Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : wireshark (MDVSA-2009:058)

Buffer overflow in wiretap/netscreen.c in Wireshark 0.99.7 through 1.0.5 allows user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service application crash via a malformed NetScreen snoop file. CVE-2009-0599 Wireshark 0.99.6 through 1.0.5 allows user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial ...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : x11-server-xgl (MDVSA-2008:025)

An input validation flaw was found in the X.org server's XFree86-Misc extension that could allow a malicious authorized client to cause a denial of service crash, or potentially execute arbitrary code with root privileges on the X.org server CVE-2007-5760. A flaw was found in the X.org server's...

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 : emacs (MDVSA-2008:153)

A vulnerability in emacs was found where an attacker could provide a group of files containing local variable definitions and arbitrary Lisp code to be executed when one of the provided files is opened by emacs CVE-2008-2142. The updated packages have been patched to correct this issue...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : gftp (MDVSA-2008:018)

Kalle Olavi Niemitalo found two boundary errors in the fsplib library, a copy of which is included in gFTP source. A remote attacker could trigger these vulnerabilities by enticing a user to download a file with a specially crafted directory or file name, possibly resulting in the execution of...

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 : amarok (MDVSA-2009:030-1)

Data length values in metadata Audible Audio media file .aa can lead to an integer overflow enabling remote attackers use it to trigger an heap overflow and enabling the possibility to execute arbitrary code CVE-2009-0135. Failure on checking heap allocation on Audible Audio media files .aa allow...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : virtualbox (MDVSA-2009:011)

A vulnerability have been discovered and corrected in VirtualBox, affecting versions prior to 2.0.6, which allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a /tmp/.vbox-qateam-ipc/lock temporary file CVE-2008-5256. The updated packages have been patched to prevent this...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : pycrypto (MDVSA-2009:049-1)

A vulnerability have been discovered and corrected in PyCrypto ARC2 module 2.0.1, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via a large ARC2 key length CVE-2009-0544. The updated packages have been patched to prevent this. Update : The previous...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : gnumeric (MDVSA-2009:043)

Python has a variable called sys.path that contains all paths where Python loads modules by using import scripting procedure. A wrong handling of that variable enables local attackers to execute arbitrary code via Python scripting in the current Gnumeric working directory CVE-2009-0318. This upda...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : qt4 (MDVSA-2008:042)

A potential vulnerability was discovered in Qt4 version 4.3.0 through 4.3.2 which may cause a certificate verification in SSL connections not to be performed. As a result, code that uses QSslSocket could be tricked into thinking that the certificate was verified correctly when it actually failed ...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : kernel (MDVSA-2008:223)

Some vulnerabilities were discovered and corrected in the Linux 2.6 kernel : Buffer overflow in format descriptor parsing in the uvcparseformat function in drivers/media/video/uvc/uvcdriver.c in uvcvideo in the video4linux V4L implementation in the Linux kernel before 2.6.26.1 has unknown impact...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : kvm (MDVSA-2009:009)

Security vulnerabilities have been discovered and corrected in VNC server of kvm version 79 and earlier, which could lead to denial-of-service attacks CVE-2008-2382, and make it easier for remote crackers to guess the VNC password CVE-2008-5714. The updated packages have been patched to prevent...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : squid (MDVSA-2008:002)

The cache update reply processing functionality in Squid 2.x before 2.6.STABLE17, and Squid 3.0, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service crash via unknown vectors related to HTTP headers. The updated package fixes this issue. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : audit (MDVSA-2008:083)

Joe Nall reported a stack-based buffer overflow in Audit's log handling that could allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long command argument CVE-2008-1628. The updated packages have been patched to correct this issue. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : mozilla-firefox (MDVSA-2008:205)

Security vulnerabilities have been discovered and corrected in the latest Mozilla Firefox program, version 2.0.0.17 CVE-2008-0016, CVE-2008-3835, CVE-2008-3836, CVE-2008-3837, CVE-2008-4058, CVE-2008-4059, CVE-2008-4060, CVE-2008-4061, CVE-2008-4062, CVE-2008-4065, CVE-2008-4066, CVE-2008-4067,...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : dbus (MDVSA-2008:213)

The D-Bus library did not correctly validate certain corrupted signatures which could cause a crash of applications linked against the D-Bus library if a local user were to send a specially crafted D-Bus request CVE-2008-3834. The updated packages have been patched to prevent this issue...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : dbus (MDVSA-2008:054)

A vulnerability was discovered by Havoc Pennington in how the dbus-daemon applied its security policy. A user with the ability to connect to the dbus-daemon could possibly execute certain method calls that they should not normally have access to. The updated packages have been patched to correct...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : x11-server (MDVSA-2008:116)

An input validation flaw was found in X.org's Security and Record extensions. A malicious authorized client could exploit the issue to cause a denial of service crash or possibly execute arbitrary code with root privileges on the X.org server CVE-2008-1377. An input validation flaw was found in...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : avahi (MDVSA-2009:031)

A vulnerability has been discovered in Avahi before 0.6.24, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service crash via a crafted mDNS packet with a source port of 0 CVE-2008-5081. The updated packages have been patched to prevent this. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc...