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-517-1 : cvs - buffer overflow

Derek Robert Price discovered a potential buffer overflow vulnerability in the CVS server, based on a malformed Entry, which serves the popular Concurrent Versions System. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were extracted fr...

Debian DSA-126-1 : imp - XSS

A cross-site scripting CSS problem was discovered in Horde and IMP a web-based IMAP mail package. This was fixed upstream in Horde version 1.2.8 and IMP version 2.2.8. The relevant patches have been back-ported to version 1.2.6-0.potato.5 of the horde package and version 2.2.6-0.potato.5 of the i...

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-258-1 : ethereal - format string vulnerability

Georgi Guninski discovered a problem in ethereal, a network traffic analyzer. The program contains a format string vulnerability that could probably lead to execution of arbitrary code. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin wer...

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-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-086-1 : ssh-nonfree - remote root exploit

We have received reports that the 'SSH CRC-32 compensation attack detector vulnerability' is being actively exploited. This is the same integer type error previously corrected for OpenSSH in DSA-027-1. OpenSSH the Debian ssh package was fixed at that time, but ssh-nonfree and ssh-socks were not...

Debian DSA-387-1 : gopher - buffer overflows

gopherd, a gopher server from the University of Minnesota, contains a number of buffer overflows which could be exploited by a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the gopherd process the 'gopher' user by default. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. Th...

Debian DSA-426-1 : netpbm-free - insecure temporary files

netpbm is a graphics conversion toolkit made up of a large number of single-purpose programs. Many of these programs were found to create temporary files in an insecure manner, which could allow a local attacker to overwrite files with the privileges of the user invoking a vulnerable netpbm tool...

Debian DSA-213-1 : libpng - buffer overflow

Glenn Randers-Pehrson discovered a problem in connection with 16-bit samples from libpng, an interface for reading and writing PNG Portable Network Graphics format files. The starting offsets for the loops are calculated incorrectly which causes a buffer overrun beyond the beginning of the row...

Debian DSA-314-1 : atftp - buffer overflow

Rick Patel discovered that atftpd is vulnerable to a buffer overflow when a long filename is sent to the server. An attacker could exploit this bug remotely to execute arbitrary code on the server. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package checks in thi...

Debian DSA-200-1 : samba - remote exploit

Steve Langasek found an exploitable bug in the password handling code in samba: when converting from DOS code-page to little endian UCS2 unicode a buffer length was not checked and a buffer could be overflowed. There is no known exploit for this, but an upgrade is strongly recommended...

Debian DSA-277-1 : apcupsd - buffer overflows, format string

The controlling and management daemon apcupsd for APC's Unbreakable Power Supplies is vulnerable to several buffer overflows and format string attacks. These bugs can be exploited remotely by an attacker to gain root access to the machine apcupsd is running on. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Netwo...

Debian DSA-139-1 : super - format string vulnerability

GOBBLES found an insecure use of format strings in the super package. The included program super is intended to provide access to certain system users for particular users and programs, similar to the program sudo. Exploiting this format string vulnerability a local user can gain unauthorized roo...

Debian DSA-326-1 : orville-write - buffer overflows

Orville Write, a replacement for the standard write1 command, contains a number of buffer overflows. These could be exploited to gain either gid tty or root privileges, depending on the configuration selected when the package is installed. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The...

Debian DSA-493-1 : xchat - buffer overflow

A buffer overflow has been discovered in the Socks-5 proxy code of XChat, an IRC client for X similar to AmIRC. This allows an attacker to execute arbitrary code on the users' machine. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were...

Debian DSA-248-1 : hypermail - buffer overflows

Ulf Harnhammar discovered two problems in hypermail, a program to create HTML archives of mailing lists. An attacker could craft a long filename for an attachment that would overflow two buffers when a certain option for interactive use was given, opening the possibility to inject arbitrary code...

Debian DSA-528-1 : ethereal - denial of service

Several denial of service vulnerabilities were discovered in ethereal, a network traffic analyzer. These vulnerabilities are described in the ethereal advisory 'enpa-sa-00015'. Of these, only one CAN-2004-0635 affects the version of ethereal in Debian woody. This vulnerability could be exploited ...

Debian DSA-441-1 : linux-kernel-2.4.17-mips+mipsel - missing function return value check

Paul Starzetz and Wojciech Purczynski of isec.pl discovered a critical security vulnerability in the memory management code of Linux inside the mremap2 system call. Due to missing function return value check of internal functions a local attacker can gain root privileges. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C...