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-272-1 : dietlibc - integer overflow

eEye Digital Security discovered an integer overflow in the xdrmemgetbytes function of glibc, that is also present in dietlibc, a small libc useful especially for small and embedded systems. This function is part of the XDR encoder/decoder derived from Sun's RPC implementation. Depending upon 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-506-1 : neon - buffer overflow

Stefan Esser discovered a problem in neon, an HTTP and WebDAV client library. User input is copied into variables not large enough for all cases. This can lead to an overflow of a static heap variable. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package checks in...

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-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-547-1 : imagemagick - buffer overflows

Marcus Meissner from SUSE has discovered several buffer overflows in the ImageMagick graphics library. An attacker could create a malicious image or video file in AVI, BMP, or DIB format that could crash the reading process. It might be possible that carefully crafted images could also allow to...

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-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-338-1 : proftpd - SQL injection

runlevel [email protected] reported that ProFTPD's PostgreSQL authentication module is vulnerable to a SQL injection attack. This vulnerability could be exploited by a remote, unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary SQL statements, potentially exposing the passwords of other users, or t...

Debian DSA-439-1 : linux-kernel-2.4.16-arm - several vulnerabilities

Several local root exploits have been discovered recently in the Linux kernel. This security advisory updates the ARM kernel for Debian GNU/Linux. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems that are fixed with this update : - CAN-2003-0961 : An integer...

Debian DSA-435-1 : mpg123 - heap overflow

A vulnerability was discovered in mpg123, a command-line mp3 player, whereby a response from a remote HTTP server could overflow a buffer allocated on the heap, potentially permitting execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking mpg123. In order for this vulnerability to b...

Debian DSA-267-1 : lpr - buffer overflow

A buffer overflow has been discovered in lpr, a BSD lpr/lpd line printer spooling system. This problem can be exploited by a local user to gain root privileges, even if the printer system is set up properly. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package...

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-018-1 : tinyproxy - remote nobody exploit

PkC have found a heap overflow in tinyproxy that could be remotely exploited. An attacker could gain a shell user nobody remotely. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were extracted from Debian Security Advisory DSA-018. The...

Debian DSA-539-1 : kdelibs - temporary directory vulnerability

The SUSE security team was alerted that in some cases the integrity of symlinks used by KDE are not ensured and that these symlinks can be pointing to stale locations. This can be abused by a local attacker to create or truncate arbitrary files or to prevent KDE applications from functioning...

Debian DSA-511-1 : ethereal - buffer overflows

Several buffer overflow vulnerabilities were discovered in ethereal, a network traffic analyzer. These vulnerabilities are described in the ethereal advisory 'enpa-sa-00013'. Of these, only some parts of CAN-2004-0176 affect the version of ethereal in Debian woody. CAN-2004-0367 and CAN-2004-0365...

Debian DSA-186-1 : log2mail - buffer overflow

Enrico Zini discovered a buffer overflow in log2mail, a daemon for watching logfiles and sending lines with matching patterns via mail. The log2mail daemon is started upon system boot and runs as root. A specially crafted remote log message could overflow a static buffer, potentially leaving...

Debian DSA-541-1 : icecast-server - missing escape

Markus Worle discovered a cross site scripting problem in status-display list.cgi of the icecast internal webserver, an MPEG layer III streaming server. The UserAgent variable is not properly htmlescaped so that an attacker could cause the client to execute arbitrary Java script commands...

Debian DSA-349-1 : nfs-utils - buffer overflow

The logging code in nfs-utils contains an off-by-one buffer overrun when adding a newline to the string being logged. This vulnerability may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service condition by sending certain RPC requests. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network...