Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : SDL_image (MDVSA-2008:040)

The LWZReadByte and IMGLoadLBMRW functions in SDLimage contain a boundary error that could be triggered to cause a static buffer overflow and a heap-based buffer overflow. If a user using an application linked against the SDLimage library were to open a carefully crafted GIF or IFF ILBM file, the...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : cups (MDVSA-2008:081)

A heap-based buffer overflow in CUPS 1.2.x and later was discovered by regenrecht of VeriSign iDenfense that could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code via a crafted CGI search expression CVE-2008-0047. A validation error in the Hp-GL/2 filter was also discovered CVE-2008-0053...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : python-django (MDVSA-2008:185)

A cross-site request forgery vulnerability was discovered in Django that, if exploited, could be used to perform unrequested deletion or modification of data. Updated versions of Django will now discard posts from users whose sessions have expired, so data will need to be re-entered in these case...

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 : kdelibs (MDVSA-2008:097)

A vulnerability was found in startkdeinit in KDE 3.5.5 through 3.5.9 where, if it was installed setuid root, it could allow local users to cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code CVE-2008-1671. By default, startkdeinit is not installed setuid root on Mandriva Linux, however...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : mailman (MDVSA-2008:061)

Multiple cross-site scripting XSS vulnerabilities were found in Mailman prior to version 2.1.10b1, which allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via edting templates and the list's info attribute in the web administrator interface. The updated packages have been patched to...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : mplayer (MDVSA-2008:219)

A vulnerability that was discovered in xine-lib that allowed remote RTSP servers to execute arbitrary code via a large streamid SDP parameter also affects MPlayer CVE-2008-0073. Several integer overflows were discovered by Felipe Andres Manzano in MPlayer's Real video stream demuxing code. These...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : mplayer (MDVSA-2008:196)

Uncontrolled array index in the sdpplinparse function in stream/realrtsp/sdpplin.c in MPlayer 1.0 rc2 allows remote attackers to overwrite memory and execute arbitrary code via a large streamid SDP parameter. The updated packages have been patched to fix this issue. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable...

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 : php (MDVSA-2009:045)

A number of vulnerabilities have been found and corrected in PHP : improve mbflfiltconvhtmldecflush error handling in ext/mbstring/libmbfl/filters/mbfilterhtmlent.c CVE-2008-5557. Additionally on Mandriva Linux 2009.0 and up the php-mbstring module is linked against a separate shared libmbfl...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : freetype2 (MDVSA-2008:121)

Multiple vulnerabilities were discovered in FreeType's Printer Font Binary PFB font-file format parser. If a user were to load a carefully crafted font file with a program linked against FreeType, it could cause the application to crash or potentially execute arbitrary code CVE-2008-1806,...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : perl-Tk (MDVSA-2008:077)

A vulnerability in perl-Tk was found where specially crafted GIF images could crash perl-Tk an identical issue to that found in php-gd, gd, and SDLimage. The updated packages have been patched to correct this issue. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : cups (MDVSA-2008:211)

A buffer overflow in the SGI image format decoding routines used by the CUPS image converting filter imagetops was discovered. An attacker could create malicious SGI image files that could possibly execute arbitrary code if the file was printed CVE-2008-3639. An integer overflow flaw leading to a...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : mozilla-thunderbird (MDVSA-2009:083)

A number of security vulnerabilities have been discovered in previous versions, and corrected in the latest Mozilla Thunderbird program, version 2.0.0.21 CVE-2009-0040, CVE-2009-0776, CVE-2009-0771, CVE-2009-0772, CVE-2009-0773, CVE-2009-0774, CVE-2009-0352, CVE-2009-0353. This update provides th...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : firefox (MDVSA-2009:075)

Security vulnerabilities have been discovered and corrected in the latest Mozilla Firefox 3.x, version 3.0.7 CVE-2009-0040, CVE-2009-0771, CVE-2009-0772, CVE-2009-0773, CVE-2009-0774, CVE-2009-0775, CVE-2009-0776, CVE-2009-0777. This update provides the latest Mozilla Firefox 3.x to correct these...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : gd (MDVSA-2008:038)

Buffer overflow in the LWZReadByte function in gdgifin.c in GD prior to 2.0.34 allows remote attackers to have an unknown impact via a GIF file with inputcodesize greater than MAXLWZBITS, which triggers an overflow when initializing the table array. This was originally fixed in PHP's embedded GD...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : fetchmail (MDVSA-2008:117)

A flaw in fetchmail was discovered that allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service crash and persistent mail failure via a malformed message with long headers. The crash only occured when fetchmail was called in '-v -v' mode CVE-2008-2711. The updated packages have been patched to...

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 : pidgin (MDVSA-2008:143)

An integer overflow flaw was found in Pidgin's MSN protocol handler that could allow for the execution of arbitrary code if a user received a malicious MSN message CVE-2008-2927. In addition, this update provides the ability to use ICQ networks again on Mandriva Linux 2008.0, as in MDVA-2008:103...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : openoffice.org (MDVSA-2009:006)

Heap-based overflow on functions to manipulate WMF and EMF files in OpenOffice.org documments enables remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on documments holding certain crafted either WMF or EMF files CVE-2008-2237 CVE-2008-2238. This update provide the fix for these security issues and...