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-308-1 : gzip - insecure temporary files

Paul Szabo discovered that znew, a script included in the gzip package, creates its temporary files without taking precautions to avoid a symlink attack CAN-2003-0367. The gzexe script has a similar vulnerability which was patched in an earlier release but inadvertently reverted. %NASLMINLEVEL...

Debian DSA-429-1 : gnupg - cryptographic weakness

Phong Nguyen identified a severe bug in the way GnuPG creates and uses ElGamal keys for signing. This is a significant security failure which can lead to a compromise of almost all ElGamal keys used for signing. This update disables the use of this type of key. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Netwo...

Debian DSA-172-1 : tkmail - insecure temporary files

It has been discovered that tkmail creates temporary files insecurely. Exploiting this an attacker with local access can easily create and overwrite files as another user. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were extracted fr...

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-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-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-298-1 : epic4 - buffer overflows

Timo Sirainen discovered several problems in EPIC4, a popular client for Internet Relay Chat IRC. A malicious server could craft special reply strings, triggering the client to write beyond buffer boundaries. This could lead to a denial of service if the client only crashes, but may also lead to...

Debian DSA-322-1 : typespeed - buffer overflow

typespeed is a game which challenges the player to type words correctly and quickly. It contains a network play mode which allows players on different systems to play competitively. The network code contains a buffer overflow which could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code under the...

Debian DSA-175-1 : syslog-ng - buffer overflow

Balazs Scheidler discovered a problem in the way syslog-ng handles macro expansion. When a macro is expanded a static length buffer is used accompanied by a counter. However, when constant characters are appended, the counter is not updated properly, leading to incorrect boundary checking. An...

Debian DSA-179-1 : gnome-gv - buffer overflow

Zen-parse discovered a buffer overflow in gv, a PostScript and PDF viewer for X11. The same code is present in gnome-gv. This problem is triggered by scanning the PostScript file and can be exploited by an attacker sending a malformed PostScript or PDF file. The attacker is able to cause arbitrar...

Debian DSA-152-1 : l2tpd - missing random seed

Current versions of l2tpd, a layer 2 tunneling client/server program, forgot to initialize the random generator which made it vulnerable since all generated random number were 100% guessable. When dealing with the size of the value in an attribute value pair, too many bytes were able to be copied...

Debian DSA-391-1 : freesweep - buffer overflow

Steve Kemp discovered a buffer overflow in freesweep, when processing several environment variables. This vulnerability could be exploited by a local user to gain gid 'games'. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were extracte...

Debian DSA-103-1 : glibc - buffer overflow

A buffer overflow has been found in the globbing code for glibc. This is the code which is used to glob patterns for filenames and is commonly used in applications like shells and FTP servers. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package checks in this...

Debian DSA-430-1 : trr19 - missing privilege release

Steve Kemp discovered a problem in trr19, a type trainer application for GNU Emacs, which is written as a pair of setgid binaries and wrapper programs which execute commands for GNU Emacs. However, the binaries don't drop privileges before executing a command, allowing an attacker to gain access ...

Debian DSA-356-1 : xtokkaetama - buffer overflows

Steve Kemp discovered two buffer overflows in xtokkaetama, a puzzle game, when processing the -display command line option and the XTOKKAETAMADIR environment variable. These vulnerabilities could be exploited by a local attacker to gain gid 'games'. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security,...

Debian DSA-490-1 : zope - arbitrary code execution

A vulnerability has been discovered in the index support of the ZCatalog plug-in in Zope, an open source web application server. A flaw in the security settings of ZCatalog allows anonymous users to call arbitrary methods of catalog indexes. The vulnerability also allows untrusted code to do the...

Debian DSA-369-1 : zblast - buffer overflow

Steve Kemp discovered a buffer overflow in zblast-svgalib, when saving the high score file. This vulnerability could be exploited by a local user to gain gid 'games', if they can achieve a high score. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package checks in...

Debian DSA-055-1 : zope - remote unauthorized access

A new Zope hotfix has been released which fixes a problem in ZClasses. The README for the 2001-05-01 hotfix describes the problem as any user can visit a ZClass declaration and change the ZClass permission mappings for methods and other objects defined within the ZClass, possibly allowing for...

Debian DSA-249-1 : w3mmee - missing HTML quoting

Hironori Sakamoto, one of the w3m developers, found two security vulnerabilities in w3m and associated programs. The w3m browser does not properly escape HTML tags in frame contents and img alt attributes. A malicious HTML frame or img alt attribute may deceive a user to send their local cookies...