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[SECURITY] [DSA 2631-1] squid3 security update
------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA-2630-1 [email protected] http://www.debian.org/security/ Salvatore Bonaccorso February 24, 2013 http://www.debian.org/security/faq -...
Debian DSA-724-1 : phpsysinfo - design flaw
Maksymilian Arciemowicz discovered several cross site scripting issues in phpsysinfo, a PHP based host information application. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were extracted from Debian Security Advisory DSA-724. The tex...
Debian DSA-670-1 : emacs20 - format string
Max Vozeler discovered several format string vulnerabilities in the movemail utility of Emacs, the well-known editor. Via connecting to a malicious POP server an attacker can execute arbitrary code under the privileges of group mail. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The...
Debian DSA-669-1 : php3 - several vulnerabilities
Two vulnerabilities have been discovered in php4 which also apply to the version of php3 in the stable Debian distribution. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems : - CAN-2004-0594 The memorylimit functionality allows remote attackers to execute arbitra...
[SECURITY] [DSA 672-1] New xview packages fix potential arbitrary code execution
-------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA 672-1 [email protected] http://www.debian.org/security/ Martin Schulze February 9th, 2005 http://www.debian.org/security/faq -...
Debian DSA-649-1 : xtrlock - buffer overflow
A buffer overflow has been discovered in xtrlock, a minimal X display lock program which can be exploited by a malicious local attacker to crash the lock program and take over the desktop session. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package checks in this...
Debian DSA-633-1 : bmv - insecure temporary file
Peter Samuelson, upstream maintainer of bmv, a PostScript viewer for SVGAlib, discovered that temporary files are created in an insecure fashion. A malicious local user could cause arbitrary files to be overwritten by a symlink attack. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The...
Debian DSA-625-1 : pcal - buffer overflows
Danny Lungstrom discovered two buffer overflows in pcal, a program to generate Postscript calendars, that could lead to the execution of arbitrary code when compiling a calendar. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were...
Debian DSA-626-1 : tiff - unsanitised input
Dmitry V. Levin discovered a buffer overflow in libtiff, the Tag Image File Format library for processing TIFF graphics files. Upon reading a TIFF file it is possible to crash the application, and maybe also to execute arbitrary code. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The...
Debian DSA-612-1 : a2ps - unsanitised input
Rudolf Polzer discovered a vulnerability in a2ps, a converter and pretty-printer for many formats to PostScript. The program did not escape shell meta characters properly which could lead to the execution of arbitrary commands as a privileged user if a2ps is installed as a printer filter...
Debian DSA-609-1 : atari800 - buffer overflows
Adam Zabrocki discovered multiple buffer overflows in atari800, an Atari emulator. In order to directly access graphics hardware, one of the affected programs is installed setuid root. A local attacker could exploit this vulnerability to gain root privileges. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network...
Debian DSA-605-1 : viewcvs - settings not honored
Haris Sehic discovered several vulnerabilities in viewcvs, a utility for viewing CVS and Subversion repositories via HTTP. When exporting a repository as a tar archive the hidecvsroot and forbidden settings were not honoured enough. When upgrading the package for woody, please make a copy of your...
Debian DSA-598-1 : yardradius - buffer overflow
Max Vozeler noticed that yardradius, the YARD radius authentication and accounting server, contained a stack overflow similar to the one from radiusd which is referenced as CAN-2001-0534. This could lead to the execution of arbitrary code as root. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security,...
[SECURITY] [DSA 596-2] New sudo packages removes debug output
-------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA 596-2 [email protected] http://www.debian.org/security/ Martin Schulze November 24th, 2004 http://www.debian.org/security/faq -...
[SECURITY] [DSA 592-1] New ez-ipupdate packages fix format string vulnerability
-------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA 592-1 [email protected] http://www.debian.org/security/ Martin Schulze November 12th, 2004 http://www.debian.org/security/faq -...
Debian DSA-572-1 : ecartis - several vulnerabilities
A problem has been discovered in ecartis, a mailing-list manager, which allows an attacker in the same domain as the list admin to gain administrator privileges and alter list settings. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin wer...
Debian DSA-569-1 : netkit-telnet-ssl - invalid free(3)
Michal Zalewski discovered a bug in the netkit-telnet server telnetd whereby a remote attacker could cause the telnetd process to free an invalid pointer. This causes the telnet server process to crash, leading to a straightforward denial of service inetd will disable the service if telnetd is...
Debian DSA-582-1 : libxml - buffer overflow
'infamous41md' discovered several buffer overflows in libxml and libxml2, the XML C parser and toolkits for GNOME. Missing boundary checks could cause several buffers to be overflown, which may cause the client to execute arbitrary code. The following vulnerability matrix lists corrected versions...
Debian DSA-585-1 : shadow - programming error
A vulnerability has been discovered in the shadow suite which provides programs like chfn and chsh. It is possible for a user, who is logged in but has an expired password to alter his account information with chfn or chsh without having to change the password. The problem was originally thought ...
Debian DSA-574-1 : cabextract - missing directory sanitising
The upstream developers discovered a problem in cabextract, a tool to extract cabinet files. The program was able to overwrite files in upper directories. This could lead an attacker to overwrite arbitrary files. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and packag...