MDKA-2006:055 : rpmdrake

Several bugs were fixed in rpmdrake: - various people saw crashes due to invalid UTF-8 strings 26099 - edit-urpm-sources.pl didn't start if urpmi.cfg did not exist 27336 - MandrivaUpdate got several fixes: o it was impossible to select an update where there was only one group 26135 o all updates...

MDKA-2006:045 : coreutils

The coreutils package lacked several features due to a build deficiency. As a result, the su program was not linked against the PAM library, making it impossible for su to make use of advanced authentication features that rely on the PAM library. As well, the cp system utility did not keep extend...

MDKA-2006:064 : sendmail

A bug in the sendmail service initscript prevented the sm-client service from restarting if had not shut down cleanly from a previous run. The updated packages address this issue. %NASLMINLEVEL 999999 @DEPRECATED@ This script has been deprecated as the associated patch is not currently a security...

MDKA-2006:015 : gthumb

A bug was discovered in gthumb were the UI User Interface can get corrupted when importing photos in some non-UTF8 locales such as French. Some text strings returned from libgphoto where not converted into UTF-8 before being used by GTK+. Updated packages have been patched to correct the issue...

MDKA-2006:003 : hal

HAL in Mandriva 2006 doesn't correctly handle card readers advertising themselves as SCSI removable disk, which was preventing HAL from correctly creating entries in fstab when the user inserts a memory card. Updated packages have been patched to address this issue. %NASLMINLEVEL 999999...

MDKA-2005:061 : digikamimageplugins

A previous update of DigiKam MDKA-2005:059 bumped the version to 0.8.0. After this update, Narfi Stefansson reported that showfoto, from digikamimageplugins was crashing when trying to use 'Free Rotation'. This update bumps digikamimageplugins to version 0.8.0 also. %NASLMINLEVEL 999999...

MDKA-2007:006 : desktop-common-data

When using 'Discovery' menus, there is no menu item for Writer in the Office category. Updated packages correct this issue. %NASLMINLEVEL 999999 @DEPRECATED@ This script has been deprecated as the associated patch is not currently a security fix. Disabled on 2012/09/06. C Tenable Network Security...

MDKA-2007:012 : glibc

The version of glibc shipped with Mandriva 2007 has a bug that prevents the system from passing the lsb-runtime test suite T.ttynamer. This update also includes sparc64 updates and Unicode 5.0 support. %NASLMINLEVEL 999999 @DEPRECATED@ This script has been deprecated as the associated patch is no...

MDKA-2005:042 : mozilla-thunderbird-nb

Due to a packaging bug, the mozilla-thunderbird-nb package could not be installed. This update corrects the bug allowing the package to be installed. %NASLMINLEVEL 999999 @DEPRECATED@ This script has been deprecated as the associated patch is not currently a security fix. Disabled on 2012/09/06. ...

MDKA-2006:026 : netpbm

The pnmtopalm program, part of netpbm, crashes on many images. 21020 The pnmtofits program, part of netpbm, crashes during conversion. 21444 Updated packages have been patched to correct these issues. %NASLMINLEVEL 999999 @DEPRECATED@ This script has been deprecated as the associated patch is not...

MDKA-2006:052 : opensc

Opensc is a library for accessing smart card devices. This update fixes a problem which prevented Oberthur smart cards from being recognized and used. %NASLMINLEVEL 999999 @DEPRECATED@ This script has been deprecated as the associated patch is not currently a security fix. Disabled on 2012/09/06....

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : dbus (MDKSA-2006:233)

A vulnerability was discovered in D-Bus that could be exploited by a local attacker to cause a Denial of Service. Updated packages have been patched to correct this issue. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were extracted fr...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : mutt (MDKSA-2006:190)

A race condition in the safeopen function in the Mutt mail client 1.5.12 and earlier, when creating temporary files in an NFS filesystem, allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files due to limitations of the use of the OEXCL flag on NFS filesystems. CVE-2006-5297 The muttadvmktemp function in...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : mozilla-firefox (MDKSA-2006:205)

A number of security vulnerabilities have been discovered and corrected in the latest Mozilla Firefox program, version 1.5.0.8. 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 : wxGTK2 (MDKSA-2004:111)

Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in the libtiff package; wxGTK2 uses a libtiff code tree, so it may have the same vulnerabilities : Chris Evans discovered several problems in the RLE run length encoding decoders that could lead to arbitrary code execution. CVE-2004-0803 Matthias Clase...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : xpdf (MDKSA-2007:021)

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 : koffice (MDKSA-2006:222)

An integer overflow was discovered in KOffice's filtering code. By tricking a user into opening a specially crafted PPT file, attackers could crash KOffice or possibly execute arbitrary code with the user's privileges. The updated packages have been patched to correct this issue. %NASLMINLEVEL...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : ImageMagick (MDKSA-2006:223)

Multiple buffer overflows in Imagemagick 6.0 before 6.0.6.2, and 6.2 before 6.2.4.5, has unknown impact and user-assisted attack vectors via a crafted SGI image. Updated packages have been patched to correct this issue. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : php (MDKSA-2006:196)

The Hardened-PHP Project discovered buffer overflows in htmlentities/htmlspecialchars internal routines to the PHP Project. The purpose of these functions is to be filled with user input. The overflow can only be when UTF-8 is used CVE-2006-5465 Unspecified vulnerabilities in PHP, probably before...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : pdftohtml (MDKSA-2007:019)

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...