Debian DSA-420-1 : jitterbug - improperly sanitised input

Steve Kemp discovered a security related problem in jitterbug, a simple CGI based bug tracking and reporting tool. Unfortunately the program executions do not properly sanitize input, which allows an attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the server hosting the bug database. As mitigating...

Debian DSA-037-1 : Athena Widget replacement libraries - insecure tempfile handling

It has been reported that the AsciiSrc and MultiSrc widget in the Athena widget library handle temporary files insecurely. Joey Hess has ported the bugfix from XFree86 to these Xaw replacements libraries. The fixes are available in nextaw 0.5.1-34potato1, xaw3d 1.3-6.9potato1, and xaw95...

Debian DSA-457-1 : wu-ftpd - several vulnerabilities

Two vulnerabilities were discovered in wu-ftpd : - CAN-2004-0148 Glenn Stewart discovered that users could bypass the directory access restrictions imposed by the restricted-gid option by changing the permissions on their home directory. On a subsequent login, when access to the user's home...

Debian DSA-347-1 : teapop - SQL injection

teapop, a POP-3 server, includes modules for authenticating users against a PostgreSQL or MySQL database. These modules do not properly escape user-supplied strings before using them in SQL queries. This vulnerability could be exploited to execute arbitrary SQL code under the privileges of the...

Debian DSA-383-2 : ssh-krb5 - possible remote vulnerability

Several bugs have been found in OpenSSH's buffer handling. It is not known if these bugs are exploitable, but as a precaution an upgrade is advised. DSA-383-2: This advisory is an addition to the earlier DSA-383-1 advisory: Solar Designer found four more bugs in OpenSSH that may be exploitable...

Debian DSA-371-1 : perl - XSS

A cross-site scripting vulnerability exists in the startform function in CGI.pm. This function outputs user-controlled data into the action attribute of a form element without sanitizing it, allowing a remote user to execute arbitrary web script within the context of the generated page. Any progr...

Debian DSA-323-1 : noweb - insecure temporary files

Jakob Lell discovered a bug in the 'noroff' script included in noweb whereby a temporary file was created insecurely. During a review, several other instances of this problem were found and fixed. Any of these bugs could be exploited by a local user to overwrite arbitrary files owned by the user...

Debian DSA-127-1 : xpilot-server - remote buffer overflow

An internal audit by the xpilot a multi-player tactical manoeuvring game for X maintainers revealed a buffer overflow in xpilot server. This overflow can be abused by remote attackers to gain access to the server under which the xpilot server is running. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network...

Debian DSA-095-1 : gpm - local root vulnerability

The package 'gpm' contains the gpm-root program, which can be used to create mouse-activated menus on the console. Among other problems, the gpm-root program contains a format string vulnerability, which allows an attacker to gain root privileges. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security,...

Debian DSA-159-1 : python - insecure temporary files

Zack Weinberg discovered an insecure use of a temporary file in os.execvpe from os.py. It uses a predictable name which could lead execution of arbitrary code. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were extracted from Debian...

Debian DSA-313-1 : ethereal - buffer overflows, integer overflows

Timo Sirainen discovered several vulnerabilities in ethereal, a network traffic analyzer. These include one-byte buffer overflows in the AIM, GIOP Gryphon, OSPF, PPTP, Quake, Quake2, Quake3, Rsync, SMB, SMPP, and TSP dissectors, and integer overflows in the Mount and PPP dissectors. %NASLMINLEVEL...

Debian DSA-375-1 : node - buffer overflow, format string

Morgan alias SM6TKY discovered and fixed several security related problems in LinuxNode, an Amateur Packet Radio Node program. The buffer overflow he discovered can be used to gain unauthorised root access and can be remotely triggered. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The...

Debian DSA-411-1 : mpg321 - format string vulnerability

A vulnerability was discovered in mpg321, a command-line mp3 player, whereby user-supplied strings were passed to printf3 unsafely. This vulnerability could be exploited by a remote attacker to overwrite memory, and possibly execute arbitrary code. In order for this vulnerability to be exploited,...

Debian DSA-437-1 : cgiemail - open mail relay

A vulnerability was discovered in cgiemail, a CGI program used to email the contents of an HTML form, whereby it could be used to send email to arbitrary addresses. This type of vulnerability is commonly exploited to send unsolicited commercial email spam. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network...

Debian DSA-286-1 : gs-common - insecure temporary file

Paul Szabo discovered insecure creation of a temporary file in ps2epsi, a script that is distributed as part of gs-common which contains common files for different Ghostscript releases. ps2epsi uses a temporary file in the process of invoking ghostscript. This file was created in an insecure...

Debian DSA-296-1 : kdebase - insecure execution

The KDE team discovered a vulnerability in the way KDE uses Ghostscript software for processing of PostScript PS and PDF files. An attacker could provide a malicious PostScript or PDF file via mail or websites that could lead to executing arbitrary commands under the privileges of the user viewin...

Debian DSA-343-1 : skk, ddskk - insecure temporary file

skk Simple Kana to Kanji conversion program, does not take appropriate security precautions when creating temporary files. This bug could potentially be exploited to overwrite arbitrary files with the privileges of the user running Emacs and skk. ddskk is derived from the same code, and contains...

Debian DSA-190-1 : wmaker - buffer overflow

Al Viro found a problem in the image handling code use in Window Maker, a popular NEXTSTEP like window manager. When creating an image it would allocate a buffer by multiplying the image width and height, but did not check for an overflow. This makes it possible to overflow the buffer. This could...

Debian DSA-180-1 : nis - information leak

Thorsten Kukuck discovered a problem in the ypserv program which is part of the Network Information Services NIS. A memory leak in all versions of ypserv prior to 2.5 is remotely exploitable. When a malicious user could request a non-existing map the server will leak parts of an old domainname an...

Debian DSA-522-1 : super - format string vulnerability

Max Vozeler discovered a format string vulnerability in super, a program to allow specified users to execute commands with root privileges. This vulnerability could potentially be exploited by a local user to execute arbitrary code with root privileges. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network...