Debian DSA-1429-1 : htdig - XSS

Michael Skibbe discovered that htdig, a WWW search system for an intranet or small internet, did not adequately quote values submitted to the search script, allowing remote attackers to inject arbitrary script or HTML into specially crafted links. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security,...

Debian DSA-1430-1 : libnss-ldap - denial of service

It was reported that a race condition exists in libnss-ldap, an NSS module for using LDAP as a naming service, which could cause denial of service attacks if applications use pthreads. This problem was spotted in the dovecot IMAP/POP server but potentially affects more programs. %NASLMINLEVEL 703...

Debian DSA-1425-1 : xulrunner - several vulnerabilities

Several remote vulnerabilities have been discovered in Xulrunner, a runtime environment for XUL applications. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems : - CVE-2007-5947 Jesse Ruderman and Petko D. Petkov discovered that the URI handler for JAR archives...

Debian DSA-1422-1 : e2fsprogs - integer overflows

Rafal Wojtczuk of McAfee AVERT Research discovered that e2fsprogs, the ext2 file system utilities and libraries, contained multiple integer overflows in memory allocations, based on sizes taken directly from filesystem information. These could result in heap-based overflows potentially allowing t...

Debian DSA-1426-1 : qt-x11-free - several vulnerabilities

Several local/remote vulnerabilities have been discovered in the Qt GUI library. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems : - CVE-2007-3388 Tim Brown and Dirk Muller discovered several format string vulnerabilities in the handling of error messages, which...

Debian DSA-1423-1 : sitebar - several vulnerabilities

Several remote vulnerabilities have been discovered in sitebar, a web-based bookmark manager written in PHP. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems : - CVE-2007-5491 A directory traversal vulnerability in the translation module allows remote authenticat...

Debian DSA-1428-2 : linux-2.6 - several vulnerabilities

Several local and remote vulnerabilities have been discovered in the Linux kernel that may lead to a denial of service or the execution of arbitrary code. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems : This is an update to DSA 1428-1 which omitted a reference...

Debian DSA-1420-1 : zabbix - programming error

Bas van Schaik discovered that the agentd process of Zabbix, a network monitor system, may run user-supplied commands as group id root, not zabbix, which may lead to a privilege escalation. zabbix is not included in the oldstable distribution sarge. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security,...

Debian DSA-1421-1 : wesnoth - directory traversal

A vulnerability has been discovered in Battle for Wesnoth that allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files the user running the client has access to on the machine running the game client. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package checks in this...

Debian DSA-1419-1 : openoffice.org - programming error

A vulnerability has been discovered in HSQLDB, the default database engine shipped with OpenOffice.org. This could result in the execution of arbitrary Java code embedded in a OpenOffice.org database document with the user's privilege. This update requires an update of both openoffice.org and...

Debian DSA-1418-1 : cacti - missing input sanitising

It was discovered that Cacti, a tool to monitor systems and networks, performs insufficient input sanitising, which allows SQL injection. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were extracted from Debian Security Advisory...

Debian DSA-1417-1 : asterisk - missing input sanitising

Tilghman Lesher discovered that the logging engine of Asterisk, a free software PBX and telephony toolkit, performs insufficient sanitising of call-related data, which may lead to SQL injection. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package checks in this...

Debian DSA-1413-1 : mysql - multiple vulnerabilities

Several vulnerabilities have been found in the MySQL database packages with implications ranging from unauthorized database modifications to remotely triggered server crashes. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems : - CVE-2007-2583 The indecimal::set...

Debian DSA-1414-1 : wireshark - several vulnerabilities

Several remote vulnerabilities have been discovered in the Wireshark network traffic analyzer, which may lead to denial of service or execution of arbitrary code. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems : - CVE-2007-6114 Stefan Esser discovered a buffer...

Debian DSA-1415-1 : tk8.4 - buffer overflow

It was discovered that Tk, a cross-platform graphical toolkit for Tcl, performs insufficient input validation in the code used to load GIF images, which may lead to the execution of arbitrary code. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package checks in thi...

Debian DSA-1416-1 : tk8.3 - buffer overflow

It was discovered that Tk, a cross-platform graphical toolkit for Tcl, performs insufficient input validation in the code used to load GIF images, which may lead to the execution of arbitrary code. Due to the technical limitation in the Debian archive scripts the update for the old stable...

Debian DSA-1412-1 : ruby1.9 - programming error

Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in Ruby, an object-oriented scripting language. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems : - CVE-2007-5162 It was discovered that the Ruby HTTPS module performs insufficient validation of SSL certificates, whic...

Debian DSA-1410-1 : ruby1.8 - programming error

Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in Ruby, an object-oriented scripting language. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems : - CVE-2007-5162 It was discovered that the Ruby HTTPS module performs insufficient validation of SSL certificates, whic...

Debian DSA-1411-1 : libopenssl-ruby - programming error

Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in Ruby, an object-oriented scripting language. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems : - CVE-2007-5162 It was discovered that the Ruby HTTPS module performs insufficient validation of SSL certificates, whic...

Debian DSA-1408-1 : kdegraphics - buffer overflow

Alin Rad Pop discovered a buffer overflow in kpdf, which could allow the execution of arbitrary code if a malformed PDF file is displayed. The old stable distribution sarge will be fixed later. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package checks in this...