 : postfix - several vulnerabilities

Several vulnerabilities were discovered in Postfix, a mail transfer agent. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems : - CVE-2009-2939 The postinst script grants the postfix user write access to /var/spool/postfix/pid, which might allow local users to...

Debian DSA-2232-1 : exim4 - format string vulnerability

It was discovered that Exim, the default mail transport agent in Debian, uses DKIM data obtain from DNS directly in a format string, potentially allowing malicious mail senders to execute arbitrary code. CVE-2011-1764 The oldstable distribution lenny is not affected by this problem because it doe...

Debian DSA-2231-1 : otrs2 - XSS

Multiple cross-site scripting vulnerabilities were discovered in Open Ticket Request System OTRS, a trouble-ticket system. CVE-2011-1518 In addition, this security update fix a failure when upgrading the package from lenny to squeeze. The oldstable distribution lenny is not affected by this...

Debian DSA-2227-1 : iceape - several vulnerabilities

Several vulnerabilities have been found in the Iceape internet suite, an unbranded version of SeaMonkey : - CVE-2011-0069 CVE-2011-0070 CVE-2011-0072 CVE-2011-0074 CVE-2011-0075 CVE-2011-0077 CVE-2011-0078 CVE-2011-0080 CVE-2011-0081 'Scoobidiver', Ian Beer Bob Clary, Henri Sivonen, Marco Bonardo...

Debian DSA-2228-1 : iceweasel - several vulnerabilities

Several vulnerabilities have been found in Iceweasel, a web browser based on Firefox : - CVE-2011-0069 CVE-2011-0070 CVE-2011-0072 CVE-2011-0074 CVE-2011-0075 CVE-2011-0077 CVE-2011-0078 CVE-2011-0080 CVE-2011-0081 'Scoobidiver', Ian Beer Bob Clary, Henri Sivonen, Marco Bonardo, Mats Palmgren,...

Debian DSA-2230-1 : qemu-kvm - several vulnerabilities

Two vulnerabilities have been discovered in KVM, a solution for full virtualization on x86 hardware : - CVE-2011-0011 Setting the VNC password to an empty string silently disabled all authentication. - CVE-2011-1750 The virtio-blk driver performed insufficient validation of read/write I/O from th...

Debian DSA-2226-1 : libmodplug - buffer overflow

M. Lucinskij and P. Tumenas discovered a buffer overflow in the code for processing S3M tracker files in the Modplug tracker music library, which may result in the execution of arbitrary code. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package checks in this...

Debian DSA-2225-1 : asterisk - several vulnerabilities

Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in Asterisk, an Open Source PBX and telephony toolkit. - CVE-2011-1147 Matthew Nicholson discovered that incorrect handling of UDPTL packets may lead to denial of service or the execution of arbitrary code. - CVE-2011-1174 Blake Cornell discovered that...

Debian DSA-2222-1 : tinyproxy - incorrect ACL processing

Christoph Martin discovered that incorrect ACL processing in TinyProxy, a lightweight, non-caching, optionally anonymizing HTTP proxy, could lead to unintended network access rights. The oldstable distribution lenny is not affected. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The...

Debian DSA-2223-1 : doctrine - SQL injection

It was discovered that Doctrine, a PHP library for implementing object persistence, contains SQL injection vulnerabilities. The exact impact depends on the application which uses the Doctrine library. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package checks in...

Debian DSA-2221-1 : libmojolicious-perl - directory traversal

Viacheslav Tykhanovskyi discovered a directory traversal vulnerability in Mojolicious, a Perl Web Application Framework. The oldstable distribution lenny doesn't contain libmojolicious-perl. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package checks in this plugi...

Debian DSA-2220-1 : request-tracker3.6, request-tracker3.8 - several vulnerabilities

Several vulnerabilities were discovered in Request Tracker, an issue tracking system. - CVE-2011-1685 If the external custom field feature is enabled, Request Tracker allows authenticated users to execute arbitrary code with the permissions of the web server, possible triggered by a cross-site...

Debian DSA-2219-1 : xmlsec1 - arbitrary file overwrite

Nicolas Gregoire discovered that the XML Security Library xmlsec allowed remote attackers to create or overwrite arbitrary files through specially crafted XML files using the libxslt output extension and a ds:Transform element during signature verification. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network...

Debian DSA-2218-1 : vlc - heap-based buffer overflow

Aliz Hammond discovered that the MP4 decoder plugin of VLC, a multimedia player and streamer, is vulnerable to a heap-based buffer overflow. This has been introduced by a wrong data type being used for a size calculation. An attacker could use this flaw to trick a victim into opening a specially...

Debian DSA-2215-1 : gitolite - directory traversal

Dylan Simon discovered that gitolite, a SSH-based gatekeeper for Git repositories, is prone to directory traversal attacks when restricting admin defined commands ADC. This allows an attacker to execute arbitrary commands with privileges of the gitolite server via crafted command names. Please no...

Debian DSA-2213-1 : x11-xserver-utils - missing input sanitization

Sebastian Krahmer discovered that the xrdb utility of x11-xserver-utils, a X server resource database utility, is not properly filtering crafted hostnames. This allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code with root privileges given that either remote logins via xdmcp are allowed or the...

Debian DSA-2217-1 : dhcp3 - missing input sanitization

Sebastian Krahmer and Marius Tomaschewski discovered that dhclient of dhcp3, a DHCP client, is not properly filtering shell meta-characters in certain options in DHCP server responses. These options are reused in an insecure fashion by dhclient scripts. This allows an attacker to execute arbitrar...

Debian DSA-2212-1 : tmux - privilege escalation

Daniel Danner discovered that tmux, a terminal multiplexer, is not properly dropping group privileges. Due to a patch introduced by Debian, when invoked with the -S option, tmux is not dropping permissions obtained through its setgid installation. The oldstable distribution lenny is not affected ...