[slackware-security] irssi

New irssi packages are available for Slackware 13.0, 13.1, 13.37, 14.0, 14.1, 14.2, and -current to fix security issues. Here are the details from the Slackware 14.2 ChangeLog: patches/packages/irssi-0.8.20-i586-1slack14.2.txz: Upgraded. This update fixes two remote crash and heap corruption...

irssi -- heap corruption and missing boundary checks

Irssi reports: Remote crash and heap corruption. Remote code execution seems difficult since only Nuls are written...

DEBIAN-CVE-2015-8926

The archivereadformatrarreaddata function in archivereadsupportformatrar.c in libarchive before 3.2.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service crash via a crafted rar archive...

DEBIAN-CVE-2015-8923

The processextra function in libarchive before 3.2.0 uses the size field and a signed number in an offset, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service crash via a crafted zip file...

Wireshark Catapult DCT2000 Parser Stack Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Wireshark formerly known as Ethereal is a network packet analyzer software developed by the Wireshark team. The function of the software is to intercept network packets and display detailed data for analysis. A stack buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the...

Asterisk Remote Crash Vulnerability (AST-2016-006)

Asterisk is prone to a denial of service DoS vulnerability. SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2016 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 CPE = "cpe:/a:digium:asterisk"; if...

CVE-2016-1263

Juniper Junos OS before 12.1X46-D45, 12.1X46-D50, 12.1X47 before 12.1X47-D35, 12.3X48 before 12.3X48-D30, 13.3 before 13.3R9-S1, 14.1 before 14.1R7, 14.2 before 14.2R6, 15.1 before 15.1F2-S5, 15.1F4 before 15.1F4-S2, 15.1R before 15.1R2-S3, 15.1 before 15.1R3, and 15.1X49 before 15.1X49-D40 allow...

UBUNTU-CVE-2016-7179

Stack-based buffer overflow in epan/dissectors/packet-catapult-dct2000.c in the Catapult DCT2000 dissector in Wireshark 2.x before 2.0.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service application crash via a crafted packet...

USN-3068-1 libidn vulnerabilities

Thijs Alkemade, Gustavo Grieco, Daniel Stenberg, and Nikos Mavrogiannopoulos discovered that Libidn incorrectly handled invalid UTF-8 characters. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause Libidn to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly disclose sensitive memory. This issue on...

mod_cluster: remotely Segfault Apache http server

It was discovered that it is possible to remotely Segfault Apache http server with a specially crafted string sent to the modcluster via service messages MCMP...

mod_cluster: remotely Segfault Apache http server

It was discovered that it is possible to remotely Segfault Apache http server with a specially crafted string sent to the modcluster via service messages MCMP...

Wireshark Ethernet Parser Denial of Service Vulnerability

Wireshark formerly known as Ethereal is a network packet analyzer software developed by the Wireshark team. The function of the software is to intercept network packets and display detailed data for analysis. A security vulnerability in the epan/dissectors/packet-pktap.c file in the Ethernet pars...

asterisk -- Crash on ACK from unknown endpoint

The Asterisk project reports: Asterisk can be crashed remotely by sending an ACK to it from an endpoint username that Asterisk does not recognize. Most SIP request types result in an "artificial" endpoint being looked up, but ACKs bypass this lookup. The resulting NULL pointer results in a crash...

Wireshark RLC Dissector Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability

Wireshark formerly known as Ethereal is a suite of network packet analysis software developed by the Wireshark team. A remote denial of service vulnerability exists in Wireshark versions 2.0.0 through 2.0.4, and 1.12.0 through 1.12.12, which can be exploited by an attacker to crash an application...

UBUNTU-CVE-2016-6491

Buffer overflow in the Get8BIMProperty function in MagickCore/property.c in ImageMagick before 6.9.5-4 and 7.x before 7.0.2-6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service out-of-bounds read, memory leak, and crash via a crafted image...

The vulnerability of the Wireshark Network Protocol Analyzer software allows a remote attacker to compromise the accessibility of protected information.

The vulnerability exists in the srtpaddaddress function in epan/dissectors/packet-rtp.c in the RTP dissector in Wireshark, due to an incorrect update of the SRTP dialog data. Exploiting this vulnerability allows malicious actors operating remotely to cause a service failure abrupt termination of ...

The vulnerability of the Wireshark Network Protocol Analyzer software allows a remote attacker to compromise the accessibility of protected information.

The vulnerability of Wireshark’s dissectframe function, located in the epan/dissectors/packet-frame.c file, stems from the use of negative integers as packet length values. Exploiting this vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause a service failure abrupt termination of the application by...

Huawei AR3200 MPLS Memory Disclosure Vulnerability

The Huawei AR3200 is an AR3200 series enterprise router from Huawei, China. A memory leak vulnerability exists in the processing of MPLS packets in the Huawei AR3200, which can be exploited by a remote attacker to send a large number of Multiprotocol Label Switching MPLS packets to crash the syst...

UBUNTU-CVE-2016-3189

Use-after-free vulnerability in bzip2recover in bzip2 1.0.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service crash via a crafted bzip2 file, related to block ends set to before the start of the block...

Apache Tomcat Denial of Service Vulnerability (CNVD-2016-04312)

Apache Tomcat is a popular open source JSP application server program. A denial of service vulnerability exists in the Apache Commons FileUpload component of Apache Tomcat used for file uploads, which can be exploited by a remote attacker to cause a crash of the affected application, resulting in...