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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 : audacity (MDVSA-2008:074)
Audacity creates a temporary directory with a predictable name without checking for previous existence of that directory, which allows local users to cause a denial of service recording deadlock by creating the directory before Audacity is run. This issue can also be leveraged to delete arbitrary...
Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : mod_perl (MDVSA-2009:091-1)
A vulnerability has been found and corrected in modperl v1.x and v2.x : Cross-site scripting XSS vulnerability in Status.pm in Apache::Status and Apache2::Status in modperl1 and modperl2 for the Apache HTTP Server, when /perl-status is accessible, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web...
Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : ntp (MDVSA-2009:007)
A flaw was found in how NTP checked the return value of signature verification. A remote attacker could use this to bypass certificate validation by using a malformed SSL/TLS signature CVE-2009-0021. The updated packages have been patched to prevent this issue. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Netwo...
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 : tcl (MDVSA-2008:059)
A flaw in the Tcl regular expression handling engine was originally discovered by Will Drewry in the PostgreSQL database server's Tcl regular expression engine. This flaw can result in an infinite loop when processing certain regular expressions. The updated packages have been patched to correct...
Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : php (MDVSA-2008:127)
A number of vulnerabilities have been found and corrected in PHP : The htmlentities and htmlspecialchars functions in PHP prior to 5.2.5 accepted partial multibyte sequences, which has unknown impact and attack vectors CVE-2007-5898. The outputaddrewritevar function in PHP prior to 5.2.5 rewrites...
Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : mozilla-firefox (MDVSA-2008:244)
Security vulnerabilities have been discovered and corrected in the latest Mozilla Firefox 2.x, version 2.0.0.19 CVE-2008-5500, CVE-2008-5503, CVE-2008-5504, CVE-2008-5506, CVE-2008-5507, CVE-2008-5508, CVE-2008-5510, CVE-2008-5511, CVE-2008-5512, CVE-2008-5513. This update provides the latest...
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 : xine-lib (MDVSA-2008:046-1)
An array index vulnerability found in the FLAC audio demuxer might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted FLAC tag, which triggers a buffer overflow. Although originally an MPlayer issue, it also affects xine-lib due to code similarity. The updated packages have been patch...
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 : 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 : wordnet (MDVSA-2008:182-1)
Rob Holland found several programming errors in WordNet which could lead to the execution or arbitrary code when used with untrusted input CVE-2008-2149, CVE-2008-3908. Update : The previous patch had a typo that caused incorrect behaviour in WordNet. This update uses an update patch that correct...
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 : dia (MDVSA-2009:040)
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 dia working directory CVE-2008-5984. This update...
Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : qemu (MDVSA-2009:008)
Security vulnerabilities have been discovered and corrected in VNC server of qemu version 0.9.1 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 preve...
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 : 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 : 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 : 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...