Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : gnupg (MDKSA-2003:061)

A bug was discovered in GnuPG versions 1.2.1 and earlier. When gpg evaluates trust values for different UIDs assigned to a key, it would incorrectly associate the trust value of the UID with the highest trust value with every other UID assigned to that key. This prevents a warning message from...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : eog (MDKSA-2003:048)

A vulnerability was discovered in the Eye of GNOME EOG program, version 2.2.0 and earlier, that is used for displaying graphics. A carefully crafted filename passed to eog could lead to the execution of arbitrary code as the user executing eog. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : jabber (MDKSA-2004:005)

A vulnerability was found in the jabber program where a bug in the handling of SSL connections could cause the server process to crash, resulting in a DoS Denial of Service. The updated packages are patched to correct the problem. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descripti...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : minicom (MDKSA-2001:051)

Several format string vulnerabilities exist in the minicom program. These bugs can be exploited to obtain group uucp privilege. A simple fix is to simply remove the setgid bit on /usr/bin/minicom, however these new packages introduce some fixes for the vulnerabilities through a patch from Red Hat...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : glibc (MDKSA-2003:037)

An integer overflow was discovered by eEye Digital Security in the xdrmemgetbytes function of glibc 2.3.1 and earlier. This function is part of the XDR encoder/decoder derived from Sun's RPC implementation. Depending upon the application, this vulnerability can cause buffer overflows and could...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : metamail (MDKSA-2004:014)

Two format string and two buffer overflow vulnerabilities were discovered in metamail by Ulf Harnhammar. The updated packages are patched to fix these holes. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were extracted from Mandrake...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : proftpd (MDKSA-2004:041)

A portability workaround that was applied in version 1.2.9 of the ProFTPD FTP server caused CIDR based ACL entries in 'Allow' and 'Deny' directives to act like an 'AllowAll' directive. This granted FTP clients access to files and directories that the server configuration may have been explicitly...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : gv (MDKSA-2002:069)

A buffer overflow was discovered in gv versions 3.5.8 and earlier by Zen Parse. The problem is triggered by scanning a file and can be exploited by an attacker sending a malformed PostScript or PDF file. This would result in arbitrary code being executed with the privilege of the user viewing the...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : sox (MDKSA-2004:076)

Ulf Harnhammar discovered two buffer overflows in SoX. They occur when the sox or play commands handle malicious .WAV files. Versions 12.17.4, 12.17.3 and 12.17.2 are vulnerable to these overflows. 12.17.1, 12.17 and 12.16 are some versions that are not. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : xinetd (MDKSA-2001:055-1)

A bug exists in xinetd as shipped with Mandrake Linux 8.0 dealing with TCP connections with the WAIT state that prevents linuxconf-web from working properly. As well, xinetd contains a security flaw in which it defaults to a umask of 0. This means that applications using the xinetd umask that do...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : lynx (MDKSA-2003:023)

A vulnerability was discovered in lynx, a text-mode web browser. The HTTP queries that lynx constructs are from arguments on the command line or the $WWWHOME environment variable, but lynx does not properly sanitize special characters such as carriage returns or linefeeds. Extra headers can be...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : openssh (MDKSA-2001:081)

In some circumstances, the sshd server may not honor the 'from=' option that can be associated with a key in a user's /.ssh/authorizedkeys2 file if multiple keys are listed. This could allow key-based logins from hosts which should not be allowed access. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : hylafax (MDKSA-2003:105)

During a code review of the hfaxd server, part of the hylafax package, the SuSE Security Team discovered a format bug condition that allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code as the root user. Updated packages have been patched to correct the problem. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : sysklogd (MDKSA-2004:038)

Steve Grubb discovered a bug in sysklogd where it allocates an insufficient amount of memory which causes sysklogd to write to unallocated memory. This could allow for a malicious user to crash sysklogd. The updated packages provide a patched sysklogd using patches from Openwall to correct the...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : glibc (MDKSA-2004:009)

A read buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the resolver code in versions of glibc up to and including 2.2.5. The vulnerability is triggered by DNS packets larger than 1024 bytes, which can cause an application to crash. The updated packages have a patch applied to correct the problem...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : tar (MDKSA-2002:066)

A directory traversal vulnerability was discovered in GNU tar version 1.13.25 and earlier that allows attackers to overwrite arbitrary files during extraction of the archive by using a '..' dot dot in an extracted filename. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : procmail (MDKSA-2001:085)

In older versions of procmail, it is possible to crash procmail by sending it certain signals. If procmail is installed setuid, this could be exploited to gain unauthorized privilege. This problem is fixed in unstable version 3.20 and stable version 3.15.2. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : xinetd (MDKSA-2003:056)

A vulnerability was discovered in xinetd where memory was allocated and never freed if a connection was refused for any reason. Because of this bug, an attacker could crash the xinetd server, making unavailable all of the services it controls. Other flaws were also discovered that could cause...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : groff (MDKSA-2002:012)

zen-parse discovered an exploitable buffer overflow in groff's preprocessor. If groff is invoked using the LPRng printing system, an attacker can gain rights as the 'lp' user. Likewise, this may be remotely exploitable if lpd is running and remotely accessible and the attacker knows the name of t...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : gzip (MDKSA-2002:011)

There are two problems with the gzip archiving program; the first is a crash when an input file name is over 1020 characters, and the second is a buffer overflow that could be exploited if gzip is run on a server such as an FTP server. The patch applied is from the gzip developers and the problem...