Debian DSA-712-1 : geneweb - insecure file operations

Tim Dijkstra discovered a problem during the upgrade of geneweb, a genealogy software with web interface. The maintainer scripts automatically converted files without checking their permissions and content, which could lead to the modification of arbitrary files. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable...

Debian DSA-710-1 : gtkhtml - NULL pointer dereference

Alan Cox discovered a problem in gtkhtml, an HTML rendering widget used by the Evolution mail reader. Certain malformed messages could cause a crash due to a NULL pointer dereference. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were...

Debian DSA-709-1 : libexif - buffer overflow

Sylvain Defresne discovered a buffer overflow in libexif, a library that parses EXIF files such as JPEG files with extra tags. This bug could be exploited to crash the application and maybe to execute arbitrary code as well. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive tex...

Debian DSA-708-1 : php3 - missing input sanitising

An iDEFENSE researcher discovered two problems in the image processing functions of PHP, a server-side, HTML-embedded scripting language, of which one is present in PHP3 as well. When reading a JPEG image, PHP can be tricked into an endless loop due to insufficient input validation. %NASLMINLEVEL...

Debian DSA-707-1 : mysql - several vulnerabilities

Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in MySQL, a popular database. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems : - CAN-2004-0957 Sergei Golubchik discovered a problem in the access handling for similar named databases. If a user is granted privileges...

Debian DSA-706-1 : axel - buffer overflow

Ulf Harnhammar from the Debian Security Audit Project discovered a buffer overflow in axel, a light download accelerator. When reading remote input the program did not check if a part of the input can overflow a buffer and maybe trigger the execution of arbitrary code. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenab...

Debian DSA-704-1 : remstats - tempfile, missing input sanitising

Jens Steube discovered several vulnerabilities in remstats, the remote statistics system. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems : - CAN-2005-0387 When processing uptime data on the unix-server a temporary file is opened in an insecure fashion which cou...

Debian DSA-705-1 : wu-ftpd - missing input sanitising

Several denial of service conditions have been discovered in wu-ftpd, the popular FTP daemon. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems : - CAN-2005-0256 Adam Zabrocki discovered a denial of service condition in wu-ftpd that could be exploited by a remote...

Debian DSA-703-1 : krb5 - buffer overflows

Several problems have been discovered in telnet clients that could be exploited by malicious daemons the client connects to. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems : - CAN-2005-0468 Gael Delalleau discovered a buffer overflow in the envoptadd function...

Debian DSA-702-1 : imagemagick - several vulnerabilities

Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in ImageMagick, a commonly used image manipulation library. These problems can be exploited by a carefully crafted graphic image. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems : - CAN-2005-0397 Tavis Ormandy...

Debian DSA-700-1 : mailreader - missing input sanitising

Ulf Harnhammar from the Debian Security Audit Project discovered a cross-site scripting problem in mailreader, a simple, but powerful WWW mail reader system, when displaying messages of the MIME types text/enriched or text/richtext. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The...

[SECURITY] [DSA 698-1] New mc packages fix buffer overflow

-------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA 698-1 [email protected] http://www.debian.org/security/ Martin Schulze March 29th, 2005 http://www.debian.org/security/faq -...

[SECURITY] [DSA 697-1] New netkit-telnet packages fix arbitrary code execution

-------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA 697-1 [email protected] http://www.debian.org/security/ Martin Schulze March 29th, 2005 http://www.debian.org/security/faq -...

Debian DSA-699-1 : netkit-telnet-ssl - buffer overflow

Gael Delalleau discovered a buffer overflow in the handling of the LINEMODE suboptions in telnet clients. This can lead to the execution of arbitrary code when connected to a malicious server. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package checks in this...

Debian DSA-698-1 : mc - buffer overflow

An unfixed buffer overflow has been discovered by Andrew V. Samoilov in mc, the midnight commander, a file browser and manager. This update also fixes a regression from DSA 497. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were...

Debian DSA-689-1 : libapache-mod-python - missing input sanitizing

Graham Dumpleton discovered a flaw which can affect anyone using the publisher handle of the Apache Software Foundation's modpython. The publisher handle lets you publish objects inside modules to make them callable via URL. The flaw allows a carefully crafted URL to obtain extra information that...

Debian DSA-686-1 : gftp - missing input sanitising

Albert Puigsech Galicia discovered a directory traversal vulnerability in a proprietary FTP client CAN-2004-1376 which is also present in gftp, a GTK+ FTP client. A malicious server could provide a specially crafted filename that could cause arbitrary files to be overwritten or created by the...

Debian DSA-671-1 : xemacs21 - format string

Max Vozeler discovered several format string vulnerabilities in the movemail utility of Emacs, the well-known editor. Via connecting to a malicious POP server an attacker can execute arbitrary code under the privileges of group mail. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The...

Debian DSA-675-1 : hztty - privilege escalation

Erik Sjolund discovered that hztty, a converter for GB, Big5 and zW/HZ Chinese encodings in a tty session, can be triggered to execute arbitrary commands with group utmp privileges. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were...

Debian DSA-664-1 : cpio - broken file permissions

It has been discovered, that cpio, a program to manage archives of files, creates output files with -O and -F with broken permissions due to a reset zero umask which allows local users to read or overwrite those files. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and...