RHEL 2.1 : glibc (RHSA-2003:022)

Updated glibc packages are available to fix a buffer overflow in the resolver. The GNU C library package, glibc, contains standard libraries used by multiple programs on the system. A read buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the glibc resolver code in versions of glibc up to and including...

RHEL 2.1 : ethereal (RHSA-2002:170)

Updated ethereal packages are available which fix several security problems. Ethereal is a package designed for monitoring network traffic on your system. Several security issues have been found in the Ethereal packages distributed with Red Hat Linux Advanced Server : Buffer overflow in Ethereal...

RHEL 2.1 : php (RHSA-2002:129)

PHP versions earlier than 4.1.0 contain a vulnerability that could allow arbitrary commands to be executed. updated 22 Aug 2002 The initial set of errata packages contained an incorrect set of dependencies. This meant that a number of packages would need to be installed before php that were not...

[UNIX] OpenBSD Procfs Memory Disclosure Vulnerability

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Moderate: Red Hat Security Advisory: kernel security update

Updated kernel packages that fix a security vulnerability which may allow local users to gain root privileges are now available. The Linux kernel handles the basic functions of the operating system. This kernel updates several drivers and fixes a number of bugs, including a potential security...

Important: Red Hat Security Advisory: kernel security update

Updated kernel packages that fix a security vulnerability which may allow local users to gain root privileges are now available. Updated 5 March 2004 Added kernel-headers packages The Linux kernel handles the basic functions of the operating system. Paul Starzetz discovered a flaw in return value...

Important: Red Hat Security Advisory: : Updated kernel resolves security vulnerability

Updated kernel packages are now available that fix a security vulnerability which may allow local users to gain root privileges. The Linux kernel handles the basic functions of the operating system. Paul Starzetz discovered a flaw in bounds checking in mremap in the Linux kernel versions 2.4.23 a...

Moderate: Red Hat Security Advisory: : Updated Apache and mod_ssl packages fix security vulnerabilities

Updated Apache and modssl packages that fix several minor security issues are now available for Red Hat Linux 7.1, 7.2, and 7.3. The Apache HTTP server is a powerful, full-featured, efficient, and freely-available Web server. Ben Laurie found a bug in the optional renegotiation code in modssl whi...

Important: Red Hat Security Advisory: kon2 security update

A buffer overflow in kon2 allows local users to obtain root privileges. KON is a Kanji emulator for the console. There is a buffer overflow vulnerability in the command line parsing code portion of the kon program up to and including version 0.3.9b. This vulnerability, if appropriately exploited,...

Important: Red Hat Security Advisory: : Updated 2.4 kernel fixes vulnerability

Updated kernel packages for Red Hat Linux 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, and 8.0 are now available. These packages fix a ptrace-related vulnerability that can lead to elevated root privileges. Updated 30 March 2003 Updated kernel packages for Red Hat Linux 7.2 ia64 have been added. Updated 28 May 2003 Replacemen...

Low: Red Hat Security Advisory: tcpdump security update

Updated tcpdump packages are available to fix a denial of service vulnerability in tcpdump. Updated 12 March 2003 Added packages for Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES and Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS Tcpdump is a command-line tool for monitoring network traffic. The ISAKMP parser in tcpdump 3.6 through...

Important: Red Hat Security Advisory: pam security update

Updated PAM packages are now available. These packages correct a bug in pamxauth's handling of authorization data for the root user. Updated 12 March 2003 Added packages for Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES and Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS The pamxauth module is used to forward xauth information from...

Moderate: Red Hat Security Advisory: tcpdump security update

Updated tcpdump, libpcap, and arpwatch packages are available to fix an incorrect bounds check when decoding BGP packets and a possible denial of service. Tcpdump is a command-line tool for monitoring network traffic. The BGP decoding routines in tcpdump before version 3.6.2 used incorrect bounds...

Low: Red Hat Security Advisory: mgetty security update

Updated Mgetty packages are now available to fix a possible buffer overflow and a permissions problem. Mgetty is a getty replacement for use with data and fax modems. Mgetty can be configured to run an external program to decide whether or not to answer an incoming call based on Caller ID...

Important: Red Hat Security Advisory: xpdf security update

Updated Xpdf packages are available to fix a vulnerability where a malicious PDF document could run arbitrary code. Updated 06 Feb 2003 Added fixed packages for Advanced Workstation 2.1 Xpdf is an X Window System based viewer for Portable Document Format PDF files. During an audit of CUPS, a...

Low: Red Hat Security Advisory: sendmail security update

The sendmail packages shipped with Red Hat Linux Advanced Server have a security bug if sendmail is configured to use smrsh. This security errata release fixes the problem. Updated 06 Feb 2003 Added fixed packages for Advanced Workstation 2.1 SMRSH the SendMail Restricted SHell is a /bin/sh...

Important: Red Hat Security Advisory: apache security update

Updated apache and httpd packages are available which fix a number of security issues for Red Hat Linux Advanced Server 2.1. Updated 06 Feb 2003 Added fixed packages for Advanced Workstation 2.1 The Apache HTTP server is a powerful, full-featured, efficient, and freely-available Web server. Buffe...

Important: Red Hat Security Advisory: nss_ldap ecurity update

Updated nssldap packages are now available for Red Hat Linux Advanced Server 2.1. These updates fix a potential buffer overflow which can occur when nssldap is set to configure itself using information stored in DNS as well as a format string bug in logging functions used in pamldap. Updated 09 J...

Moderate: Red Hat Security Advisory: ethereal security update

Updated ethereal packages are available which fix several security problems. Ethereal is a package designed for monitoring network traffic on your system. Several security issues have been found in the Ethereal packages distributed with Red Hat Linux Advanced Server: Buffer overflow in Ethereal...

Important: Red Hat Security Advisory: openssl security update

Updated OpenSSL packages are available for Red Hat Linux Advanced Server. These updates fix multiple protocol parsing bugs, which may cause a denial of service DoS attack or cause SSL-enabled applications to crash. Updated 06 Jan 2003 Added fixed packages for the ia64 architecture. Updated 06 Feb...