Fedora Core 2 : exim-4.43-1.FC2.1 (2005-001)

This erratum fixes two relatively minor security issues which were discovered in Exim in the last few weeks. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project cve.mitre.org has assigned the names CVE-2005-0021 and CVE-2005-0022 to these, respectively. 1. The function hostaton can overflow a buffer...

Moderate: Red Hat Security Advisory: XFree86 security update

Updated XFree86 packages that fix several security flaws in libXpm are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3. XFree86 is an open source implementation of the X Window System. It provides the basic low level functionality which full fledged graphical user interfaces GUIs such as GNOME and K...

Corsaire Security Advisory - Netopia Timbuktu remote buffer overflow issue

-- Corsaire Security Advisory -- Title: Netopia Timbuktu remote buffer overflow issue Date: 20.07.04 Application: Timbuktu v7.0.3 Environment: Mac OS X 10.1, 10.2, 10.3 Author: Stephen de Vries [email protected] Audience: General release Reference: c040720-001 -- Scope -- The aim of...

RHEL 3 : mysql (RHSA-2004:569)

Updated mysql packages that fix various temporary file security issues, as well as a number of bugs, are now available. MySQL is a multi-user, multi-threaded SQL database server. This update fixes a number of small bugs, including some potential security problems associated with careless handling...

[slackware-security] rsync

New rsync 2.6.3 packages are available for Slackware 8.1, 9.0, 9.1, 10.0, and -current to a fix security issue when rsync is run as a non-chrooted server. More details about this issue may be found in the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures CVE database:...

[slackware-security] zlib DoS

New zlib packages are available for Slackware 10.0 and -current to fix a possible denial of service security issue. More details about this issue may be found in the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures CVE database: http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2004-797 Here are the details...

RHEL 2.1 / 3 : ruby (RHSA-2004:441)

An updated ruby package that fixes insecure file permissions for CGI session files is now available. Ruby is an interpreted scripting language for object-oriented programming. Andres Salomon reported an insecure file permissions flaw in the CGI session management of Ruby. FileStore created world...

Important: Red Hat Security Advisory: spamassassin security update

An updated spamassassin package that fixes a denial of service bug when parsing malformed messages is now available. SpamAssassin provides a way to reduce unsolicited commercial email SPAM from incoming email. A denial of service bug has been found in SpamAssassin versions below 2.64. A malicious...

Debian DSA-423-1 : linux-kernel-2.4.17-ia64 - several vulnerabilities

The IA-64 maintainers fixed several security related bugs in the Linux kernel 2.4.17 used for the IA-64 architecture, mostly by backporting fixes from 2.4.18. The corrections are listed below with the identification from the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures CVE project : - CAN-2003-0001 :...

Debian DSA-519-1 : cvs - several vulnerabilities

Sebastian Krahmer and Stefan Esser discovered several vulnerabilities in the CVS server, which serves the popular Concurrent Versions System. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems : - CAN-2004-0416: double-free in errorprogname - CAN-2004-0417: argumen...

Debian DSA-502-1 : exim-tls - buffer overflow

Georgi Guninski discovered two stack-based buffer overflows in exim and exim-tls. They cannot be exploited with the default configuration from the Debian system, though. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems that are fixed with this update : -...

Important: Red Hat Security Advisory: mod_ssl security update

An updated modssl package for Apache that fixes a format string vulnerability is now available. The modssl module provides strong cryptography for the Apache Web server via the Secure Sockets Layer SSL and Transport Layer Security TLS protocols. A format string issue was discovered in modssl for...

RHEL 2.1 / 3 : rsync (RHSA-2004:436)

An updated rsync package that fixes a path sanitizing bug is now available. The rsync program synchronizes files over a network. Versions of rsync up to and including version 2.6.2 contain a path sanitization issue. This issue could allow an attacker to read or write files outside of the rsync...

RHEL 2.1 / 3 : qt (RHSA-2004:414)

Updated qt packages that fix security issues in several of the image decoders are now available. Qt is a software toolkit that simplifies the task of writing and maintaining GUI Graphical User Interface applications for the X Window System. During a security audit, Chris Evans discovered a heap...

Low: Red Hat Security Advisory: gnome-vfs security update

Updated GNOME VFS packages that remove potential extfs-related vulnerabilities are now available. GNOME VFS is the GNOME virtual file system. It provides a modular architecture and ships with several modules that implement support for file systems, HTTP, FTP, and others. The extfs backends make i...

OpenServer 5.0.6 OpenServer 5.0.7 : Xsco contains a buffer overflow that could be exploited to gain root privileges.

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 SCO Security Advisory Subject: OpenServer 5.0.6 OpenServer 5.0.7 : Xsco contains a buffer overflow that could be exploited to gain root privileges. Advisory number: SCOSA-2004.3 Issue date: 2004 July 29 Cross reference: sr889371 fz528866 erg712547...

Important: Red Hat Security Advisory: sox security update

Updated sox packages that fix buffer overflows in the WAV file handling code are now available. SoX Sound eXchange is a sound file format converter. SoX can convert between many different digitized sound formats and perform simple sound manipulation functions, including sound effects. Buffer...

Moderate: Red Hat Security Advisory: samba security update

Updated samba packages that fix a buffer overflow issue are now available. Samba provides file and printer sharing services to SMB/CIFS clients. The Samba team discovered a buffer overflow in the code used to support the 'mangling method = hash' smb.conf option. The Common Vulnerabilities and...

Fedora Core 1 : rsync-2.5.7-2 (2003-030)

A heap overflow bug exists in rsync versions prior to 2.5.7. On machines where the rsync server has been enabled, a remote attacker could use this flaw to execute arbitrary code as an unprivileged user. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project cve.mitre.org has assigned the name...

PHP

New PHP packages are available for Slackware 8.1, 9.0, 9.1, 10.0, and -current to fix security issues memorylimit handling and a problem in the striptags function. Sites using PHP should upgrade. More details about this issue may be found in the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures CVE database:...