Debian DSA-826-1 : helix-player - multiple vulnerabilities

Multiple security vulnerabilities have been identified in the helix-player media player that could allow an attacker to execute code on the victim's machine via specially crafted network resources. - CAN-2005-1766 Buffer overflow in the RealText parser could allow remote code execution via a...

Debian DSA-819-1 : python2.1 - integer overflow

An integer overflow with a subsequent buffer overflow has been detected in PCRE, the Perl Compatible Regular Expressions library, which allows an attacker to execute arbitrary code, and is also present in Python. Exploiting this vulnerability requires an attacker to specify the used regular...

Debian DSA-843-1 : arc - insecure temporary file

Two vulnerabilities have been discovered in the ARC archive program under Unix. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems : - CAN-2005-2945 Eric Romang discovered that the ARC archive program under Unix creates a temporary file with insecure permissions...

Debian DSA-816-1 : xfree86 - integer overflow

Soren Sandmann discovered a bug in memory allocation for pixmap images, that can cause a crash of the X server or to execute arbitrary code. The update for the old stable distribution woody also contains a different correction for multiple vulnerabilities in libXpm DSA 607, CAN-2004-0914,...

Debian DSA-844-1 : mod-auth-shadow - programming error

A vulnerability in modauthshadow, an Apache module that lets users perform HTTP authentication against /etc/shadow, has been discovered. The module runs for all locations that use the 'require group' directive which would bypass access restrictions controlled by another authorisation mechanism,...

Debian DSA-824-1 : clamav - infinite loop, buffer overflow

Two vulnerabilities have been discovered in Clam AntiVirus, the antivirus scanner for Unix, designed for integration with mail servers to perform attachment scanning. The following problems were identified : - CAN-2005-2919 A potentially infinite loop could lead to a denial of service. -...

Debian DSA-828-1 : squid - authentication handling

Upstream developers of squid, the popular WWW proxy cache, have discovered that changes in the authentication scheme are not handled properly when given certain request sequences while NTLM authentication is in place, which may cause the daemon to restart. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network...

Debian DSA-821-1 : python2.3 - integer overflow

An integer overflow with a subsequent buffer overflow has been detected in PCRE, the Perl Compatible Regular Expressions library, which allows an attacker to execute arbitrary code, and is also present in Python. Exploiting this vulnerability requires an attacker to specify the used regular...

Debian DSA-841-1 : mailutils - format string vulnerability

A format string vulnerability has been discovered in GNU mailutils which contains utilities for handling mail that allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the IMAP server. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin wer...

Debian DSA-827-1 : backupninja - insecure temporary file

Moritz Muehlenhoff discovered the handler code for backupninja creates a temporary file with a predictable filename, leaving it vulnerable to a symlink attack. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were extracted from Debian...

Debian DSA-817-1 : python2.2 - integer overflow

An integer overflow with a subsequent buffer overflow has been detected in PCRE, the Perl Compatible Regular Expressions library, which allows an attacker to execute arbitrary code, and is also present in Python. Exploiting this vulnerability requires an attacker to specify the used regular...

Debian DSA-825-1 : loop-aes-utils - privilege escalation

David Watson discovered a bug in mount as provided by util-linux and other packages such as loop-aes-utils that allows local users to bypass filesystem access restrictions by re-mounting it read-only. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package checks in...

Debian DSA-822-1 : gtkdiskfree - insecure temporary file creation

Eric Romang discovered that gtkdiskfree, a GNOME program that shows free and used space on filesystems, creates a temporary file in an insecure fashion. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were extracted from Debian Security...

Debian DSA-818-1 : kdeedu - insecure temporary files

Javier Fernandez-Sanguino Pena discovered that langen2kvhtml from the kvoctrain package from the kdeedu suite creates temporary files in an insecure fashion. This leaves them open for symlink attacks. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package checks in...

Debian DSA-831-1 : mysql-dfsg - buffer overflow

A stack-based buffer overflow in the initsyms function of MySQL, a popular database, has been discovered that allows remote authenticated users who can create user-defined functions to execute arbitrary code via a long functionname field. The ability to create user-defined functions is not...

Debian DSA-833-2 : mysql-dfsg-4.1 - buffer overflow

This update only covers binary packages for the big endian MIPS architecture that was mysteriously forgotten in the earlier update. For completeness below is the original advisory text : A stack-based buffer overflow in the initsyms function of MySQL, a popular database, has been discovered that...

[SECURITY] [DSA 809-2] New squid packages fix denial of service

-------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA 809-2 [email protected] http://www.debian.org/security/ Martin Schulze September 30th, 2005 http://www.debian.org/security/faq -...

[SECURITY] [DSA 809-2] New squid packages fix denial of service

-------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA 809-2 [email protected] http://www.debian.org/security/ Martin Schulze September 30th, 2005 http://www.debian.org/security/faq -...

Debian Security Host Bandwidth Saturation

------------------------------------------------------------------------ The Debian Project http://www.debian.org/ Security Host Bandwidth Saturation [email protected] September 20th, 2005 http://www.debian.org/News/2005/20050920 -...

Debian DSA-815-1 : kdebase - programming error

Ilja van Sprundel discovered a serious lock file handling error in kcheckpass that can, in some configurations, be used to gain root access. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were extracted from Debian Security Advisory...