Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : MySQL (MDKSA-2006:111)

Mysqld in MySQL 4.1.x before 4.1.18, 5.0.x before 5.0.19, and 5.1.x before 5.1.6 allows remote authorized users to cause a denial of service crash via a NULL second argument to the strtodate function. MySQL 4.0.18 in Corporate 3.0 and MNF 2.0 is not affected by this issue. Packages have been...

FreeBSD : libxine -- format string vulnerability (3bc5691e-38dd-11da-92f5-020039488e34)

Gentoo Linux Security Advisory reports : Ulf Harnhammar discovered a format string bug in the routines handling CDDB server response contents. An attacker could submit malicious information about an audio CD to a public CDDB server or impersonate a public CDDB server. When the victim plays this C...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : kdegraphics (MDKSA-2006:012)

Multiple heap-based buffer overflows in the DCTStream::readProgressiveSOF and DCTStream::readBaselineSOF functions in the DCT stream parsing code Stream.cc in xpdf 3.01 and earlier, allow user-complicit attackers to cause a denial of service heap corruption and possibly execute arbitrary code via...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : xmovie (MDKSA-2005:229)

Simon Kilvington discovered a vulnerability in FFmpeg libavcodec, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS Denial of Service and potentially to compromise a user's system. The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error in the 'avcodecdefaultgetbuffer' function of 'utils.c' i...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : gtk+2.0 (MDKSA-2005:068)

A bug was discovered in the way that gtk+2.0 processes BMP images which could allow for a specially crafted BMP to cause a Denial of Service attack on applications linked against gtk+2.0. The updated packages have been patched to correct these issues. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Securit...

[Full-Disclosure] [ GLSA 200503-12 ] Hashcash: Format string vulnerability

Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200503-12 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - http://security.gentoo.org/ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Severity:...

GLSA-200503-09 : xv: Filename handling vulnerability

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200503-09 xv: Filename handling vulnerability Tavis Ormandy of the Gentoo Linux Security Audit Team identified a flaw in the handling of image filenames by xv. Impact : Successful exploitation would require a victim to process a...

[Full-Disclosure] [ GLSA 200412-02 ] PDFlib: Multiple overflows in the included TIFF library

Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200412-02 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - http://security.gentoo.org/ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Severity:...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : gaim (MDKSA-2004:110)

More vulnerabilities have been discovered in the gaim instant messenger client. The vulnerabilities pertinent to version 0.75, which is the version shipped with Mandrakelinux 10.0, are: installing smiley themes could allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in...

GLSA-200410-13 : BNC: Input validation flaw

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200410-13 BNC: Input validation flaw A flaw exists in the input parsing of BNC where part of the sbufgetmsg function handles the backspace character incorrectly. Impact : A remote user could issue commands using fake authenticatio...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : apache2 (MDKSA-2003:096-1)

A problem was discovered in Apache2 where CGI scripts that output more than 4k of output to STDERR will hang the script's execution which can cause a Denial of Service on the httpd process because it is waiting for more input from the CGI that is not forthcoming due to the locked write call in...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : gzip (MDKSA-2002:011)

There are two problems with the gzip archiving program; the first is a crash when an input file name is over 1020 characters, and the second is a buffer overflow that could be exploited if gzip is run on a server such as an FTP server. The patch applied is from the gzip developers and the problem...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : netpbm (MDKSA-2003:036)

Several math overflow errors were found in NetPBM by Al Viro and Alan Cox. While these programs are not installed suid root, they are often used to prepare data for processing. These errors may permit remote attackers to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code in any programs or scrip...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : krb5 (MDKSA-2003:021)

A vulnerability was discovered in the Kerberos FTP client. When the client retrieves a file that has a filename beginning with a pipe character, the FTP client will pass that filename to the command shell in a system call. This could allow a malicious remote FTP server to write to files outside o...

[ARL02-A02] DCP-Portal Root Path Disclosure Vulnerability

+/--------------- ALPER Research Labs -----/--------/+ +/--------------- Security Advisory ----/---------/+ +/--------------- ID: ARL02-A02 ---/----------/+ +/--------------- [email protected] --/-----------/+ Advisory Information -------------------- Name : DCP-Portal Root Path Disclosure...

Security Update: [CSSA-2001-037.0] Linux - libdb buffer overflow problem

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Caldera International, Inc. Security Advisory Subject: Linux - libdb buffer overflow problem Advisory number: CSSA-2001-037.0 Issue date: 2001, October 30 Cross reference: 1. Problem Description Due to a configuration mistake in the libdb1 package...

Security Update: [CSSA-2001-026.0] Linux - docview local httpd exploit

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Caldera International, Inc. Security Advisory Subject: Linux - docview local httpd exploit Advisory number: CSSA-2001-026.0 Issue date: 2001, July 17 Cross reference: 1. Problem Description Docview is a set of CGI scripts providing documentation over...