[SECURITY] New versions of sysklogd released

Package: sysklogd Vulnerability: root exploit Debian-specific: no Multiple vulnerabilities have been reported in syslogd and klogd. A local root exploit is possible, and remote exploits may be possible in some cases though we are not currently aware of a remote exploit. Fixed packages are availab...

[SECURITY] New version of libpam-smb released

Package: libpam-smb Vulnerability: remote root exploit Debian-specific: no libpam-smb contains a buffer overflow that can be used to execute arbitrary commands with root privilege. libpam-smb was not shipped with Debian 2.1 slink, but was included in Debian 2.2 potato. A fixed version of libpam-s...

[SECURITY] new version of screen released

Package: screen Vulnerability: local exploit Debian-specific: no A format string bug was recently discovered in screen which can be used to gain elevated privilages if screen is setuid. Debian 2.1 slink did ship screen setuid and the exploit can be used to gain root privilages. In Debian 2.2 pota...

[SECURITY] New version of Netscape Communicator/Navigator released

Package: netscape communicator, navigator Vulnerability: remote exploit Debian-specific: no Existing Netscape Communicator/Navigator packages contain the following vulnerabilities: 1. Netscape Communicator JPEG-Comment Heap Overwrite Vulnerability - executes arbitrary code in the comment field of...

[SECURITY] New version of xchat released (update)

Package : xchat Problem type : remote exploit Debian-specific: no The version of X-Chat that was distributed with Debian GNU/Linux 2.2 has a vulnerability in the URL handling code: when a user clicks on a URL X-Chat will start netscape to view its target. However it did not check the URL for shel...

[SECURITY] new version of zope released (updated)

Package: zope Vulnerability type: remote unprivileged access Debian-specific: no On versions of Zope prior to 2.2.1 it was possible for a user with the ability to edit DTML to gain unauthorized access to extra roles during a request. A fix was previously announced in the Debian zope package...

[SECURITY] New version of userv released

Package : userv Problem type : local exploit Debian-specific: no The version of userv that was distributed with Debian GNU/Linux 2.1 / slink had a problem in the fd swapping algorithm: it could sometimes make an out-of-bounds array reference. It might be possible for local users to abuse this to...

[SECURITY] New version of cvsweb released

Package: cvsweb Vulnerability type: remote shell Debian-specific: no The versions of cvsweb distributed in Debian GNU/Linux 2.1 aka slink as well as in the frozen potato and unstable woody distributions, are vulnerable to a remote shell exploit. An attacker with write access to the cvs repository...

[SECURITY] New verion of dhcp released

Package: dhcp-client-beta dhcp-client Vulnerability type: remote root exploit Debian-specific: no The versions of the ISC DHCP client in debian 2.1 slink and debian 2.2 potato are vulnerable to a root exploit. The OpenBSD team reports that the client inappropriately executes commands embedded in...

[SECURITY] New Debian wu-ftpd packages released

Package: wu-ftpd wu-ftpd-academ Vulnerability: remote root exploit Debian-specific: no The version of wu-ftpd distributed in Debian GNU/Linux 2.1 a.k.a. slink, as well as in the frozen potato and unstable woody distributions, is vulnerable to a remote root compromise. The default configuration in...

[SECURITY] New version of splitvt released (update)

Package: splitvt Vulnerability: local root exploit Debian-specific: no This is an update to the previous splitvt advisory. The previous release had incorrrect addresses for the updates for Debian GNU/Linux potato. The version of splitvt distributed in Debian GNU/Linux 2.1 a.k.a. slink, as well as...

Linux news 25.05.00

Ядро 2.3.99-pre9 Вышел новый пререлиз нестабильного ядра 2.3.99. Изменения в основном затронули MIPS платформу. Подробнее: http://www.kernel.org/ DoS в XFree 3.3.5 и больше Ошибка, благодаря которой возможно проведение DoS атаки, обнаружена в XFree 3.3.5, 3.3.6 и 4.0. Атака приводит к использован...