Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : ghostscript (MDVSA-2008:055)

Chris Evans found a buffer overflow condition in Ghostscript, which can lead to arbitrary code execution as the user running any application using it to process a maliciously crafted Postscript file. The updated packages have been patched to prevent this issue. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Netwo...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : xterm (MDVSA-2009:005)

A vulnerability has been discovered in xterm, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system. The vulnerability is caused due to xterm not properly processing the DECRQSS Device Control Request Status String escape sequence. This can be exploited to inject and execute...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : xine-lib (MDVSA-2008:124)

A vulnerability in the Speex library was found where it did not properly validate input values read from the Speex files headers. An attacker could create a malicious Speex file that would crash an application or potentially allow the execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : nfs-utils (MDVSA-2009:060)

A security vulnerability has been identified and fixed in nfs-utils, which caused TCP Wrappers to ignore netgroups and allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions CVE-2008-4552. The updated packages have been patched to prevent this. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : net-snmp (MDVSA-2008:225)

A denial of service vulnerability was discovered in how Net-SNMP processed GETBULK requests. A remote attacker with read access to the SNMP server could issue a specially crafted request which would cause snmpd to crash CVE-2008-4309. Please note that for this to be successfully exploited, an...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : wireshark (MDVSA-2009:088)

Multiple vulnerabilities has been identified and corrected in wireshark : o The PROFINET dissector was vulnerable to a format string overflow CVE-2009-1210. o The Check Point High-Availability Protocol CPHAP dissecto could crash CVE-2009-1268. o Wireshark could crash while loading a Tektronix .rf...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : gstreamer0.10-plugins-good (MDVSA-2009:035)

Security vulnerabilities have been discovered and corrected in gstreamer0.10-plugins-good, might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a malformed QuickTime media file CVE-2009-0386, CVE-2009-0387, CVE-2009-0397. The updated packages have been patched to prevent this. %NASLMINLEVEL...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : cups (MDVSA-2009:028)

Security vulnerabilities have been discovered and corrected in CUPS. CUPS before 1.3.8 allows local users, and possibly remote attackers, to cause a denial of service daemon crash by adding a large number of RSS Subscriptions, which triggers a NULL pointer dereference CVE-2008-5183. The web...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : cups (MDVSA-2008:170)

Thomas Pollet discovered an integer overflow vulnerability in the PNG image handling filter in CUPS. This could allow a malicious user to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running CUPS, or cause a denial of service by sending a specially crafted PNG image to the print server...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : krb5 (MDVSA-2008:069)

Multiple memory management flaws were found in the GSSAPI library used by Kerberos that could result in the use of already freed memory or an attempt to free already freed memory, possibly leading to a crash or allowing the execution of arbitrary code CVE-2007-5901, CVE-2007-5971. A flaw was...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : pam_mount (MDVSA-2009:004)

passwdehd script in pammount would allow local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a temporary file. The updated packages have been patched to prevent this. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : imlib2 (MDVSA-2008:123)

Stefan Cornelius discovered two buffer overflows in Imlib's image loaders for PNM and XPM images, which could possibly result in the execution of arbitrary code CVE-2008-2426. The updated packages have been patched to prevent this issue. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : gstreamer0.10-plugins-base (MDVSA-2009:085)

Integer overflows in gstreamer0.10-plugins-base Base64 encoding and decoding functions related with glib2.0 issue CVE-2008-4316 may lead attackers to cause denial of service. Altough vector attacks are not known yet CVE-2009-0586. This update provide the fix for that security issue. %NASLMINLEVEL...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : php (MDVSA-2008:128)

A number of vulnerabilities have been found and corrected in PHP : php-cgi in PHP prior to 5.2.6 does not properly calculate the length of PATHTRANSLATED, which has unknown impact and attack vectors CVE-2008-0599. The escapeshellcmd API function in PHP prior to 5.2.6 has unknown impact and...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : openoffice.org (MDVSA-2008:095)

A vulnerability in HSQLDB before 1.8.0.9 in OpenOffice.org could allow user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary Java code via crafted database documents CVE-2007-4575. A heap overflow was discovered in OpenOffice.org's EMF parser. An attacker could create a carefully crafted EMF file...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : util-linux-ng (MDVSA-2008:114)

Argument injection vulnerability in login login-utils/login.c in util-linux-ng 2.14 and earlier makes it easier for remote attackers to hide activities by modifying portions of log events. The updated packages have been patched to fix the issue. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : mpg123 (MDVSA-2009:093-1)

A vulnerability has been found and corrected in mpg123 : Integer signedness error in the storeid3text function in the ID3v2 code in mpg123 before 1.7.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service out-of-bounds memory access and possibly execute arbitrary code via an ID3 tag with a negati...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : openafs (MDVSA-2008:207)

A race condition in OpenAFS 1.3.40 through 1.4.5 allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service daemon crash by simultaneously acquiring and giving back file callbacks CVE-2007-6599. The updated packages have been patched to prevent this issue. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Securit...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : gnutls (MDVSA-2008:227-1)

Martin von Gagern found a flow in how GnuTLS versions 1.2.4 up until 2.6.1 verified certificate chains provided by a server. A malicious server could use this flaw to spoof its identity by tricking client applications that used the GnuTLS library to trust invalid certificates CVE-2008-4989. Updat...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : bind (MDVSA-2009:002)

A flaw was found in how BIND checked the return value of the OpenSSL DSAdoverify function. On systems that use DNSSEC, a malicious zone could present a malformed DSA certificate and bypass proper certificate validation, which would allow for spoofing attacks CVE-2009-0025. The updated packages ha...