RHEL 3 : xpdf (RHSA-2005:059)

Updated Xpdf package that fixes a stack based buffer overflow security issue is now available. Xpdf is an X Window System based viewer for Portable Document Format PDF files. A buffer overflow flaw was found when processing the /Encrypt /Length tag. An attacker could construct a carefully crafted...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : cups (MDKSA-2005:018)

A buffer overflow vulnerability was discovered in the xpdf PDF code, which could allow for arbitrary code execution as the user viewing a PDF file. The vulnerability exists due to insufficient bounds checking while processing a PDF file that provides malicious values in the /Encrypt /Length tag...

[SECURITY] [DSA 648-1] New xpdf packages fix arbitrary code execution

-------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA 648-1 [email protected] http://www.debian.org/security/ Martin Schulze January 19th, 2005 http://www.debian.org/security/faq -...

Debian DSA-646-1 : imagemagick - buffer overflow

Andrei Nigmatulin discovered a buffer overflow in the PSD image-decoding module of ImageMagick, a commonly used image manipulation library. Remote exploitation with a carefully crafted image could lead to the execution of arbitrary code. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The...

Debian DSA-643-1 : queue - buffer overflows

'jaguar' of the Debian Security Audit Project has discovered several buffer overflows in queue, a transparent load balancing system. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were extracted from Debian Security Advisory DSA-643. Th...

[SECURITY] [DSA 639-1] New mc packages fix several vulnerabilities

-------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA 639-1 [email protected] http://www.debian.org/security/ Martin Schulze January 14th, 2005 http://www.debian.org/security/faq -...

[SECURITY] [DSA 632-1] New linpopup packages fix arbitrary code execution

-------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA 632-1 [email protected] http://www.debian.org/security/ Martin Schulze January 10th, 2005 http://www.debian.org/security/faq -...

[SECURITY] [DSA 631-1] New kdlibs packages fix arbitrary FTP command execution

-------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA 631-1 [email protected] http://www.debian.org/security/ Martin Schulze January 10th, 2005 http://www.debian.org/security/faq -...

Fedora Core 3 : libtiff-3.6.1-9.fc3 (2005-598)

The updated libtiff package fixes an integer overflow which could lead to a buffer overflow in the tiffdump utility. Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : vim (MDKSA-2005:003)

Several 'modeline'-related vulnerabilities were discovered in Vim by Ciaran McCreesh. The updated packages have been patched with Bram Moolenaar's vim 6.3.045 patch which fixes the reported vulnerabilities and adds more conservative 'modeline' rights. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Securit...

[SECURITY] [DSA 624-1] New zip packages fix arbitrary code execution

-------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA 624-1 [email protected] http://www.debian.org/security/ Martin Schulze January 5th, 2004 http://www.debian.org/security/faq -...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : cups (MDKSA-2004:164)

iDefense reported a buffer overflow vulnerability, which affects versions of xpdf = xpdf-3.0 and several programs, like cups, which use embedded xpdf code. An attacker could construct a malicious payload file which could enable arbitrary code execution on the target system. The updated packages a...

[SECURITY] [DSA 621-1] New CUPS packages fix arbitrary code execution

-------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA 621-1 [email protected] http://www.debian.org/security/ Martin Schulze December 31st, 2004 http://www.debian.org/security/faq -...

[SECURITY] [DSA 619-1] New xpdf packages fix arbitrary code execution

-------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA 619-1 [email protected] http://www.debian.org/security/ Martin Schulze December 30th, 2004 http://www.debian.org/security/faq -...

Debian DSA-615-1 : debmake - insecure temporary files

Javier Fernandez-Sanguino Pena from the Debian Security Audit Project noticed that the debstd script from debmake, a deprecated helper package for Debian packaging, created temporary directories in an insecure manner. This can be exploited by a malicious user to overwrite arbitrary files owned by...

[SECURITY] [DSA 614-1] New xzgv packages fix arbitrary code execution

-------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA 614-1 [email protected] http://www.debian.org/security/ Martin Schulze December 21st, 2004 http://www.debian.org/security/faq -...

[SECURITY] [DSA 611-1] New htget packages fix arbitrary code execution

-------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA 611-1 [email protected] http://www.debian.org/security/ Martin Schulze December 20th, 2004 http://www.debian.org/security/faq -...

[SECURITY] [DSA 609-1] New atari800 packages fix local root exploit

-------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA 609-1 [email protected] http://www.debian.org/security/ Martin Schulze December 14th, 2004 http://www.debian.org/security/faq -...

[SECURITY] [DSA 604-1] New hpsockd packages fix denial of service

-------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA 604-1 [email protected] http://www.debian.org/security/ Martin Schulze December 3rd, 2004 http://www.debian.org/security/faq -...

[SECURITY] [DSA 603-1] New openssl packages fix insecure temporary file creation

-------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA 603-1 [email protected] http://www.debian.org/security/ Martin Schulze December 1st, 2004 http://www.debian.org/security/faq -...