Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : mutt (MDKSA-2004:010)

A bug in mutt was reported by Neils Heinen that could allow a remote attacker to send a carefully crafted mail message that can cause mutt to segfault and possibly execute arbitrary code as the user running mutt. The updated packages have been patched to correct the problem. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : glibc (MDKSA-2002:061)

A heap buffer overflow exists in the XDR decoder in glibc version 2.2.5 and earlier. XDR is a mechanism for encoding data structures for use with RPC, which is derived from Sun's RPC implementation which is likewise vulnerable to a heap overflow. Depending on the application, this vulnerability m...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : mc (MDKSA-2004:039)

Several vulnerabilities in Midnight Commander were found by Jacub Jelinek. This includes several buffer overflows CVE-2004-0226, as well as a format string issue CVE-2004-0232, and an issue with temporary file and directory creation CVE-2004-0231. Most of the included fixes are backports from CVS...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : glibc (MDKSA-2002:050)

A buffer overflow vulnerability was found in the way that the glibc resolver handles the resolution of network names and addresses via DNS in glibc versions 2.2.5 and earlier. Only systems using the 'dns' entry in the 'networks' database in /etc/nsswitch.conf are vulnerable to this issue. By...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : netpbm (MDKSA-2004:011-1)

A number of temporary file bugs have been found in versions of NetPBM. These could allow a local user the ability to overwrite or create files as a different user who happens to run one of the the vulnerable utilities. Update : The patch applied made some calls to the mktemp utility with an...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : postgresql (MDKSA-2003:102)

Two bugs were discovered that lead to a buffer overflow in PostgreSQL versions 7.2.x and 7.3.x prior to 7.3.4, in the abstract data type ADT to ASCII conversion functions. It is believed that, under the right circumstances, an attacker may use this vulnerability to execute arbitrary instructions ...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : apache-mod_perl (MDKSA-2004:046-1)

Four security vulnerabilities were fixed with the 1.3.31 release of Apache. All of these issues have been backported and applied to the provided packages. Thanks to Ralf Engelschall of OpenPKG for providing the patches. Apache 1.3 prior to 1.3.30 did not filter terminal escape sequences from its...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : nedit (MDKSA-2001:042)

A temporary file vulnerability exists in NEdit, the Nirvana Editor. When printing the entire text or selected parts of the text within the editor, nedit creates a temporary file in an insecure manner. This could be exploited to gain access to other user privileges including root. %NASLMINLEVEL...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : ethereal (MDKSA-2003:051)

A vulnerability was discovered in Ethereal 0.9.9 and earlier that allows a remote attacker to use specially crafted SOCKS packets to cause a denial of service DoS and possibly execute arbitrary code. A similar vulnerability also exists in the NTLMSSP code in Ethereal 0.9.9 and earlier, due to a...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : tcpdump (MDKSA-2003:027)

A vulnerability was discovered by Andrew Griffiths and iDEFENSE Labs in the tcpdump program. By sending a specially crafted network packet, an attacker is able to to cause tcpdump to enter an infinite loop. In addition, the tcpdump developers found a potential infinite loop when tcpdump parses...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : utempter (MDKSA-2004:031-1)

Steve Grubb discovered two potential issues in the utempter program : 1 If the path to the device contained /../ or /./ or //, the program was not exiting as it should. It would be possible to use something like /dev/../tmp/tty0, and then if /tmp/tty0 were deleted and symlinked to another importa...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : slocate (MDKSA-2003:015)

A buffer overflow vulnerability was discovered in slocate by team USG. The overflow appears when slocate is used with the -c and -r parameters, using a 1024 or 10240 byte string. This has been corrected in slocate version 2.7. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : eroaster (MDKSA-2003:083)

A vulnerability was discovered in eroaster where it does not take any security precautions when creating a temporary file for the lockfile. This vulnerability could be exploited to overwrite arbitrary files with the privileges of the user running eroaster. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : teetx (MDKSA-2002:070)

A vulnerability was discovered in dvips by Olaf Kirch that would allow remote users with access to the printer to execute commands as the lp user through sending special print jobs to the printer. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package checks in this...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : xpdf (MDKSA-2003:002)

The pdftops filter found in both the xpdf and CUPS packages suffers from an integer overflow that can be exploited to gain the privilege of the victim user. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were extracted from Mandrake Lin...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : krb5 (MDKSA-2001:093)

A buffer overflow exists in the telnet portion of Kerberos that could provide root access to local users. MDKSA-2001:068 provided a similar fix to the normal telnet packages, but the Kerberized equivalent was not updated previously. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : squid (MDKSA-2001:066)

The Squid proxy server has a serious security flaw in versions 2.3.STABLE2 through 2.3.STABLE4. This problem surfaces when Squid is used in httpdaccel mode. If you configure httpaccelwithproxy off then any request to Squid is allowed. Malicious users may use your proxy to portscan remote systems,...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : mailman (MDKSA-2004:051)

Mailman versions = 2.1 have an issue where 3rd parties can retrieve member passwords from the server. The updated packages have a patch backported from 2.1.5 to correct the issue. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : samba (MDKSA-2003:044)

An exploitable buffer overflow was discovered in the Samba server that can lead to an anonymous remote root compromise. The Samba Team also discovered some potential overflows during an internal code audit which was done in response to the previously noted buffer overflow problem. All versions of...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : ksymoops (MDKSA-2004:060)

Geoffrey Lee discovered a problem with the ksymoops-gznm script distributed with Mandrakelinux. The script fails to do proper checking when copying a file to the /tmp directory. Because of this, a local attacker can setup a symlink to point to a file that they do not have permission to remove. Th...