Debian DSA-502-1 : exim-tls - buffer overflow

Georgi Guninski discovered two stack-based buffer overflows in exim and exim-tls. They cannot be exploited with the default configuration from the Debian system, though. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems that are fixed with this update : -...

Important: Red Hat Security Advisory: mod_ssl security update

An updated modssl package for Apache that fixes a format string vulnerability is now available. The modssl module provides strong cryptography for the Apache Web server via the Secure Sockets Layer SSL and Transport Layer Security TLS protocols. A format string issue was discovered in modssl for...

RHEL 2.1 / 3 : rsync (RHSA-2004:436)

An updated rsync package that fixes a path sanitizing bug is now available. The rsync program synchronizes files over a network. Versions of rsync up to and including version 2.6.2 contain a path sanitization issue. This issue could allow an attacker to read or write files outside of the rsync...

RHEL 2.1 / 3 : qt (RHSA-2004:414)

Updated qt packages that fix security issues in several of the image decoders are now available. Qt is a software toolkit that simplifies the task of writing and maintaining GUI Graphical User Interface applications for the X Window System. During a security audit, Chris Evans discovered a heap...

Important: Red Hat Security Advisory: qt security update

Updated qt packages that fix security issues in several of the image decoders are now available. Qt is a software toolkit that simplifies the task of writing and maintaining GUI Graphical User Interface applications for the X Window System. During a security audit, Chris Evans discovered a heap...

[slackware-security] Mozilla

New Mozilla packages are available for Slackware 9.1, 10.0, and -current to fix a number of security issues. Slackware 10.0 and -current were upgraded to Mozilla 1.7.2, and Slackware 9.1 was upgraded to Mozilla 1.4.3. As usual, new versions of Mozilla require new versions of things that link with...

Low: Red Hat Security Advisory: gnome-vfs security update

Updated GNOME VFS packages that remove potential extfs-related vulnerabilities are now available. GNOME VFS is the GNOME virtual file system. It provides a modular architecture and ships with several modules that implement support for file systems, HTTP, FTP, and others. The extfs backends make i...

OpenServer 5.0.6 OpenServer 5.0.7 : Xsco contains a buffer overflow that could be exploited to gain root privileges.

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 SCO Security Advisory Subject: OpenServer 5.0.6 OpenServer 5.0.7 : Xsco contains a buffer overflow that could be exploited to gain root privileges. Advisory number: SCOSA-2004.3 Issue date: 2004 July 29 Cross reference: sr889371 fz528866 erg712547...

Important: Red Hat Security Advisory: sox security update

Updated sox packages that fix buffer overflows in the WAV file handling code are now available. SoX Sound eXchange is a sound file format converter. SoX can convert between many different digitized sound formats and perform simple sound manipulation functions, including sound effects. Buffer...

Moderate: Red Hat Security Advisory: samba security update

Updated samba packages that fix a buffer overflow issue are now available. Samba provides file and printer sharing services to SMB/CIFS clients. The Samba team discovered a buffer overflow in the code used to support the 'mangling method = hash' smb.conf option. The Common Vulnerabilities and...

new samba packages

New samba packages are available for Slackware 8.1, 9.0, 9.1, 10.0 and -current to fix security issues. More details about these issues may be found in the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures CVE database: http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2004-0600...

Fedora Core 1 : rsync-2.5.7-2 (2003-030)

A heap overflow bug exists in rsync versions prior to 2.5.7. On machines where the rsync server has been enabled, a remote attacker could use this flaw to execute arbitrary code as an unprivileged user. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project cve.mitre.org has assigned the name...

Fedora Core 2 : kernel-2.6.6-1.435.2.3 (2004-205)

During an audit of the Linux kernel, SUSE discovered a flaw in the Linux kernel that inappropriately allows an unprivileged user to change the group ID of a file to his/her own group ID. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project cve.mitre.org has assigned the name CVE-2004-0497 to this...

PHP

New PHP packages are available for Slackware 8.1, 9.0, 9.1, 10.0, and -current to fix security issues memorylimit handling and a problem in the striptags function. Sites using PHP should upgrade. More details about this issue may be found in the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures CVE database:...

[Full-Disclosure] OpenServer 5.0.6 OpenServer 5.0.7 : MMDF Various buffer overflows and other security issues

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 SCO Security Advisory Subject: OpenServer 5.0.6 OpenServer 5.0.7 : MMDF Various buffer overflows and other security issues Advisory number: SCOSA-2004.7 Issue date: 2004 July 14 Cross reference: sr884728 fz528322 erg712434 CAN-2004-0510 CAN-2004-0511...

RHEL 2.1 : tcpdump (RHSA-2002:121)

Updated tcpdump, libpcap, and arpwatch packages are available. These updates close a buffer overflow when handling NFS packets. tcpdump is a command-line tool for monitoring network traffic. Versions of tcpdump up to and including 3.6.2 have a buffer overflow that can be triggered when tracing th...

RHEL 3 : kernel (RHSA-2004:066)

Updated kernel packages that fix a security vulnerability that may allow local users to gain root privileges are now available. These packages also resolve other minor issues. The Linux kernel handles the basic functions of the operating system. Paul Starzetz discovered a flaw in return value...

RHEL 2.1 : xpdf (RHSA-2003:197)

Updated Xpdf packages are available that fix a vulnerability where a malicious PDF document could run arbitrary code. Updated 21 July 2003 Updated packages are now available, as the original errata packages did not fix all possible ways of exploiting this vulnerability. Xpdf is an X Window System...

RHEL 2.1 : sharutils (RHSA-2003:180)

Updated packages for sharutils which fix potential privilege escalation using the uudecode utility are available. The sharutils package contains a set of tools for encoding and decoding packages of files in binary or text format. The uudecode utility creates an output file without checking to see...

RHEL 3 : kernel (RHSA-2004:255)

Updated kernel packages for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 that fix security vulnerabilities are now available. The Linux kernel handles the basic functions of the operating system. A flaw was found in Linux kernel versions 2.4 and 2.6 for x86 and x8664 that allowed local users to cause a denial of...