Ubuntu 7.10 : pidgin vulnerability (USN-548-1)

It was discovered that Pidgin did not correctly handle certain logging events. A remote attacker could send specially crafted messages and cause the application to crash, leading to a denial of service. Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from...

USN-548-1: Pidgin vulnerability

It was discovered that Pidgin did not correctly handle certain logging events. A remote attacker could send specially crafted messages and cause the application to crash, leading to a denial of service...

USN-545-1: link-grammar vulnerability

Alin Rad Pop discovered that AbiWord's Link Grammar parser did not correctly handle overly-long words. If a user were tricked into opening a specially crafted document, AbiWord, or other applications using Link Grammar, could be made to crash...

[USN-541-1] Emacs vulnerability

=========================================================== Ubuntu Security Notice USN-541-1 November 13, 2007 emacs22 vulnerability CVE-2007-5795 =========================================================== A security issue affects the following Ubuntu releases: Ubuntu 7.10 This advisory also...

Ubuntu 7.10 : emacs22 vulnerability (USN-541-1)

Drake Wilson discovered that Emacs did not correctly handle the safe mode of 'enable-local-variables'. If a user were tricked into opening a specially crafted file while 'enable-local-variables' was set to the non-default ':safe', a remote attacker could execute arbitrary commands with the user's...

USN-541-1: Emacs vulnerability

Drake Wilson discovered that Emacs did not correctly handle the safe mode of "enable-local-variables". If a user were tricked into opening a specially crafted file while "enable-local-variables" was set to the non-default ":safe", a remote attacker could execute arbitrary commands with the user's...

Ubuntu 7.10 : gnome-screensaver vulnerability (USN-537-1)

Jens Askengren discovered that gnome-screensaver became confused when running under Compiz, and could lose keyboard lock focus. A local attacker could exploit this to bypass the user's locked screen saver. Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly...

USN-537-2: Compiz vulnerability

USN-537-1 fixed vulnerabilities in gnome-screensaver. The fixes were incomplete, and only reduced the scope of the vulnerability, without fully solving it. This update fixes related problems in compiz. Original advisory details: Jens Askengren discovered that gnome-screensaver became confused whe...

CVE-2007-3920

GNOME screensaver 2.20 in Ubuntu 7.10, when used with Compiz, does not properly reserve input focus, which allows attackers with physical access to take control of the session after entering an Alt-Tab sequence, a related issue to CVE-2007-3069...

Sql injection

GNOME screensaver 2.20 in Ubuntu 7.10, when used with Compiz, does not properly reserve input focus, which allows attackers with physical access to take control of the session after entering an Alt-Tab sequence, a related issue to CVE-2007-3069...

CVE-2007-3920

CVE-2007-3920 concerns GNOME Screensaver 2.20 on Ubuntu 7.10 when used with Compiz, where input focus is not properly reserved. The result is that an attacker with physical access can gain session control after an Alt-Tab sequence, as described in the related CVE-2007-3069 context. Connected advi...

CVE-2007-3920

GNOME screensaver 2.20 in Ubuntu 7.10, when used with Compiz, does not properly reserve input focus, which allows attackers with physical access to take control of the session after entering an Alt-Tab sequence, a related issue to CVE-2007-3069...

CVE-2007-3920: Undefined Security Weakness

GNOME screensaver 2.20 in Ubuntu 7.10, when used with Compiz, does not properly reserve input focus, which allows attackers with physical access to take control of the session after entering an Alt-Tab sequence, a related issue to CVE-2007-3069...

USN-531-1: dhcp vulnerability

Nahuel Riva and Gerardo Richarte discovered that the DHCP server did not correctly handle certain client options. A remote attacker could send malicious DHCP replies to the server and execute arbitrary code...

CVE-2007-5159

The ntfs-3g package before 1.913-2.fc7 in Fedora 7, and an ntfs-3g package in Ubuntu 7.10/Gutsy, assign incorrect permissions setuid root to mount.ntfs-3g, which allows local users with fuse group membership to read from and write to arbitrary block devices, possibly involving a file descriptor...

Design/Logic Flaw

The ntfs-3g package before 1.913-2.fc7 in Fedora 7, and an ntfs-3g package in Ubuntu 7.10/Gutsy, assign incorrect permissions setuid root to mount.ntfs-3g, which allows local users with fuse group membership to read from and write to arbitrary block devices, possibly involving a file descriptor...

CVE-2007-5159

The ntfs-3g package before 1.913-2.fc7 in Fedora 7, and an ntfs-3g package in Ubuntu 7.10/Gutsy, assign incorrect permissions setuid root to mount.ntfs-3g, which allows local users with fuse group membership to read from and write to arbitrary block devices, possibly involving a file descriptor...

CVE-2007-5159

The ntfs-3g package before 1.913-2.fc7 in Fedora 7, and an ntfs-3g package in Ubuntu 7.10/Gutsy, assign incorrect permissions setuid root to mount.ntfs-3g, which allows local users with fuse group membership to read from and write to arbitrary block devices, possibly involving a file descriptor...

CVE-2007-5159

CVE-2007-5159: The ntfs-3g package before 1.913-2.fc7 in Fedora 7 and ntfs-3g in Ubuntu 7.10/Gutsy assigns incorrect permissions (setuid root) to mount.ntfs-3g. This allows local users with fuse group membership to read from and write to arbitrary block devices, possibly involving a file descript...

CVE-2007-5159

The ntfs-3g package before 1.913-2.fc7 in Fedora 7, and an ntfs-3g package in Ubuntu 7.10/Gutsy, assign incorrect permissions setuid root to mount.ntfs-3g, which allows local users with fuse group membership to read from and write to arbitrary block devices, possibly involving a file descriptor...