MDVA-2008:177 : lirc

The LIRC packages included with Mandriva Linux 2008 and Mandriva Linux 2008 Spring did not include the 'commandir' module, which is necessary along with the 'lirccmdir' module to properly support CommandIR remote controls. These updated packages do include the module. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300...

MDVA-2009:023 : db46

Additional official patches have been released for db 4.6 after Mandriva release. They fix the following issues: - There was the possibility that the wrong number of mutexes would be allocated. This issue could cause applications with multiple cache regions to see undefined behavior in rare cases...

MDVA-2008:090 : nautilus

A regression was introduced in the Mandriva Linux GNOME package while fixing CD-ROM drives ejecting when using the hardware button when the CD-ROM drive was present in the system fstab. This regression caused an error popup to appear when using the eject hardware button on CD-ROM drives not prese...

MDVA-2009:024 : totem

Changes on the Youtube web site prevented the youtube totem plugin in Mandriva Linux 2009 from working. Also, totem wouldn't allow setting the colour balance sliders to the minimum or maximum settings. This update fixes both issues. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 @DEPRECATED@ This script has been deprecated...

MDVA-2008:075 : drakconf

This update fixes a crash that some users saw, which resulted in either a segfault or a strange perl error bug 34505. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 @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, Inc...

MDVA-2008:194 : metisse

Metisse was not able to start properly when using KDE4 as the desktop environment. This package update fixes the issue. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 @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, Inc...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : mozilla-firefox (MDVSA-2008:136)

Security vulnerabilities have been discovered and corrected in the latest Mozilla Firefox program, version 2.0.0.15 CVE-2008-2798, CVE-2008-2799, CVE-2008-2800, CVE-2008-2801, CVE-2008-2802, CVE-2008-2803, CVE-2008-2805, CVE-2008-2807, CVE-2008-2808, CVE-2008-2809, CVE-2008-2811. This update...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : mplayer (MDVSA-2008:045)

Heap-based buffer overflow in the rmffdumpcont function in input/libreal/rmff.c in xine-lib 1.1.9 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via the SDP Abstract attribute, related to the rmffdumpheader function and related to disregarding the max field. Although originally a...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : postgresql (MDVSA-2009:079)

PostgreSQL before 8.3.7, 8.2.13, 8.1.17, 8.0.21, and 7.4.25 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service stack consumption and crash by triggering a failure in the conversion of a localized error message to a client-specified encoding, as demonstrated using mismatched encoding...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : pulseaudio (MDVSA-2008:027)

A programming flaw was found in Pulseaudio versions older than 0.9.9, by which a local user can gain root access, if pulseaudio is installed as a setuid to root binary, which is the recommended configuration. The updated packages fix this issue. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc...

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 : blender (MDVSA-2008:204)

Stefan Cornelius of Secunia Research reported a boundary error when Blender processed RGBE images which could be used to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running Blender if a specially crafted .hdr or .blend file were openedCVE-2008-1102. As well, multiple vulnerabilities...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : unzip (MDVSA-2008:068)

Tavis Ormandy of Google Security discovered an invalid pointer flaw in unzip that could lead to the execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running unzip. The updated packages have been patched to correct this issue. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : emacs (MDVSA-2008:216)

A vulnerability was found in how Emacs would import python scripts from the current working directory during the editing of a python file. This could allow a local user to execute arbitrary code via a trojan python file CVE-2008-3949. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : emacs (MDVSA-2008:034)

The hack-local-variable function in Emacs 22 prior to version 22.2, when enable-local-variables is set to ':safe', did not properly search lists of unsafe or risky variables, which could allow user-assisted attackers to bypass intended restrictions and modify critical program variables via a file...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : shadow-utils (MDVSA-2009:062)

A security vulnerability has been identified and fixed in login application from shadow-utils, which could allow local users in the utmp group to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a temporary file referenced in a line aka utline field in a utmp entry CVE-2008-5394. The updated...

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 : cups (MDVSA-2008:051)

A flaw was found in how CUPS handled the addition and removal of remote printers via IPP that could allow a remote attacker to send a malicious IPP packet to the UDP port causing CUPS to crash. The updated packages have been patched to correct these issues. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network...

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 : wml (MDVSA-2008:076)

Two vulnerabilities were found in the Website META Language WML package that allowed local users to overwrite arbitrary files via symlink attacks. The updated packages have been patched to correct these issues. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package...