Solaris 10 (sparc) : 119410-10 (deprecated)

GNOME 2.6.0: GNOME Applets Patch. Date this patch was last updated by Sun : Dec/14/17 This plugin has been deprecated and either replaced with individual 119410 patch-revision plugins, or deemed non-security related. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. @DEPRECATED@ Disabled on...

USN-3513-1: libxml2 vulnerability

It was discovered that libxml2 incorrecty handled certain files. An attacker could use this issue with specially constructed XML data to cause libxml2 to consume resources, leading to a denial of service...

USN-3504-2: libxml2 vulnerability

USN-3504-1 fixed a vulnerability in libxml2. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 12.04 ESM. Original advisory details: Wei Lei discovered that libxml2 incorrecty handled certain parameter entities. An attacker could use this issue with specially constructed XML data to cause...

Internet Bug Bounty: Multiple issues in Libxml2 (2.9.2 - 2.9.5)

Libxml2 is the XML C parser and toolkit developed for the Gnome project. Due to its flexible C implementation and continuous development, Libxml2 is known to be very portable, the library builds and works on a variety of systems Linux, Unix, Windows, CygWin, MacOS, MacOS X, RISC Os, OS/2, VMS, QN...

CVE-2017-16931

parser.c in libxml2 before 2.9.5 mishandles parameter-entity references because the NEXTL macro calls the xmlParserHandlePEReference function in the case of a '%' character in a DTD name...

CVE-2017-16932

parser.c in libxml2 before 2.9.5 does not prevent infinite recursion in parameter entities...

libxml2: Multiple vulnerabilities

Background libxml2 is the XML eXtended Markup Language C parser and toolkit initially developed for the Gnome project. Description Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in libxml2. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details. Impact A remote attacker, by enticing a user...

Fedora Update for gnome-shell FEDORA-2017-e3bf383b11

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2017 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...

[SECURITY] Fedora 25 Update: gnome-shell-3.22.3-2.fc25

GNOME Shell provides core user interface functions for the GNOME 3 desktop, like switching to windows and launching applications. GNOME Shell takes advantage of the capabilities of modern graphics hardware and introduces innovative user interface concepts to provide a visually attractive and easy...

gtk2 vulnerable to Use of Externally-Controlled Format String

Format string vulnerability in the mdiaginitialize function in gtk/src/rbgtkmessagedialog.c in Ruby-GNOME 2 aka Ruby/Gnome2 0.16.0, and SVN versions before 20071127, allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in the message parameter...

Debian DSA-3994-1 : nautilus - security update

Christian Boxdorfer discovered a vulnerability in the handling of FreeDesktop.org .desktop files in Nautilus, a file manager for the GNOME desktop environment. An attacker can craft a .desktop file intended to run malicious commands but displayed as a innocuous document file in Nautilus. An user...

Fedora Update for gnome-shell FEDORA-2017-ebc4d197b2

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2017 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...

libsoup: Arbitrary remote code execution

Background libsoup is an HTTP client/server library for GNOME. Description A stack based buffer overflow vulnerability was discovered in libsoup. Impact A remote attacker, by using specially crafted HTTP requests, could execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the process. Workaround There i...

Fedora 26 : gnome-shell (2017-ebc4d197b2)

Fix crash on fast status icon remapping Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora update system website. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues...

[SECURITY] Fedora 26 Update: gnome-shell-3.24.3-2.fc26

GNOME Shell provides core user interface functions for the GNOME 3 desktop, like switching to windows and launching applications. GNOME Shell takes advantage of the capabilities of modern graphics hardware and introduces innovative user interface concepts to provide a visually attractive and easy...

DEBIAN-CVE-2017-14604

GNOME Nautilus before 3.23.90 allows attackers to spoof a file type by using the .desktop file extension, as demonstrated by an attack in which a .desktop file's Name field ends in .pdf but this file's Exec field launches a malicious "sh -c" command. In other words, Nautilus provides no UI...

Command injection

GNOME Nautilus before 3.23.90 allows attackers to spoof a file type by using the .desktop file extension, as demonstrated by an attack in which a .desktop file's Name field ends in .pdf but this file's Exec field launches a malicious "sh -c" command. In other words, Nautilus provides no UI...

CVE-2017-14604

GNOME Nautilus before 3.23.90 allows attackers to spoof a file type by using the .desktop file extension, as demonstrated by an attack in which a .desktop file's Name field ends in .pdf but this file's Exec field launches a malicious "sh -c" command. In other words, Nautilus provides no UI...

CVE-2017-14604

GNOME Nautilus before 3.23.90 allows attackers to spoof a file type by using the .desktop file extension, as demonstrated by an attack in which a .desktop file's Name field ends in .pdf but this file's Exec field launches a malicious "sh -c" command. In other words, Nautilus provides no UI...

CVE-2017-14604

GNOME Nautilus before 3.23.90 allows attackers to spoof a file type by using the .desktop file extension, as demonstrated by an attack in which a .desktop file's Name field ends in .pdf but this file's Exec field launches a malicious "sh -c" command. In other words, Nautilus provides no UI...