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-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...

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-162-1 : ethereal - buffer overflow

Ethereal developers discovered a buffer overflow in the ISIS protocol dissector. It may be possible to make Ethereal crash or hang by injecting a purposefully malformed packet onto the wire, or by convincing someone to read a malformed packet trace file. It may be possible to make Ethereal run...

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-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-040-1 : slrn - buffer overflow

Bill Nottingham reported a problem in the wrapping/unwrapping functions of the slrn newsreader. A long header in a message might overflow a buffer, which could result in executing arbitrary code encoded in the message. The default configuration does not have wrapping enable, but it can easily be...

Debian DSA-325-1 : eldav - insecure temporary file

eldav, a WebDAV client for Emacs, creates temporary files without taking appropriate security precautions. This vulnerability could be exploited by a local user to create or overwrite files with the privileges of the user running emacs and eldav. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, In...

Debian DSA-022-1 : exmh - local insecure tempfile creation

Former versions of the exmh program used /tmp for storing temporary files. No checks were made to ensure that nobody placed a symlink with the same name in /tmp in the meantime and thus was vulnerable to a symlink attack. This could lead to a malicious local user being able to overwrite any file...

Debian DSA-516-1 : postgresql - buffer overflow

A buffer overflow has been discovered in the ODBC driver of PostgreSQL, an object-relational SQL database, descended from POSTGRES. It is possible to exploit this problem and crash the surrounding application. Hence, a PHP script using php4-odbc can be utilised to crash the surrounding Apache...

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-538-1 : rsync - unsanitised input processing

The rsync developers have discovered a security related problem in rsync, a fast remote file copy program, which offers an attacker to access files outside of the defined directory. To exploit this path-sanitizing bug, rsync has to run in daemon mode with the chroot option being disabled. It does...

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-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-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-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-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-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-469-1 : pam-pgsql - missing input sanitising

Primoz Bratanic discovered a bug in libpam-pgsql, a PAM module to authenticate using a PostgreSQL database. The library does not escape all user-supplied data that are sent to the database. An attacker could exploit this bug to insert SQL statements. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security...

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...