[SECURITY] [DSA 562-1] New mysql packages fix several vulnerabilities

-------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA 562-1 [email protected] http://www.debian.org/security/ Martin Schulze October 11th, 2004 http://www.debian.org/security/faq -...

Apple QuickTime Streaming Server vulnerable to DoS

Overview There is a vulnerability in the Apple QuickTime Streaming Server that could allow a remote attacker to cause a denial-of-service condition. Description Apple's QuickTime Streaming Server provides an integrated distribution mechanism for various forms of digital content. There is a...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : shorewall (MDKSA-2004:080)

The shorewall package has a vulnerability when creating temporary files and directories, which could allow non-root users to overwrite arbitrary files on the system. The updated packages are patched to fix the problem. As well, for Mandrakelinux 10.0, the updated packages have been fixed to start...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : openssl (MDKSA-2003:098)

Two bugs were discovered in OpenSSL 0.9.6 and 0.9.7 by NISCC. The parsing of unusual ASN.1 tag values can cause OpenSSL to crash, which could be triggered by a remote attacker by sending a carefully-crafted SSL client certificate to an application. Depending upon the application targetted, the...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : php (MDKSA-2002:059)

A fifth parameter was added to PHP's mail function in 4.0.5 that is not properly sanitized when the server is running in safe mode. This vulnerability would allow local users and, possibly, remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands using shell metacharacters. After upgrading to these package...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : libpng (MDKSA-2002:049)

A buffer overflow was found in the in the progressive reader of the PNG library when the PNG datastream contains more IDAT data than indicated by the IHDR chunk. These deliberately malformed datastreams would crash applications thus potentially allowing an attacker to execute malicious code. Many...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : libpng (MDKSA-2004:063)

A buffer overflow vulnerability was discovered in libpng due to a wrong calculation of some loop offset values. This buffer overflow can lead to Denial of Service or even remote compromise. This vulnerability was initially patched in January of 2003, but it has since been noted that fixes were...

SUSE-SA:2003:028: cups

The remote host is missing the patch for the advisory SUSE-SA:2003:028 cups. The well known Common Unix Printing System CUPS was found vulnerable to a remote Denial of Service attack. The CUPS daemon will stop serving clients if the second carriage return in a request is not sent to complete the...

SUSE-SA:2002:039: syslog-ng

The remote host is missing the patch for the advisory SUSE-SA:2002:039 syslog-ng. The syslog-ng package is a portable syslog implementation which can be used as syslogd replacement. Syslog-ng contained buffer overflows in its macro expansion routines. These overflows could be triggered by remote...

SUSE-SA:2003:042: mysql

The remote host is missing the patch for the advisory SUSE-SA:2003:042 mysql. A remotely exploitable buffer overflow within the authentication code of MySQL has been reported. This allows remote attackers who have access to the 'User' table to execute arbitrary commands as mysql user. The list of...

SUSE-SA:2004:021: php4/mod_php4

The remote host is missing the patch for the advisory SUSE-SA:2004:021 php4/modphp4. PHP is a well known, widely-used scripting language often used within web server setups. Stefan Esser found a problem with the 'memorylimit' handling of PHP which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code...

SUSE-SA:2003:029: pptpd

The remote host is missing the patch for the advisory SUSE-SA:2003:029 pptpd. The PPTP daemon contains a remotely exploitable buffer overflow which was introduced due to a integer overflow in the third argument passed to the read library call. This bug has been fixed. Since there is no workaround...

SUSE-SA:2003:031: nfs-utils

The remote host is missing the patch for the advisory SUSE-SA:2003:031 nfs-utils. The nfs-utils package contains various programs to offer and manage certain RPC services such as the rpc.mountd. iSEC Security Research has reported an off-by-one bug in the xlog function used by the rpc.mountd. It ...

SUSE-SA:2004:022: samba

The remote host is missing the patch for the advisory SUSE-SA:2004:022 samba. The Samba Web Administration Tool SWAT was found vulnerable to a buffer overflow in its base64 code. This buffer overflow can possibly be exploited remotely before any authentication took place to execute arbitrary code...

SUSE-SA:2003:0004: libpng

The remote host is missing the patch for the advisory SUSE-SA:2003:0004 libpng. The library libpng provides several functions to encode, decode and manipulate Portable Network Graphics PNG image files. Due to wrong calculation of some loop offset values a buffer overflow can occur. The buffer...

RHEL 2.1 : openssl (RHSA-2004:119)

Updated OpenSSL packages that fix a remote denial of service vulnerability are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1. OpenSSL is a toolkit that implements Secure Sockets Layer SSL v2/v3 and Transport Layer Security TLS v1 protocols as well as a full-strength general purpose cryptography...

RHEL 2.1 : stunnel (RHSA-2003:223)

Updated stunnel packages are now available. These updates correct a potential vulnerability in stunnel's signal handling. Stunnel is a wrapper for network connections. It can be used to tunnel an unencrypted network connection over a secure connection encrypted using SSL or TLS or to provide a...

RHEL 2.1 : apache (RHSA-2003:244)

Updated Apache and modssl packages that fix several minor security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux. The Apache HTTP server is a powerful, full-featured, efficient, and freely-available Web server. Ben Laurie found a bug in the optional renegotiation code in modssl which can...

RHEL 3 : samba (RHSA-2004:064)

Updated Samba packages that fix a security vulnerability are now available. Samba provides file and printer sharing services to SMB/CIFS clients. The Samba team discovered an issue that affects version 3.0.0 and 3.0.1 of Samba. If an account for a user is created, but marked as disabled using the...

Microsoft Windows SSL Library Denial of Service Vulnerability

Description Microsoft Windows SSL library is reported to be prone to a denial of service vulnerability. It has been reported that an attacker could trigger this issue by sending a specially crafted TCP message that causes the protocol to fail resulting in a denial of service. Successful...