Debian DSA-1886-1 : iceweasel - several vulnerabilities

Several remote vulnerabilities have been discovered in the Iceweasel web browser, an unbranded version of the Firefox browser. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems : - CVE-2009-3079 'mozbugra4' discovered that a programming error in the FeedWriter...

Debian DSA-1990-1 : trac-git - shell command injection

Stefan Goebel discovered that the Debian version of trac-git, the Git add-on for the Trac issue tracking system, contains a flaw which enables attackers to execute code on the web server running trac-git by sending crafted HTTP queries. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The...

Debian DSA-1956-1 : xulrunner - several vulnerabilities

Several remote vulnerabilities have been discovered in Xulrunner, a runtime environment for XUL applications, such as the Iceweasel web browser. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems : - CVE-2009-3986 : David James discovered that the window.opener...

Debian DSA-1873-1 : xulrunner - programming error

Juan Pablo Lopez Yacubian discovered that incorrect handling of invalid URLs could be used for spoofing the location bar and the SSL certificate status of a web page. Xulrunner is no longer supported for the old stable distribution etch. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The...

Debian DSA-1841-1 : git-core - denial of service

It was discovered that git-daemon which is part of git-core, a popular distributed revision control system, is vulnerable to denial of service attacks caused by a programming mistake in handling requests containing extra unrecognized arguments which results in an infinite loop. While this is no...

Debian DSA-1893-1 : cyrus-imapd-2.2 kolab-cyrus-imapd - buffer overflow

It was discovered that the SIEVE component of cyrus-imapd and kolab-cyrus-imapd, the Cyrus mail system, is vulnerable to a buffer overflow when processing SIEVE scripts. This can be used to elevate privileges to the cyrus system user. An attacker who is able to install SIEVE scripts executed by t...

Debian DSA-1899-1 : strongswan - several vulnerabilities

Several remote vulnerabilities have been discovered in strongswan, an implementation of the IPSEC and IKE protocols. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems : - CVE-2009-1957 CVE-2009-1958 The charon daemon can crash when processing certain crafted IKEv2...

Debian DSA-1869-1 : curl - insufficient input validation

It was discovered that curl, a client and library to get files from servers using HTTP, HTTPS or FTP, is vulnerable to the 'Null Prefix Attacks Against SSL/TLS Certificates' recently published at the Blackhat conference. This allows an attacker to perform undetected man-in-the-middle attacks via ...

Debian DSA-1911-1 : pygresql - missing escape function

It was discovered that pygresql, a PostgreSQL module for Python, was missing a function to call PQescapeStringConn. This is needed, because PQescapeStringConn honours the charset of the connection and prevents insufficient escaping, when certain multibyte character encodings are used. The new...

Debian DSA-1845-1 : linux-2.6 - denial of service, privilege escalation

Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in the Linux kernel that may lead to a denial of service, or privilege escalation. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems : - CVE-2009-1895 Julien Tinnes and Tavis Ormandy reported an issue in the Linux...

Debian DSA-1992-1 : chrony - several vulnerabilities

Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in chrony, a pair of programs which are used to maintain the accuracy of the system clock on a computer. This issues are similar to the NTP security flaw CVE-2009-3563. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems ...

Debian DSA-1933-1 : cups - missing input sanitising

Aaron Siegel discovered that the web interface of cups, the Common UNIX Printing System, is prone to cross-site scripting attacks. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were extracted from Debian Security Advisory DSA-1933. The...

Debian DSA-1970-1 : openssl - denial of service

It was discovered that a significant memory leak could occur in OpenSSL, related to the reinitialization of zlib. This could result in a remotely exploitable denial of service vulnerability when using the Apache httpd server in a configuration where modssl, modphp5, and the php5-curl extension ar...

Debian DSA-1892-1 : dovecot - buffer overflow

It was discovered that the SIEVE component of dovecot, a mail server that supports mbox and maildir mailboxes, is vulnerable to a buffer overflow when processing SIEVE scripts. This can be used to elevate privileges to the dovecot system user. An attacker who is able to install SIEVE scripts...

Debian DSA-1895-1 : xmltooling - several vulnerabilities

Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in the xmltooling packages, as used by Shibboleth : - Chris Ries discovered that decoding a crafted URL leads to a crash and potentially, arbitrary code execution. - Ian Young discovered that embedded NUL characters in certificate names were not...

Debian DSA-1853-1 : memcached - heap-based buffer overflow

Ronald Volgers discovered that memcached, a high-performance memory object caching system, is vulnerable to several heap-based buffer overflows due to integer conversions when parsing certain length attributes. An attacker can use this to execute arbitrary code on the system running memcached on...

Debian DSA-1936-1 : libgd2 - several vulnerabilities

Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in libgd2, a library for programmatic graphics creation and manipulation. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems : - CVE-2007-0455 Kees Cook discovered a buffer overflow in libgd2's font renderer. An attacker...

Debian DSA-1862-1 : linux-2.6 - privilege escalation

A vulnerability has been discovered in the Linux kernel that may lead to privilege escalation. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problem : - CVE-2009-2692 Tavis Ormandy and Julien Tinnes discovered an issue with how the sendpage function is initialized in t...

Debian DSA-1865-1 : linux-2.6 - denial of service/privilege escalation

Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in the Linux kernel that may lead to denial of service or privilege escalation. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems : - CVE-2009-1385 Neil Horman discovered a missing fix from the e1000 network driver. A...

Debian DSA-1917-1 : mimetex - several vulnerabilities

Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in mimetex, a lightweight alternative to MathML. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems : - CVE-2009-1382 Chris Evans and Damien Miller, discovered multiple stack-based buffer overflow. An attacker could...