Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : gpdf (MDKSA-2005:042)

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 gpdf, that use embedded versions of xpdf. The updated packages are patched to deal with these issues...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : perl (MDKSA-2000:031)

There is a vulnerability that exists when using setuidperl together with the mailx program. In some cases, setuidperl will warn root that something has going on. The setuidperl program uses /bin/mail to send the message, as root, with the environment preserved. An undocumented feature of /bin/mai...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : man (MDKSA-2000:015)

Internet Security Systems ISS X-Force has identified a vulnerability in the makewhatis Bourne shell script that ships with many Linux distributions. It is found in versions 1.5e and higher of man, and handles temporary files insecurely. Local users may gain a variety of privileges depending on th...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : bind (MDKSA-2000:067)

A vulnerability exists with the bind nameserver dealing with compressed zone transfers. This vulnerability can be exploited by authorized zone transfers and used in a DoS attack. The named daemon will crash if it receives this type of zone transfer from an authorized source address. The crash is...

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 : BitchX (MDKSA-2000:017)

A denial of service vulnerability exists in BitchX. Improper handling of incoming invitation messages can crash the client. Any user on IRC can send the client an invitation message that causes BitchX to segfault. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and packa...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : exmh (MDKSA-2001:015)

All versions of exmh prior to 2.3.1 use the /tmp directory for storing temporary files. This was done in an insecure manner as exmh did not check to ensure that nobody placed a symlink with the same name in /tmp in the meantime and thus was vulnerable to a symlink attack. This could lead to a...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : mod_php3 (MDKSA-2000:048)

"A problem exists with PHP3 and PHP4 scripts regarding RFC 1867-based file uploads. PHP saves uploaded files in a temporary directory on the server, using a temporary name that is referenced as the variable $FOO where 'FOO' is the name of the file input tag in the submitted form. Many PHP scripts...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : jpilot (MDKSA-2000:081)

The jpilot program automatically creates a directory called .jpilot/ in the user's home directory with 777 world read/write/execute permissions. This directory is used to store all backups, configuration and synchronized Palm Pilot information. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : rp-pppoe (MDKSA-2000:084)

rp-pppoe is a userspace PPPoE client mainly used with ADSL connections which require PPP. Versions prior to 2.5 have a security problem that, when exploited, causes the connection to be dropped. If rp-pppoe receives a crafted TCP segment with an option where the option-length field is zero illega...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : linuxconf (MDKSA-2001:011)

WireX discovered a potential temporary file race problem in the vpop3d program in the linuxconf package. This update corrects the problem. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were extracted from Mandrake Linux Security Adviso...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : bind (MDKSA-2000:010)

By default bind is launched as user and group root. This setting can give the possibility to easily exploit vulnerabities in bind. Thanks to Nicolas MONNET for his contribution. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : Mesa (MDKSA-2001:029)

Ben Collins identified a temporary file race in the Utah-glx component of the Mesa package which affects Linux-Mandrake 7.2. The /tmp/glxmemory file is created by Utah-glx and because it is not created securely could be used in a symlink attack which allows files to be overwritten the next time t...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : getty_ps (MDKSA-2001:004)

WireX discovered a potential temporary file race condition in the gettyps program. This update corrects the problem. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were extracted from Mandrake Linux Security Advisory MDKSA-2001:004. The...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : netscape (MDKSA-2000:080)

A buffer overflow exists in the HTML parser code of the Netscape web browser in all versions prior to and including 4.75. This buffer overflow can be exploited by a remote attacker or web site. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package checks in this...

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 : 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 : 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 : 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...