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Multiple integer overflows in xpdf 2.0 and 3.0, and other packages that use xpdf code such as CUPS, gpdf, and kdegraphics, allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service crash and possibly execute arbitrary code, a different set of vulnerabilities than those identified by CVE-2004-0889...

MySQL < 4.0.21 Multiple Vulnerabilities

You are running a version of MySQL which is older than version 4.0.21. Such versions are potentially affected by two flaws : - There is an unauthorized database GRANT privilege vulnerability, which may allow an attacker to misuse the GRANT privilege it has been given and to use it against other...

Eudora 6.2.0.7 attachment spoof

Eudora 6.2.0.7 for Windows is in beta testing since 8 Oct 2004. The release notes http://www.eudora.com/download/eudora/windows/6.2/Betas/RelNotes.txt say: SECURITY -------- Fixed cases where attachments could be spoofed via base64 or quoted-printable encoded plain-text, inline MIME parts. Not so...

Moderate: Red Hat Security Advisory: XFree86 security update

Updated XFree86 packages that fix several security issues in libXpm, as well as other bug fixes, are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1. XFree86 is an open source implementation of the X Window System. It provides the basic low level functionality which full fledged graphical user...

RHEL 3 : XFree86 (RHSA-2004:478)

Updated XFree86 packages that fix several security flaws in libXpm, as well as other bugs, are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3. XFree86 is an open source implementation of the X Window System. It provides the basic low level functionality which full fledged graphical user interfaces...

Silent-Storm Portal Multiple Input Validation Vulnerabilities

The remote host is running Silent-Storm, a web-based forum management software written in PHP. There are multiple input validation flaws in the remote version of this software : - There is a cross-site scripting vulnerability involving the 'module' parameter of the 'index.php' script. - The...

Debian DSA-294-1 : gkrellm-newsticker - missing quoting, incomplete parser

Brian Campbell discovered two security-related problems in gkrellm-newsticker, a plugin for the gkrellm system monitor program, which provides a news ticker from RDF feeds. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems : CAN-2003-0205 It can launch a web brows...

Debian DSA-121-1 : xtell - buffer overflow, symlink problem, '..' directory traversal

Several security related problems have been found in the xtell package, a simple messaging client and server. In detail, these problems contain several buffer overflows, a problem in connection with symbolic links, unauthorized directory traversal when the path contains '..'. These problems could...

Debian DSA-115-1 : php - broken boundary check and more

Stefan Esser, who is also a member of the PHP team, found several flawsin the way PHP handles multipart/form-data POST requests as described in RFC1867 known as POST fileuploads. Each of the flaws could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code on the victim's system. For PHP3 flaws contain a...

[slackware-security] GTK+ image loading flaws

New GTK+ version 2 packages are available for Slackware 10.0 and -current to fix issues in the image loader routines that can crash applications. Here are the details from the Slackware 10.0 ChangeLog: l/gtk+2-2.4.10-i486-1.tgz: Upgraded to gtk+-2.4.10. This fixes security issues in the image...

GLSA-200409-28 : GTK+ 2, gdk-pixbuf: Multiple image decoding vulnerabilities

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200409-28 GTK+ 2, gdk-pixbuf: Multiple image decoding vulnerabilities A vulnerability has been discovered in the BMP image preprocessor CAN-2004-0753. Furthermore, Chris Evans found a possible integer overflow in the...

TUTOS < 1.2 Multiple Input Validation Vulnerabilities

The remote host is running Tutos, an open source team organization software package written in PHP. The remote version of this software is vulnerable to multiple input validation flaws that could allow an authenticated user to perform a cross-site scripting attack or a SQL injection against the...

CESA-2004-004: libXpm

CESA-2004-003 - rev 2 http://scary.beasts.org/security/CESA-2004-003.txt libXpm multiple image parsing flaws =================================== Programs affected: libXpm, and any programs which use libXpm to decode XPM files. For example, the GIMP seems to use libXpm. Severity: Compromise of...

Important: Red Hat Security Advisory: imlib security update

An updated imlib package that fixes several heap overflows is now available. Imlib is an image loading and rendering library. Several heap overflow flaws were found in the imlib BMP image handler. An attacker could create a carefully crafted BMP file in such a way that it could cause an applicati...

RHEL 2.1 / 3 : gdk-pixbuf (RHSA-2004:447)

Updated gdk-pixbuf packages that fix several security flaws are now available. The gdk-pixbuf package contains an image loading library used with the GNOME GUI desktop environment. Updated 15th September 2004 Packages have been updated to correct a bug which caused the xpm loader to fail. During...

RHEL 3 : gtk2 (RHSA-2004:466)

Updated gtk2 packages that fix several security flaws and bugs are now available. The gtk2 package contains the GIMP ToolKit GTK+, a library for creating graphical user interfaces for the X Window System. During testing of a previously fixed flaw in Qt CVE-2004-0691, a flaw was discovered in the...

OpenCA Multiple Signature Validation Bypass

The remote host seems to be running an older version of OpenCA. It is reported that OpenCA versions up to and incluing 0.9.1.3 contains multiple flaws that may allow revoked or expired certificates to be accepted as valid. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc...

Dynix Webpac Input Validation

Package: Epixtech / Dynix Webpac Date: 23/08/2004 Problem Class: Input validation Advisory: Wil Allsopp Email: [email protected] Vendor status: Informed but unresponsive Description ----------- Webpac is a widely deployed library solutions system search google for webpac that allows...

GLSA-200404-01 : Insecure sandbox temporary lockfile vulnerabilities in Portage

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200404-01 Insecure sandbox temporary lockfile vulnerabilities in Portage A flaw in Portage's sandbox wrapper has been found where the temporary lockfiles are subject to a hard-link attack which allows linkable files to be...

Fedora Core 2 : qt-3.3.3-0.1 (2004-271)

During a security audit, Chris Evans discovered a heap overflow in the BMP image decoder in Qt versions prior to 3.3.3. An attacker could create a carefully crafted BMP file in such a way that it would cause an application linked with Qt to crash or possibly execute arbitrary code when the file w...