Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : slrn (MDKSA-2001:028)

A buffer overflow exists in versions of the slrn news reader prior to 0.9.6.3pl4 as reported by Bill Nottingham. This problem exists in the wrapping/unwrapping functions and a long header in a message might overflow a buffer which could result in execution of arbitrary code encoded in the message...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : cfengine (MDKSA-2000:061)

The GNU cfengine is an abstract programming language for system administrators of large heterogeneous networks, used for maintenance and administration. There are a number of string format vulnerabilities in syslog calls that can be abused to either make the cfengine program segfault and die or t...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : licq (MDKSA-2001:032-1)

Versions of Licq prior to 1.0.3 have a vulnerability involving the way Licq parses received URLs. The received URLs are passed to the web browser without any sanity checking by using the system function. Because of the lack of checks on the URL, remote attackers can pipe other commands with the...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : Zope (MDKSA-2000:086)

A potential security issue exists in versions of Zope up to and including 2.2.4. This issue involves incorrect protection of a data updating method on Image and File objects. Because the method was not correctly protected, it was possible for users with DTML editing privileges to update the raw...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : xpdf (MDKSA-2005:043)

Previous updates to correct integer overflow issues affecting xpdf overlooked certain conditions when built for a 64 bit platform. formerly CVE-2004-0888. This also affects applications that use embedded versions of xpdf. The updated packages are patched to deal with these issues. %NASLMINLEVEL...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : nss_ldap (MDKSA-2000:066-1)

A race condition exists in versions of nssldap prior to version 121. On a system running nscd, a malicious user can cause the system to hang. Update : Due to a new packaging scheme, the updates have been re-released with the appropriate revision number. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : squid (MDKSA-2001:003)

WireX discovered a potential temporary file race condition in the way that squid sends out email messages notifying the administrator about updating the program. Usually this will only happen if you are running a development version of squid or if the clock on your system is incorrect. This probl...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : xchat (MDKSA-2000:039-1)

XChat 1.3.9 and later allow users to right-click on a URL appearing in an IRC discussion and select the 'Open in Browser' option. To open the URL in a browser, XChat passes the command to /bin/sh. This allows a malicious URL the ability to execute arbitrary shell commands as the user that is...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : dhcp (MDKSA-2000:022-1)

All versions of the ISC DHCP client program, dhclient, are vulnerable to a root attack by a corrupt DHCP server. This version fixes the vulnerability. Versions of Linux Mandrake prior to 7.0, while including the ISC DHCP server, do not include the DHCP client and are therefore not subject to this...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : openldap (MDKSA-2000:003)

OpenLDAP follows symbolic links when creating files. The default location for these files is /usr/tmp, which is a symlink to /tmp, which in turn is a world-writable directory. Local users can destroy the contents of any file on any mounted filesystem. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Securit...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : wu-ftpd (MDKSA-2000:014)

Wu-ftpd is vulnerable to a very serious remote attack in the SITE EXEC implementation. Because of user input going directly into a format string for a printf function, it is possible to overwrite important data, such as a return address, on the stack. When this is accomplished, the function can...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : mgetty (MDKSA-2001:009)

WireX discovered a potential temporary file race condition in the mgetty program. All versions of mgetty prior to 1.1.24 are vulnerable. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were extracted from Mandrake Linux Security Advisory...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : mod_php3 (MDKSA-2000:062)

PHP version 3 which ships with Linux-Mandrake are vulnerable to format string attacks due to logging functions that make improper use of the syslog and vsnprintf functions. This renders PHP3-enabled servers vulnerable to compromise by remote attackers. This attack is only effective on PHP...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : mod_perl (MDKSA-2000:046)

The configuration file, /etc/httpd/conf/addon-modules/modperl.conf contained an Options directive that was not entirely secure and allowed people to browse the /perl/ directory. This update adds the '-Indexes' directive to the Options command, thus making the directory non- browseable...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : Zope (MDKSA-2000:043)

The exploit that was not fixed with the previous Zope hotfix involves the getRoles method of user objects contained in the default UserFolder implementation returning a mutable Python type. Because the mutable object is still associated with the persistent User object, users with the ability to...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : perl-Digest-MD5 (MDKSA-2002:035)

A bug exists in the UTF8 interaction between the perl-Digest-MD5 module and perl that results in UTF8 strings having improper MD5 digests. The 2.20 version of the module corrects this problem. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package checks in this...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : tetex (MDKSA-2005:044)

Previous updates to correct integer overflow issues affecting xpdf overlooked certain conditions when built for a 64 bit platform. formerly CVE-2004-0888. This also affects applications like tetex, that use embedded versions of xpdf. The updated packages are patched to deal with these issues...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : nmh (MDKSA-2000:000)

The nmh package contains a security bug in MIME headers parsing which can be exploited to trick mhshow into executing arbitrary shell code. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were extracted from Mandrake Linux Security...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : sysklogd (MDKSA-2000:050-1)

A problem exists with the kernel logging daemon klogd in the sysklogd package. A 'format bug' makes klogd vulnerable to local root compromise, as well as the possibility for remote vulnerabilities under certain circumstances, which are unprobable. There is also a more probable semi-remote exploit...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : xlockmore (MDKSA-2000:011)

Xlock is an X11 utility used to lock X-Window displays until the password of the user running X is entered correctly. Of course, in order to perform the password-check xlock must be setuid root and have access to the shadowed passwd file. In the xlockmore distributions versions prior to 4.16.1, a...