Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : nss-pam-ldapd (MDVSA-2013:106)

Updated nss-pam-ldapd packages fixes the following security vulnerability : Garth Mollett discovered that a file descriptor overflow issue in the use of FDSET in nss-pam-ldapd can lead to a stack-based buffer overflow. An attacker could, under some circumstances, use this flaw to cause a process...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : cronie (MDVSA-2013:033)

Updated cronie package fixes the following issue : It was reported that cronie 1.4.8 would leak certain file descriptors. On systems where /etc/crontab is not world-readable this could be an information disclosure concern CVE-2012-6097. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The...

CVE-2012-6097

File descriptor leak in cronie 1.4.8, when running in certain environments, might allow local users to read restricted files, as demonstrated by reading /etc/crontab...

Design/Logic Flaw

File descriptor leak in cronie 1.4.8, when running in certain environments, might allow local users to read restricted files, as demonstrated by reading /etc/crontab...

CVE-2012-6097

File descriptor leak in cronie 1.4.8, when running in certain environments, might allow local users to read restricted files, as demonstrated by reading /etc/crontab...

CVE-2012-6097

CVE-2012-6097 concerns a file descriptor leak in cronie 1.4.8 that, in certain environments, could let local users read restricted files (demonstrated via /etc/crontab). The issue is caused by cronie leaking FDs, enabling information disclosure. Affected product is cronie 1.4.8; impact is local d...

Important: Red Hat Security Advisory: kernel security and bug fix update

Updated kernel packages that fix one security issue and several bugs are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.3 Extended Update Support. The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having important security impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base score, whi...

Security feature bypass

The USB kernel-mode drivers in Microsoft Windows XP SP2 and SP3, Windows Server 2003 SP2, Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 SP2, R2, and R2 SP1, Windows 7 Gold and SP1, Windows 8, and Windows Server 2012 do not properly handle objects in memory, which allows physically proximate attackers to...

kernel: security and bugfix update (important)

The Linux kernel was updated to fix various bugs and security issues: CVE-2013-0871: Race condition in the ptrace functionality in the Linux kernel allowed local users to gain privileges via a PTRACESETREGS ptrace system call in a crafted application, as demonstrated by ptracedeath. CVE-2013-0160...

nss-pam-ldapd: FD_SET array index error, leading to stack-based buffer overflow

nss-pam-ldapd before 0.7.18 and 0.8.x before 0.8.11 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service application crash and possibly execute arbitrary code by performing a name lookup on an application with a large number of open file descriptors, which triggers a stack-based buffer...

PT-2013-1128 · Nss Pam Ldapd +2 · Nss-Pam-Ldapd +2

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: nss-pam-ldapd versions 0.7.x through 0.7.17 nss-pam-ldapd versions 0.8.x through 0.8.10 Description: The issue is related to the incorrect use of the FD SET macro, which can trigger a stack-based buffer overflow when an application has a larg...

Scientific Linux Security Update : xinetd on SL6.x i386/x86_64 (20130221)

When xinetd services are configured with the 'TCPMUX' or 'TCPMUXPLUS' type, and the tcpmux-server service is enabled, those services are accessible via port 1. It was found that enabling the tcpmux-server service it is disabled by default allowed every xinetd service, including those that are not...

kernel: vhost: fix length for cross region descriptor

The translatedesc function in drivers/vhost/vhost.c in the Linux kernel before 3.7 does not properly handle cross-region descriptors, which allows guest OS users to obtain host OS privileges by leveraging KVM guest OS privileges...

xinetd security update

CentOS Errata and Security Advisory CESA-2013:0499 An updated xinetd package that fixes one security issue and two bugs is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6. The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having low security impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System CV...

RedHat Update for xinetd RHSA-2013:0499-02

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2013 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only ifdescription scriptxrefname:"URL",...

FreeBSD : nss-pam-ldapd -- file descriptor buffer overflow (58c15292-7b61-11e2-95da-001e8c1a8a0e)

Garth Mollett reports : A file descriptor overflow issue in the use of FDSET in nss-pam-ldapd can lead to a stack-based buffer overflow. An attacker could, under some circumstances, use this flaw to cause a process that has the NSS or PAM module loaded to crash or potentially execute arbitrary...

kernel: vhost: fix length for cross region descriptor

The translatedesc function in drivers/vhost/vhost.c in the Linux kernel before 3.7 does not properly handle cross-region descriptors, which allows guest OS users to obtain host OS privileges by leveraging KVM guest OS privileges...

Low: Red Hat Security Advisory: xinetd security and bug fix update

An updated xinetd package that fixes one security issue and two bugs is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6. The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having low security impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base score, which gives a detailed severity...

DSA-2628-1 nss-pam-ldapd - buffer overflow

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SuSE 11.1 Security Update : expat (SAT Patch Number 6200)

This update of expat fixes the following bugs : - hash collision attack that could lead to exessive CPU usage. CVE-2012-0876 - expat didn't close file descriptors in some cases. CVE-2012-1147 - specially crafted xml files could lead to a memory leak CVE-2012-1148 %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable...