Debian DSA-844-1 : mod-auth-shadow - programming error

A vulnerability in modauthshadow, an Apache module that lets users perform HTTP authentication against /etc/shadow, has been discovered. The module runs for all locations that use the 'require group' directive which would bypass access restrictions controlled by another authorisation mechanism,...

Debian DSA-826-1 : helix-player - multiple vulnerabilities

Multiple security vulnerabilities have been identified in the helix-player media player that could allow an attacker to execute code on the victim's machine via specially crafted network resources. - CAN-2005-1766 Buffer overflow in the RealText parser could allow remote code execution via a...

Debian DSA-819-1 : python2.1 - integer overflow

An integer overflow with a subsequent buffer overflow has been detected in PCRE, the Perl Compatible Regular Expressions library, which allows an attacker to execute arbitrary code, and is also present in Python. Exploiting this vulnerability requires an attacker to specify the used regular...

Debian DSA-818-1 : kdeedu - insecure temporary files

Javier Fernandez-Sanguino Pena discovered that langen2kvhtml from the kvoctrain package from the kdeedu suite creates temporary files in an insecure fashion. This leaves them open for symlink attacks. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package checks in...

Debian DSA-827-1 : backupninja - insecure temporary file

Moritz Muehlenhoff discovered the handler code for backupninja creates a temporary file with a predictable filename, leaving it vulnerable to a symlink attack. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were extracted from Debian...

Debian DSA-816-1 : xfree86 - integer overflow

Soren Sandmann discovered a bug in memory allocation for pixmap images, that can cause a crash of the X server or to execute arbitrary code. The update for the old stable distribution woody also contains a different correction for multiple vulnerabilities in libXpm DSA 607, CAN-2004-0914,...

Debian DSA-836-1 : cfengine2 - insecure temporary files

Javier Fernandez-Sanguino Pena discovered insecure temporary file use in cfengine2, a tool for configuring and maintaining networked machines, that can be exploited by a symlink attack to overwrite arbitrary files owned by the user executing cfengine, which is probably root. The oldstable...

[SECURITY] [DSA 809-2] New squid packages fix denial of service

-------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA 809-2 [email protected] http://www.debian.org/security/ Martin Schulze September 30th, 2005 http://www.debian.org/security/faq -...

[SECURITY] [DSA 809-2] New squid packages fix denial of service

-------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA 809-2 [email protected] http://www.debian.org/security/ Martin Schulze September 30th, 2005 http://www.debian.org/security/faq -...

Debian Security Host Bandwidth Saturation

------------------------------------------------------------------------ The Debian Project http://www.debian.org/ Security Host Bandwidth Saturation [email protected] September 20th, 2005 http://www.debian.org/News/2005/20050920 -...

Debian DSA-815-1 : kdebase - programming error

Ilja van Sprundel discovered a serious lock file handling error in kcheckpass that can, in some configurations, be used to gain root access. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were extracted from Debian Security Advisory...

Debian DSA-813-1 : centericq - several vulnerabilities

Several problems have been discovered in libgadu which is also part of centericq, a text-mode multi-protocol instant messenger client. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems : - CAN-2005-2369 Multiple integer signedness errors may allow remote attackers...

Debian DSA-811-2 : common-lisp-controller - design error

The bugfix for the problem mentioned below contained an error that caused third-party programs to fail. The problem is corrected by this update. For completeness we're including the original advisory text : Francois-Rene Rideau discovered a bug in common-lisp-controller, a Common Lisp source and...

Debian DSA-809-2 : squid - several vulnerabilities

Certain aborted requests that trigger an assertion in squid, the popular WWW proxy cache, may allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service. This update also fixes a regression caused by DSA 751. For completeness below is the original advisory text : Several vulnerabilities have been...

Debian DSA-803-1 : apache - programming error

A vulnerability has been discovered in the Apache web server. When it is acting as an HTTP proxy, it allows remote attackers to poison the web cache, bypass web application firewall protection, and conduct cross-site scripting attacks, which causes Apache to incorrectly handle and forward the bod...

[SECURITY] [DSA 803-1] New Apache packages fix HTTP request smuggling

-------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA 803-1 [email protected] http://www.debian.org/security/ Martin Schulze September 8th, 2005 http://www.debian.org/security/faq -...

Debian DSA-799-1 : webcalendar - remote code execution

A trivially-exploitable bug was discovered in webcalendar that allows an attacker to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the HTTP daemon on a system running a vulnerable version. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin...

Debian DSA-793-1 : courier - missing input sanitising

Jakob Balle discovered a vulnerability in the handling of attachments in sqwebmail, a web mail application provided by the courier mail suite, which can be exploited by an attacker to conduct script insertion attacks. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and...

Debian DSA-791-1 : maildrop - missing privilege release

Max Vozeler discovered that the lockmail program from maildrop, a simple mail delivery agent with filtering abilities, does not drop group privileges before executing commands given on the commandline, allowing an attacker to execute arbitrary commands with privileges of the group mail...

Debian DSA-790-1 : phpldapadmin - programming error

Alexander Gerasiov discovered that phpldapadmin, a web-based interface for administering LDAP servers, allows anybody to access the LDAP server anonymously, even if this is disabled in the configuration with the 'disableanonbind' statement. The old stable distribution woody is not vulnerable to...