Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : pam_mount (MDVSA-2008:208-1)

pammount 0.10 through 0.45, when luserconf is enabled, does not verify mountpoint and source ownership before mounting a user-defined volume, which allows local users to bypass intended access restrictions via a local mount. The updated packages have been patched to fix the issue. Update : The fi...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : mysql (MDVSA-2009:094)

Multiple vulnerabilities has been found and corrected in mysql : MySQL 5.0 before 5.0.66, 5.1 before 5.1.26, and 6.0 before 6.0.6 does not properly handle a b'' b single-quote single-quote token, aka an empty bit-string literal, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service daemon...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : python-pycrypto (MDVSA-2009:050-1)

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 : policykit (MDVSA-2008:087)

A format string vulnerability in the grant helper, in PolicyKit 0.7 and earlier, allows attackers to cause a denial of service crash and possibly execute arbitrary code via format strings in a password. The updated package has been patched to correct this issue. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : openldap (MDVSA-2008:144)

A denial of service vulnerability was discovered in the way the OpenLDAP slapd daemon processed certain network messages. An unauthenticated remote attacker could send a specially crafted request that would crash the slapd daemon CVE-2008-2952. The updated packages have been patched to correct th...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : epiphany (MDVSA-2009:048-2)

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 Epiphany working directory CVE-2008-5985. This upda...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : enscript (MDVSA-2008:243)

Two buffer overflow vulnerabilities were discovered in GNU enscript, which could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary commands via a specially crafted ASCII file, if the file were opened with the -e or --escapes option enabled CVE-2008-3863, CVE-2008-4306. The updated packages have been patched...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : openssh (MDVSA-2008:078)

OpenSSH allows local users to hijack forwarded X connections by causing ssh to set DISPLAY to :10, even when another process is listening on the associated port. The updated packages have been patched to prevent this issue. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : perl (MDVSA-2008:100)

A double free vulnerability in Perl 5.8.8 and earlier versions, allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service memory corruption and crash via a crafted regular expression containing UTF8 characters. The updated packages have been patched to prevent this. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : postgresql (MDVSA-2008:004)

Index Functions Privilege Escalation CVE-2007-6600: as a unique feature, PostgreSQL allows users to create indexes on the results of user-defined functions, known as expression indexes. This provided two vulnerabilities to privilege escalation: 1 index functions were executed as the superuser and...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : rdesktop (MDVSA-2008:101)

Several vulnerabilities were discovered in rdesktop, a Remote Desktop Protocol client. An integer underflow vulnerability allowed attackers to cause a denial of service crash and possibly execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the logged-in user CVE-2008-1801. A buffer overflow vulnerabili...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : amarok (MDVSA-2008:172)

A flaw in Amarok prior to 1.4.10 would allow local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a temporary file that Amarok created with a predictable name CVE-2008-3699. The updated packages have been patched to correct this issue. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security,...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : openssh (MDVSA-2008:098)

A vulnerability in OpenSSH 4.4 through 4.8 allowed local attackers to bypass intended security restrictions enabling them to execute commands other than those specified by the ForceCommand directive, provided they are able to modify to /.ssh/rc CVE-2008-1657. The updated packages have been patche...

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 : 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 : libpng (MDVSA-2009:051)

A number of vulnerabilities have been found and corrected in libpng : Fixed 1-byte buffer overflow in pngpread.c CVE-2008-3964. This was allready fixed in Mandriva Linux 2009.0. Fix the function pngcheckkeyword that allowed setting arbitrary bytes in the process memory to 0 CVE-2008-5907. Fix a...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : wireshark (MDVSA-2008:199)

A number of vulnerabilities were discovered in Wireshark that could cause it to crash while processing malicious packets CVE-2008-3146, CVE-2008-3932, CVE-2008-3933, CVE-2008-3934. This update provides Wireshark 1.0.3, which is not vulnerable to these issues. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : apache (MDVSA-2008:016)

A number of vulnerabilities were found and fixed in the Apache 2.2.x packages : A flaw found in the modimagemap module could lead to a cross-site scripting attack on sites where modimagemap was enabled and an imagemap file was publically available CVE-2007-5000. A flaw found in the modstatus modu...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : libxml2 (MDVSA-2008:010)

A denial of service flaw was discovered by the Google Security Team in the way libxml2 processes malformed XML content. This flaw could cause the application to stop responding. 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-2008:148)

Security vulnerabilities have been discovered and corrected in the latest Mozilla Firefox program, version 2.0.0.16 CVE-2008-2785, CVE-2008-2933. This update provides the latest Firefox to correct these issues. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package...