Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : ffmpeg (MDVSA-2012:148)

Multiple vulnerabilities has been found and corrected in ffmpeg. This advisory provides updated versions which resolves various security issues. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were extracted from Mandriva Linux Security...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : freeradius (MDVSA-2012:047)

A vulnerability has been found and corrected in freeradius : The ocspcheck function in rlmeaptls.c in FreeRADIUS 2.1.11, when OCSP is enabled, does not properly parse replies from OCSP responders, which allows remote attackers to bypass authentication by using the EAP-TLS protocol with a revoked...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : libotr (MDVSA-2012:131)

A vulnerability was found and corrected in libotr : Just Ferguson discovered that libotr, an off-the-record OTR messaging library, can be forced to perform zero-length allocations for heap buffers that are used in base64 decoding routines. An attacker can exploit this flaw by sending crafted...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : libxslt (MDVSA-2012:109)

A vulnerability has been discovered and corrected in libxslt : The XSL implementation in libxslt allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service incorrect read operation via unspecified vectors CVE-2012-2825. The updated packages have been patched to correct this issue. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : libreoffice (MDVSA-2012:123)

A Security issue was identified and fixed in libreoffice : Multiple heap-based buffer overflow flaws were found in the XML manifest encryption tag parsing code of LibreOffice. An attacker could create a specially crafted file in the Open Document Format for Office Applications ODF format which wh...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : arpwatch (MDVSA-2012:113)

A vulnerability has been discovered and corrected in arpwatch : arpwatch 2.1a15, as used by Red Hat, Debian, Fedora, and possibly others, does not properly drop supplementary groups, which might allow attackers to gain root privileges by leveraging other vulnerabilities in the daemon CVE-2012-265...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : gimp (MDVSA-2012:142)

Multiple vulnerabilities has been discovered and corrected in gimp : A heap-based buffer overflow flaw, leading to invalid free, was found in the way KISS CEL file format plug-in of Gimp, the GNU Image Manipulation Program, performed loading of certain palette files. A remote attacker could provi...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : busybox (MDVSA-2012:129-1)

Multiple vulnerabilities was found and corrected in busybox : The decompress function in ncompress allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service crash, and possibly execute arbitrary code, via crafted data that leads to a buffer underflow CVE-2006-1168. A missing DHCP option checking /...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : cups (MDVSA-2011:147)

A vulnerability has been discovered and corrected in cups : The gifreadlzw function in filter/image-gif.c in CUPS 1.4.8 and earlier does not properly handle the first code word in an LZW stream, which allows remote attackers to trigger a heap-based buffer overflow, and possibly execute arbitrary...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : mozilla-thunderbird (MDVSA-2012:018)

Use-after-free vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox 10.x before 10.0.1, Thunderbird 10.x before 10.0.1, and SeaMonkey 2.7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service application crash or possibly execute arbitrary code via vectors that trigger failure of an...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : acpid (MDVSA-2012:137)

Multiple vulnerabilities has been discovered and corrected in acpid : Oliver-Tobias Ripka discovered that an ACPI script incorrectly handled power button events. A local attacker could use this to execute arbitrary code, and possibly escalate privileges CVE-2011-2777. Helmut Grohne and Michael...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : glibc (MDVSA-2011:179)

Multiple vulnerabilities was discovered and fixed in glibc : The addmntent function in the GNU C Library aka glibc or libc6 2.13 and earlier does not report an error status for failed attempts to write to the /etc/mtab file, which makes it easier for local users to trigger corruption of this file...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : iproute2 (MDVSA-2011:135)

It was discovered that the iproute2 package was not rebuilt against the latest iptables libraries. This may have security issues, as the current iproute2 should be calling an interface in the iptables libraries with incorrect arguments. The updated packages have been patched to correct this issue...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : automake (MDVSA-2012:103)

A vulnerability has been discovered and corrected in automake : A race condition in automake lib/am/distdir.am could allow a local attacker to run arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running make distcheck CVE-2012-3386. The updated packages have been patched to correct this issue...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : libjpeg-turbo (MDVSA-2012:121)

A vulnerability has been discovered and corrected in libjpeg-turbo : A Heap-based buffer overflow was found in the way libjpeg-turbo decompressed certain corrupt JPEG images in which the component count was erroneously set to a large value. An attacker could create a specially crafted JPEG image...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : krb5 (MDVSA-2011:159)

Multiple vulnerabilities has been found and corrected in krb5 : The kdbldap plugin in the Key Distribution Center KDC in MIT Kerberos 5 aka krb5 1.9 through 1.9.1, when the LDAP back end is used, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service NULL pointer dereference and daemon crash via a...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : pidgin (MDVSA-2012:105)

A vulnerability has been discovered and corrected in pidgin : Incorrect handing of inline images in incoming instant messages can cause a buffer overflow and in some cases can be exploited to execute arbitrary code CVE-2012-3374. This update provides pidgin 2.10.6, which is not vulnerable to this...

Mandriva Update for ffmpeg MDVSA-2012:148 (ffmpeg)

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Mandriva Update for fetchmail MDVSA-2012:149 (fetchmail)

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Mandriva Update for ffmpeg MDVSA-2012:148 (ffmpeg)

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