[SECURITY] Fedora 12 Update: boa-0.94.14-0.15.rc21.fc12

Boa is a single-tasking HTTP server. That means that unlike traditional web servers, it does not fork for each incoming connection, nor does it fork ma ny copies of itself to handle multiple connections. It internally multiplexes all of the ongoing HTTP connections, and forks only for CGI program...

Microsoft PowerPoint OEPlaceholderAtom placementId memory corruption

Added: 02/12/2010 CVE: CVE-2010-0031 BID: 38103 OSVDB: 62237 Background Microsoft PowerPoint is presentation software included in the Microsoft Office desktop suite. Problem A memory corruption vulnerability allows command execution when a user opens a PowerPoint file containing an...

Microsoft PowerPoint OEPlaceholderAtom placementId memory corruption

Added: 02/12/2010 CVE: CVE-2010-0031 BID: 38103 OSVDB: 62237 Background Microsoft PowerPoint is presentation software included in the Microsoft Office desktop suite. Problem A memory corruption vulnerability allows command execution when a user opens a PowerPoint file containing an...

FreeBSD : xloadimage -- arbitrary command execution when handling compressed files (310d0087-0fde-4929-a41f-96f17c5adffe)

Tavis Ormandy discovered that xli and xloadimage attempt to decompress images by piping them through gunzip or similar decompression tools. Unfortunately, the unsanitized file name is included as part of the command. This is dangerous, as in some situations, such as mailcap processing, an attacke...

security flaw

Directory traversal vulnerability in gunzip -N in gzip 1.2.4 through 1.3.5 allows remote attackers to write to arbitrary directories via a .. dot dot in the original filename within a compressed file...

DEBIAN-CVE-2005-1228

Directory traversal vulnerability in gunzip -N in gzip 1.2.4 through 1.3.5 allows remote attackers to write to arbitrary directories via a .. dot dot in the original filename within a compressed file...

CVE-2005-1228

Directory traversal vulnerability in gunzip -N in gzip 1.2.4 through 1.3.5 allows remote attackers to write to arbitrary directories via a .. dot dot in the original filename within a compressed file...

CVE-2005-1228

Summary: CVE-2005-1228 and CAN-2005-0988 affect gzip up to 1.3.5. Two issues: (1) -N option path traversal can cause arbitrary file creation/overwrite in directories; (2) a permission/ownership race during decompression can allow a local attacker to modify permissions or replace files with linked...

Low: Red Hat Security Advisory: xloadimage security update

A new xloadimage package that fixes bugs in handling malformed tiff and pbm/pnm/ppm images, and in handling metacharacters in filenames is now available. This update has been rated as having low security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team. The xloadimage utility displays images in an X...

security flaw

xloadimage before 4.1-r2, and xli before 1.17, allows attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in filenames for compressed images, which are not properly quoted when calling the gunzip command...

DEBIAN-CVE-2005-0638

xloadimage before 4.1-r2, and xli before 1.17, allows attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in filenames for compressed images, which are not properly quoted when calling the gunzip command...

DEBIAN-CVE-2003-0949

xsok 1.02 does not properly drop privileges before finding and executing the "gunzip" program, which allows local users to execute arbitrary commands...

CVE-2003-0949

CVE-2003-0949 affects xsok 1.02, where the process fails to drop privileges before locating/execing the gunzip program. This enables local users to run arbitrary commands with the privileges of the vulnerable process. Public records corroborate an in-OS privilege issue in xsok and in related Debi...

PT-2002-1282 · Oracle · Tarantella Enterprise 3

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Tarantella Enterprise 3 versions 3.01 through 3.20 Description: A race condition exists in the installation script, which creates a world-writeable temporary "gunzip" program before executing it. This could allow local users to execute...

CVE-2001-0087

itetris/xitetris 1.6.2 and earlier trusts the PATH environmental variable to find and execute the gunzip program, which allows local users to gain root privileges by changing their PATH so that it points to a malicious gunzip program...

CVE-2001-0087

CVE-2001-0087 affects itetris/xitetris 1.6.2 and earlier. The vulnerability arises because the program trusts the PATH environment variable to locate and execute the gunzip program, enabling local users to gain root privileges by arranging PATH to point to a crafted, malicious gunzip. The connect...