Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : libksba (MDKSA-2006:183)

The libksba library, as used by gpgsm in the gnupg2 package, allows attackers to cause a denial of service application crash via a malformed X.509 certificate in a signature. libksba-0.9.15 in Mandriva 2007.0 is not affected by this issue. Updated packages have been patched to correct this issue...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : samba (MDKSA-2007:034)

A logic error in the deferred open code for smbd may allow an authenticated user to exhaust resources such as memory and CPU on the server by opening multiple CIFS sessions, each of which will normally spawn a new smbd process, and sending each connection into an infinite loop. CVE-2007-0452 The...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : avahi (MDKSA-2006:215)

Steve Grubb discovered that netlink messages were not being checked for their sender identity. This could lead to local users manipulating the Avahi service. Packages have been patched to correct this issues. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : kdegraphics (MDKSA-2007:024)

The Adobe PDF specification 1.3, as implemented by xpdf 3.0.1 patch 2, kpdf in KDE before 3.5.5, and other products, allows remote attackers to have an unknown impact, possibly including denial of service infinite loop, arbitrary code execution, or memory corruption, via a PDF file with a 1 craft...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : ruby (MDKSA-2006:225)

Another vulnerability has been discovered in the CGI library cgi.rb that ships with Ruby which could be used by a malicious user to create a denial of service attack DoS. Updated packages have been patched to correct this issue. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : clamav (MDKSA-2006:184)

An integer overflow in previous versions of ClamAV could allow a remote attacker to cause a Denial of Service scanning service crash and execute arbitrary code via a Portable Executable PE file CVE-2006-4182. Another vulnerability could allow a remote attacker to cause a DoS via a crafted...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : gstreamer-ffmpeg (MDKSA-2006:174)

Gstreamer-ffmpeg uses an embedded copy of ffmpeg and as such has been updated to address the following issue: Multiple buffer overflows in libavcodec in ffmpeg before 0.4.9p20060530 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code via multiple unspecified...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : python (MDKSA-2006:181)

A vulnerability in python's repr function was discovered by Benjamin C. Wiley Sittler. It was found that the function did not properly handle UTF-32/UCS-4 strings, so an application that used repr on certin untrusted data could possibly be exploited to execute arbitrary code with the privileges o...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : gv (MDKSA-2006:214-1)

Stack-based buffer overflow in the psgettext function in ps.c for GNU gv 3.6.2, and possibly earlier versions, allows user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via a PostScript PS file with certain headers that contain long comments, as demonstrated using the DocumentMedia header. Package...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : xine-ui (MDKSA-2007:027)

Format string vulnerability in the errorscreatewindow function in errors.c in xine-ui allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors. CVE-2007-0254 XINE 0.99.4 allows user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service application crash and possibly execute arbitrary code...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : mozilla-thunderbird (MDKSA-2007:011)

A number of security vulnerabilities have been discovered and corrected in the latest Mozilla Thunderbird program, version 1.5.0.9. This update provides the latest Thunderbird to correct these issues. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package checks in...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : postgresql (MDKSA-2007:037-1)

Jeff Trout discovered that the PostgreSQL server did not sufficiently check data types of SQL function arguments in some cases. A user could then exploit this to crash the database server or read out arbitrary locations of the server's memory, which could be used to retrieve database contents tha...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : ntp (MDKSA-2006:178)

Openssl recently had several vulnerabilities which were patched CVE-2006-2937,2940,3738,4339, 4343. Some versions of ntp are built against a static copy of the SSL libraries. As a precaution an updated copy built against the new libraries in being made available. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : rpm (MDKSA-2006:200)

A heap-based buffer overflow was discovered in librpm when the LANG or LCALL environment variable is set to ruRU.UTF-8 and possibly other locales, which could allow for user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted RPM packages. Updated packages have been patched to correct this...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : mozilla-firefox (MDKSA-2006:168)

A number of security vulnerabilities have been discovered and corrected in the latest Mozilla Firefox program, version 1.5.0.7. This update provides the latest Firefox to correct these issues. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package checks in this...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : ruby (MDKSA-2006:192)

The CGI library in Ruby 1.8 allowed a remote attacker to cause a Denial of Service via an HTTP request with a multipart MIME body that contained an invalid boundary specifier, which would result in an infinite loop and CPU consumption. Updated packages have been patched to correct this issue...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : postgresql (MDKSA-2006:194)

A vulnerability in PostgreSQL 8.1.x allowed remote authenticated users to cause a Denial of Service daemon crash via certain aggregate functions in an UPDATE statement which were not handled correctly CVE-2006-5540. Another DoS issue in PostgreSQL 7.4.x, 8.0.x, and 8.1.x allowed remote...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : mpg123 (MDKSA-2007:032)

The httpopen function in httpget.c in mpg123 before 0.64 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service infinite loop by closing the HTTP connection early. Packages have been patched to correct this issue. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : libx11 (MDKSA-2006:199)

The Xinput module modules/im/ximcp/imLcIm.c in X.Org libX11 1.0.2 and 1.0.3 opens a file for reading twice using the same file descriptor, which causes a file descriptor leak that allows local users to read files specified by the XCOMPOSEFILE environment variable via the duplicate file descriptor...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : kdenetwork (MDKSA-2007:009)

KsIRC 1.3.12 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service crash via a long PRIVMSG string when connecting to an Internet Relay Chat IRC server, which causes an assertion failure and results in a NULL pointer dereference. Updated packages are patched to address this issue. %NASLMINLEVEL...