Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-1803-1)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2013 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 ifdescription...

Debian DSA-2661-1 : xorg-server - information disclosure

David Airlie and Peter Hutterer of Red Hat discovered that xorg-server, the X.Org X server was vulnerable to an information disclosure flaw related to input handling and devices hotplug. When an X server is running but not on front for example because of a VT switch, a newly plugged input device...

USN-1803-1: X.Org X server vulnerability

It was discovered that the X.Org X server did not properly clear input events in certain circumstances. A local attacker with physical access could use this flaw to capture keystrokes...

CVE-2013-1940

X.Org X server before 1.13.4 and 1.4.x before 1.14.1 does not properly restrict access to input events when adding a new hot-plug device, which might allow physically proximate attackers to obtain sensitive information, as demonstrated by reading passwords from a tty...

qt: QSharedMemory class created shared memory segments with insecure permissions

The QSharedMemory class in Qt 5.0.0, 4.8.x before 4.8.5, 4.7.x before 4.7.6, and other versions including 4.4.0 uses weak permissions world-readable and world-writable for shared memory segments, which allows local users to read sensitive information or modify critical program data, as demonstrat...

Nmap NSE 6.01: x11-access

Checks if you're allowed to connect to the X server. If the X server is listening on TCP port 6000+n where n is the display number, it is possible to check if you're able to get connected to the remote display by sending a X11 initial connection request. In reply, the success byte 0x00 or 0x01 wi...

CVE-2013-0254

The QSharedMemory class in Qt 5.0.0, 4.8.x before 4.8.5, 4.7.x before 4.7.6, and other versions including 4.4.0 uses weak permissions world-readable and world-writable for shared memory segments, which allows local users to read sensitive information or modify critical program data, as demonstrat...

CVE-2013-0254

Removed by vendor...

CVE-2013-0254

The QSharedMemory class in Qt 5.0.0, 4.8.x before 4.8.5, 4.7.x before 4.7.6, and other versions including 4.4.0 uses weak permissions world-readable and world-writable for shared memory segments, which allows local users to read sensitive information or modify critical program data, as demonstrat...

Apple Releases Security Update for OS X Server

Apple has released a security update for OS X Server v2.2.1 for OS X Mountain Lion v10.8 or later to address multiple vulnerabilities. These vulnerabilities may allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code. US-CERT encourages users and administrators to review Apple Support Article HT5644 an...

Mac OS X : OS X Server < 2.2.1 Multiple Vulnerabilities

The remote Mac OS X 10.8 host has a version of OS X Server installed that is prior to 2.2.1. It is, therefore, affected by the following vulnerabilities : - A type casting issue exists in Ruby on Rails due to improper handling of XML parameters. A remote attacker can exploit this issue to execute...

RedHat Update for freetype RHSA-2013:0216-01

Check for the Version of freetype OpenVAS Vulnerability Test RedHat Update for freetype RHSA-2013:0216-01 Authors: System Generated Check Copyright: Copyright c 2013 Greenbone Networks GmbH, http://www.greenbone.net This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the...

Important: Red Hat Security Advisory: freetype security update

Updated freetype packages that fix one security issue are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6. The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having important security impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base score, which gives a detailed severity rating...

Mac OS X : OS X Server < 2.1.1 Multiple Vulnerabilities

The remote Mac OS X 10.8 host has a version of OS X Server installed that is prior to 2.1.1. It is, therefore, affected by the following vulnerabilities : - When the xml2 contrib module is enabled in PostgreSQL, an unprivileged database user can read or write arbitrary files, subject to the...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : Mesa (MDKSA-2001:029)

Ben Collins identified a temporary file race in the Utah-glx component of the Mesa package which affects Linux-Mandrake 7.2. The /tmp/glxmemory file is created by Utah-glx and because it is not created securely could be used in a symlink attack which allows files to be overwritten the next time t...

Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 201207-04 (xorg-server)

The remote host is missing updates announced in advisory GLSA 201207-04. OpenVAS Vulnerability Test $ Description: Auto generated from Gentoo's XML based advisory Authors: Thomas Reinke Copyright: Copyright c 2012 E-Soft Inc. http://www.securityspace.com Text descriptions are largely excerpted fr...

Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 201207-04 (xorg-server)

The remote host is missing updates announced in advisory GLSA 201207-04. SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2012 E-Soft Inc. 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 OR GPL-3.0-only...

Scientific Linux Security Update : freetype on SL6.x i386/x86_64

It was found that the FreeType font rendering engine improperly validated certain position values when processing input streams. If a user loaded a specially crafted font file with an application linked against FreeType, it could cause the application to crash or, possibly, execute arbitrary code...

Scientific Linux Security Update : xorg-x11-server on SL6.x i386/x86_64 (20120620)

X.Org is an open source implementation of the X Window System. It provides the basic low-level functionality that full-fledged graphical user interfaces are designed upon. A flaw was found in the way the X.Org server handled lock files. A local user with access to the system console could use thi...

Scientific Linux Security Update : freetype for SL4 , SL5

An invalid memory management flaw was found in the way the FreeType font engine processed font files. If a user loaded a carefully-crafted font file with an application linked against FreeType, it could cause the application to crash or, possibly, execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the...