Debian Security Advisory DSA 2779-1 (libxml2 - denial of service)

Aki Helin of OUSPG discovered many out-of-bounds read issues in libxml2, the GNOME project's XML parser library, which can lead to denial of service issues when handling XML documents that end abruptly. OpenVAS Vulnerability Test $Id: deb2779.nasl 6611 2017-07-07 12:07:20Z cfischer $ Auto-generat...

Debian Security Advisory DSA 2778-1 (libapache2-mod-fcgid - heap-based buffer overflow)

Robert Matthews discovered that the Apache FCGID module, a FastCGI implementation for Apache HTTP Server, fails to perform adequate boundary checks on user-supplied input. This may allow a remote attacker to cause a heap-based buffer overflow, resulting in a denial of service or potentially...

Debian Security Advisory DSA 2776-1 (drupal6 - several vulnerabilities)

Multiple vulnerabilities have been been fixed in the Drupal content management framework, resulting in information disclosure, insufficient validation, cross-site scripting and cross-site request forgery. OpenVAS Vulnerability Test $Id: deb2776.nasl 6611 2017-07-07 12:07:20Z cfischer $...

Debian Security Advisory DSA 2777-1 (systemd - several vulnerabilities)

Multiple security issues in systemd have been discovered by Sebastian Krahmer and Florian Weimer: Insecure interaction with DBUS could lead to the bypass of Policykit restrictions and privilege escalation or denial of service through an integer overflow in journald and missing input sanitising in...

Debian Security Advisory DSA 2775-1 (ejabberd - insecure SSL usage)

It was discovered that ejabberd, a Jabber/XMPP server, uses SSLv2 and weak ciphers for communication, which are considered insecure. The software offers no runtime configuration options to disable these. This update disables the use of SSLv2 and weak ciphers. The updated package for Debian 7 whee...

Debian Security Advisory DSA 2772-1 (typo3-src - cross-site scripting)

Markus Pieton and Vytautas Paulikas discovered that the embedded video and audio player in the TYPO3 web content management system is suspectible to cross-site-scripting. OpenVAS Vulnerability Test $Id: deb2772.nasl 6611 2017-07-07 12:07:20Z cfischer $ Auto-generated from advisory DSA 2772-1 usin...

Debian Security Advisory DSA 2768-1 (icedtea-web - heap-based buffer overflow)

A heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability was found in icedtea-web, a web browser plugin for running applets written in the Java programming language. If a user were tricked into opening a malicious website, an attacker could cause the plugin to crash or possibly execute arbitrary code as the us...

Debian Security Advisory DSA 2767-1 (proftpd-dfsg - denial of service)

Kingcope discovered that the modsftp and modsftppam modules of proftpd, a powerful modular FTP/SFTP/FTPS server, are not properly validating input, before making pool allocations. An attacker can use this flaw to conduct denial of service attacks against the system running proftpd resource...

Debian DSA-2765-1 : davfs2 - privilege escalation

Davfs2, a filesystem client for WebDAV, calls the function system insecurely while is setuid root. This might allow a privilege escalation. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were extracted from Debian Security Advisory...

Debian Security Advisory DSA 2765-1 (davfs2 - privilege escalation)

Davfs2, a filesystem client for WebDAV, calls the function system insecurely while is setuid root. This might allow a privilege escalation. OpenVAS Vulnerability Test $Id: deb2765.nasl 6611 2017-07-07 12:07:20Z cfischer $ Auto-generated from advisory DSA 2765-1 using nvtgen 1.0 Script version: 1....

Debian DSA-2763-1 : pyopenssl - hostname check bypassing

It was discovered that PyOpenSSL, a Python wrapper around the OpenSSL library, does not properly handle certificates with NULL characters in the Subject Alternative Name field. A remote attacker in the position to obtain a certificate for 'www.foo.org\0.example.com' from a CA that a SSL client...

Debian Security Advisory DSA 2764-1 (libvirt - programming error)

Daniel P. Berrange discovered that incorrect memory handling in the remoteDispatchDomainMemoryStats function could lead to denial of service. The oldstable distribution squeeze is not affected. OpenVAS Vulnerability Test $Id: deb2764.nasl 6611 2017-07-07 12:07:20Z cfischer $ Auto-generated from...

Debian Security Advisory DSA 2763-1 (pyopenssl - hostname check bypassing)

It was discovered that PyOpenSSL, a Python wrapper around the OpenSSL library, does not properly handle certificates with NULL characters in the Subject Alternative Name field. A remote attacker in the position to obtain a certificate for 'www.foo.org\0.example.com' from a CA that a SSL client...

Debian Security Advisory DSA 2427-1 (imagemagick - several vulnerabilities)

Two security vulnerabilities related to EXIF processing were discovered in ImageMagick, a suite of programs to manipulate images. CVE-2012-0247When parsing a maliciously crafted image with incorrect offset and count in the ResolutionUnit tag in EXIF IFD0, ImageMagick writes two bytes to an invali...

Debian Security Advisory DSA 2596-1 (mediawiki-extensions - cross-site scripting)

Thorsten Glaser discovered that the RSSReader extension for MediaWiki, a website engine for collaborative work, does not properly escape tags in feeds. This could allow a malicious feed to inject JavaScript into the MediaWiki pages. OpenVAS Vulnerability Test $Id: deb25961.nasl 8972 2018-02-28...

Debian Security Advisory DSA 2456-1 (dropbear - use after free)

Danny Fullerton discovered a use-after-free in the Dropbear SSH daemon, resulting in potential execution of arbitrary code. Exploitation is limited to users, who have been authenticated through public key authentication and for which command restrictions are in place. OpenVAS Vulnerability Test...

Debian Security Advisory DSA 2593-1 (moin - several vulnerabilities)

It was discovered that missing input validation in the twikidraw and anywikidraw actions can result in the execution of arbitrary code. This security issue is being actively exploited. This update also addresses path traversal in AttachFile. OpenVAS Vulnerability Test $Id: deb25931.nasl 6611...

Debian Security Advisory DSA 2760-1 (chrony - several vulnerabilities)

Florian Weimer discovered two security problems in the Chrony time synchronisation software buffer overflows and use of uninitialised data in command replies. OpenVAS Vulnerability Test $Id: deb2760.nasl 6611 2017-07-07 12:07:20Z cfischer $ Auto-generated from advisory DSA 2760-1 using nvtgen 1.0...

Debian Security Advisory DSA 2439-1 (libpng - buffer overflow)

Glenn-Randers Pehrson discovered an buffer overflow in the libpng PNG library, which could lead to the execution of arbitrary code if a malformed image is processed. OpenVAS Vulnerability Test $Id: deb24391.nasl 6611 2017-07-07 12:07:20Z cfischer $ Auto-generated from advisory DSA 2439-1 using...

Debian Security Advisory DSA 2585-1 (bogofilter - buffer overflow)

A heap-based buffer overflow was discovered in bogofilter, a software package for classifying mail messages as spam or non-spam. Crafted mail messages with invalid base64 data could lead to heap corruption and, potentially, arbitrary code execution. OpenVAS Vulnerability Test $Id: deb25851.nasl...