kernel: fix off-by-one error in iov_iter_advance()

Off-by-one error in the ioviteradvance function in mm/filemap.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.27-rc2 allows local users to cause a denial of service system crash via a certain sequence of file I/O operations with readv and writev, as demonstrated by testcases/kernel/fs/ftest/ftest03 from the Lin...

Important: Red Hat Security Advisory: kernel security and bug fix update

Updated kernel packages that fix several security issues and several bugs are now available for Red Hat Enterprise MRG 1.0. This update has been rated as having important security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team. The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux...

libpng off-by-one vulnerability

Overview A vulnerability exists in libpng that may allow a remote attacker to cause a denial of service. Description A vulnerability in the way libpng handles files that contain multiple zTXt chunks may cause a denial of service. This vulnerability is due to an off-by-one error introduced in the...

USN-648-1: nasm vulnerability

Philipp Thomas discovered that the ppscan function of nasm contained an off-by-one error. If a user or automated system were tricked into assembling a specially crafted ASM file, a remote attacker could execute arbitrary commands with user privileges...

Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200710-28 (qt)

The remote host is missing updates announced in advisory GLSA 200710-28. SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2008 E-Soft Inc. Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only ifdescription...

Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200710-28 (qt)

The remote host is missing updates announced in advisory GLSA 200710-28. OpenVAS Vulnerability Test $ Description: Auto generated from Gentoo's XML based advisory Authors: Thomas Reinke Copyright: Copyright c 2008 E-Soft Inc. http://www.securityspace.com Text descriptions are largely excerpted fr...

CVE-2008-4116

CVE-2008-4116 concerns Apple QuickTime 7.5.5 and iTunes 8.0. The vulnerability is a heap-based buffer overflow triggered by a long type attribute in a QuickTime tag (on a web page or embedded in .mp4/.mov), related to an off-by-one error and potentially associated with Check_stack_cookie. Consequ...

Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-1635-1)

The remote host is missing an update for the Debian SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2008 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only ifdescription...

Debian Security Advisory DSA 1635-1 (freetype)

The remote host is missing an update to freetype announced via advisory DSA 1635-1. OpenVAS Vulnerability Test $Id: deb16351.nasl 6616 2017-07-07 12:10:49Z cfischer $ Description: Auto-generated from advisory DSA 1635-1 freetype Authors: Thomas Reinke Copyright: Copyright c 2008 E-Soft Inc...

CVE-2008-3964

Multiple off-by-one errors in libpng before 1.2.32beta01, and 1.4 before 1.4.0beta34, allow context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service crash or have unspecified other impact via a PNG image with crafted zTXt chunks, related to 1 the pngpushreadzTXt function in pngread.c, and possibl...

CVE-2008-3964

Multiple off-by-one errors in libpng before 1.2.32beta01, and 1.4 before 1.4.0beta34, allow context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service crash or have unspecified other impact via a PNG image with crafted zTXt chunks, related to 1 the pngpushreadzTXt function in pngread.c, and possibl...

Debian DSA-1635-1 : freetype - multiple vulnerabilities

Several local vulnerabilities have been discovered in freetype, a FreeType 2 font engine, which could allow the execution of arbitrary code. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems : - CVE-2008-1806 An integer overflow allows context-dependent attackers ...

CVE-2008-3964

Multiple off-by-one errors in libpng before 1.2.32beta01, and 1.4 before 1.4.0beta34, allow context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service crash or have unspecified other impact via a PNG image with crafted zTXt chunks, related to 1 the pngpushreadzTXt function in pngread.c, and possibl...

CVE-2008-3964

CVE-2008-3964 affects libpng, where multiple off-by-one errors in png_push_read_zTXt (in pngread.c) can crash or cause other impact when processing crafted PNGs. Affected are libpng before 1.2.32beta01 and 1.4 before 1.4.0beta34. Consequence is a denial of service (crash) and unspecified other im...

FreeBSD Security Advisory (FreeBSD-SA-08:02.libc.asc)

The remote host is missing an update to the system as announced in the referenced advisory FreeBSD-SA-08:02.libc.asc SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2008 E-Soft Inc. Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders...

FreeBSD Ports: freeradius

The remote host is missing an update to the system as announced in the referenced advisory. SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2008 E-Soft Inc. Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only...

python off-by-one locale.strxfrm() (possible memory disclosure)

Off-by-one error in the PyLocalestrxfrm function in Modules/localemodule.c for Python 2.4 and 2.5 causes an incorrect buffer size to be used for the strxfrm function, which allows context-dependent attackers to read portions of memory via unknown manipulations that trigger a buffer over-read due ...

CVE-2008-3535

CVE-2008-3535 is an off-by-one error in the iov_iter_advance function of Linux kernel mm/filemap.c, addressed by multiple advisories. Public disclosures in Debian/Ubuntu indicate this allows local attackers to crash the system (denial of service) via certain sequences of readv/writev/file operati...

CVE-2008-3144

Multiple integer overflows in the PyOSvsnprintf function in Python/mysnprintf.c in Python 2.5.2 and earlier allow context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service memory corruption or have unspecified other impact via crafted input to string formatting operations. NOTE: the handling of...

Integer overflow

Multiple integer overflows in the PyOSvsnprintf function in Python/mysnprintf.c in Python 2.5.2 and earlier allow context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service memory corruption or have unspecified other impact via crafted input to string formatting operations. NOTE: the handling of...