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 : 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 : libneon0.27 (MDVSA-2009:074)

A security vulnerability has been identified and fixed in neon : neon 0.28.0 through 0.28.2 allows remote servers to cause a denial of service NULL pointer dereference and crash via vectors related to Digest authentication and Digest domain parameter support CVE-2008-3746. The updated packages ha...

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 : 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 : 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 : mozilla-firefox (MDVSA-2008:110)

Security vulnerabilities have been discovered and corrected in the latest Mozilla Firefox program, version 2.0.0.14. This update provides the latest Firefox to correct these issues. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : perl-Net-DNS (MDVSA-2008:073)

A vulnerability in the Net::DNS perl module was found that could allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted DNS response. The updated packages have been patched to correct this issue. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package chec...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : yelp (MDVSA-2008:175)

A format string vulnerability was discovered in yelp after version 2.19.90 and before 2.24 that could allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in an invalid URI on the command-line or via URI helpers in Firefox, Evolution, or possibly other programs...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : pam_krb5 (MDVSA-2008:209-1)

Stphane Bertin discovered a flaw in the pamkrb5 existingticket configuration option where, if enabled and using an existing credential cache, it was possible for a local user to gain elevated privileges by using a different, local user's credential cache CVE-2008-3825. The updated packages have...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : kernel (MDVSA-2008:234)

Some vulnerabilities were discovered and corrected in the Linux 2.6 kernel : Buffer overflow in the hfsplusfindcat function in fs/hfsplus/catalog.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.28-rc1 allows attackers to cause a denial of service memory corruption or system crash via an hfsplus filesystem image...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : mozilla-firefox (MDVSA-2008:080)

A number of security vulnerabilities have been discovered and corrected in the latest Mozilla Firefox program, version 2.0.0.13. This update provides the latest Firefox to correct these issues. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package checks in this...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : blender (MDVSA-2009:038-1)

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 Blender working directory CVE-2008-4863. This updat...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : libxslt (MDVSA-2008:160)

Chris Evans of the Google Security Team found a vulnerability in the RC4 processing code in libxslt that did not properly handle corrupted key information. A remote attacker able to make an application linked against libxslt process malicious XML input could cause the application to crash or...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : exiv2 (MDVSA-2008:006)

An integer overflow in the Exiv2 library allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted EXIF file that triggers a heap-based buffer overflow. The updated packages have been patched to correct these issues. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : python (MDVSA-2008:013)

Multiple integer overflows were found in python's imageop module. If an application written in python used the imageop module to process untrusted images, it could cause the application to crash, enter an infinite loop, or possibly execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the python...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : xdg-utils (MDVSA-2008:031)

A vulnerability was found in xdg-open and xdg-email commands, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands if the user is tricked into trying to open a maliciously crafted URL. The updated packages have been patched to prevent the issue. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : speex (MDVSA-2008:094)

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 : gnome-screensaver (MDVSA-2008:132)

A vulnerability was found in gnome-screensaver prior to 2.22.1 when a remote authentication server was enabled. During a network outage, gnome-screensaver would crash upon an unlock attempt, allowing physically local users to gain access to locked sessions CVE-2008-0887. The updated packages have...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : perl (MDVSA-2008:165)

The rmtree function in lib/File/Path.pm in Perl 5.10 does not properly check permissions before performing a chmod, which allows local users to modify the permissions of arbitrary files via a symlink attack. The updated packages have been patched to fix this. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network...