libsndfile: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code

Background libsndfile is a C library for reading and writing files containing sampled sound. Description The following vulnerabilities have been found in libsndfile: Tobias Klein reported that the headerread function in src/common.c uses user input for calculating a buffer size, possibly leading ...

Pidgin: Multiple vulnerabilities

Background Pidgin formerly Gaim is an instant messaging client for a variety of instant messaging protocols. Description Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Pidgin: Veracode reported a boundary error in the "XMPP SOCKS5 bytestream server" when initiating an outgoing file transfer...

Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200904-16 (libsndfile)

The remote host is missing updates announced in advisory GLSA 200904-16. SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2009 E-Soft Inc. Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only OR GPL-3.0-only...

Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200903-37 (ghostscript-gpl ghostscript-esp ghostscript-gnu)

The remote host is missing updates announced in advisory GLSA 200903-37. OpenVAS Vulnerability Test $ Description: Auto generated from Gentoo's XML based advisory Authors: Thomas Reinke Copyright: Copyright c 2009 E-Soft Inc. http://www.securityspace.com Text descriptions are largely excerpted fr...

gedit: Untrusted search path

Background gedit is a text editor for the GNOME desktop. Description James Vega reported that gedit uses the current working directory when searching for python modules, a vulnerability related to CVE-2008-5983. Impact A local attacker could entice a user to open gedit from a specially crafted...

Muttprint: Insecure temporary file usage

Background Muttprint formats the output of mail clients to a good-looking printing using LaTeX. Description Dmitry E. Oboukhov reported an insecure usage of the temporary file "/tmp/muttprint.log" in the muttprint script. Impact A local attacker could perform symlink attacks to overwrite arbitrar...

Ghostscript: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code

Background Ghostscript is an interpreter for the PostScript language and the Portable Document Format PDF. Description Jan Lieskovsky from the Red Hat Security Response Team discovered the following vulnerabilities in Ghostscript's ICC Library: Multiple integer overflows CVE-2009-0583. Multiple...

libpng: Multiple vulnerabilities

Background libpng is the official PNG reference library used to read, write and manipulate PNG images. Description Multiple vulnerabilities were discovered in libpng: A memory leak bug was reported in pnghandletEXt, a function that is used while reading PNG images CVE-2008-6218. A memory overwrit...

git: Multiple vulnerabilties

Background GIT - the stupid content tracker, the revision control system used by the Linux kernel team. Description Multiple vulnerabilities have been reported in gitweb that is part of the git package: Shell metacharacters related to gitsearch are not properly sanitized CVE-2008-5516. Shell...

DevIL: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code

Background Developer's Image Library DevIL is a cross-platform image library. Description Stefan Cornelius Secunia Research discovered two boundary errors within the iGetHdrHeader function in src-IL/src/ilhdr.c. Impact A remote attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted Radiance RGB...

xterm: User-assisted arbitrary commands execution

Background xterm is a terminal emulator for the X Window system. Description Paul Szabo reported an insufficient input sanitization when processing Device Control Request Status String DECRQSS sequences. Impact A remote attacker could entice a user to display a file containing specially crafted...

VLC: Multiple vulnerabilities

Background VLC is a cross-platform media player and streaming server. Description Tobias Klein reported the following vulnerabilities: A stack-based buffer overflow when processing CUE image files in modules/access/vcd/cdrom.c CVE-2008-5032. A stack-based buffer overflow when processing RealText...

ClamAV: Multiple vulnerabilities

Background Clam AntiVirus is a free anti-virus toolkit for UNIX, designed especially for e-mail scanning on mail gateways. Description Moritz Jodeit reported an off-by-one error within the getunicodename function in libclamav/vbaextract.c when processing VBA project files CVE-2008-5050. Ilja van...

Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200810-02 (portage)

The remote host is missing updates announced in advisory GLSA 200810-02. SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2008 E-Soft Inc. Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only ifdescription...

Portage: Untrusted search path local root vulnerability

Background Portage is Gentoo's package manager which is responsible for installing, compiling and updating all packages on the system through the Gentoo rsync tree. Description The Gentoo Security Team discovered that several ebuilds, such as sys-apps/portage, net-mail/fetchmail or app-editors/le...

Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200511-20 (horde)

The remote host is missing updates announced in advisory GLSA 200511-20. OpenVAS Vulnerability Test $ Description: Auto generated from Gentoo's XML based advisory Authors: Thomas Reinke Copyright: Copyright c 2008 E-Soft Inc. http://www.securityspace.com Text descriptions are largely excerpted fr...

Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200507-22 (sandbox)

The remote host is missing updates announced in advisory GLSA 200507-22. OpenVAS Vulnerability Test $ Description: Auto generated from Gentoo's XML based advisory Authors: Thomas Reinke Copyright: Copyright c 2008 E-Soft Inc. http://www.securityspace.com Text descriptions are largely excerpted fr...

Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200606-08 (wordpress)

The remote host is missing updates announced in advisory GLSA 200606-08. OpenVAS Vulnerability Test $ Description: Auto generated from Gentoo's XML based advisory Authors: Thomas Reinke Copyright: Copyright c 2008 E-Soft Inc. http://www.securityspace.com Text descriptions are largely excerpted fr...

Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200612-09 (madwifi-ng)

The remote host is missing updates announced in advisory GLSA 200612-09. OpenVAS Vulnerability Test $ Description: Auto generated from Gentoo's XML based advisory Authors: Thomas Reinke Copyright: Copyright c 2008 E-Soft Inc. http://www.securityspace.com Text descriptions are largely excerpted fr...

Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200410-10 (gettext)

The remote host is missing updates announced in advisory GLSA 200410-10. OpenVAS Vulnerability Test $ Description: Auto generated from Gentoo's XML based advisory Authors: Thomas Reinke Copyright: Copyright c 2008 E-Soft Inc. http://www.securityspace.com Text descriptions are largely excerpted fr...