Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : glibc (MDKSA-2002:061)

A heap buffer overflow exists in the XDR decoder in glibc version 2.2.5 and earlier. XDR is a mechanism for encoding data structures for use with RPC, which is derived from Sun's RPC implementation which is likewise vulnerable to a heap overflow. Depending on the application, this vulnerability m...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : php (MDKSA-2003:082-1)

A vulnerability was discovered in the transparent session ID support in PHP4 prior to version 4.3.2. It did not properly escape user- supplied input prior to inserting it in the generated web page. This could be exploited by an attacker to execute embedded scripts within the context of the...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : kde (MDKSA-2003:004-1)

Multiple instances of improperly quoted shell command execution exist in KDE 2.x up to and including KDE 3.0.5. KDE fails to properly quote parameters of instructions passed to the shell for execution. These parameters may contain data such as filenames, URLs, email address, and so forth; this da...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : fetchmail (MDKSA-2003:011)

A vulnerability was discovered in all versions of fetchmail prior to 6.2.0 that allows a remote attacker to crash fetchmail and potentially execute arbitrary code by sending carefully crafted email wihch is then parsed by fetchmail. The vulnerability has been fixed in these patched packages of...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : kernel (MDKSA-2004:062)

A vulnerability in the e1000 driver for the Linux kernel 2.4.26 and earlier was discovered by Chris Wright. The e1000 driver does not properly reset memory or restrict the maximum length of a data structure, which can allow a local user to read portions of kernel memory CVE-2004-0535. A...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : pam_ldap (MDKSA-2003:088)

A bug was fixed in pamldap 162 with the pamfilter mechanism which is commonly used for host-based access restriction in environments using LDAP for authentication. Mandrake Linux 9.1 provided pamldap 161 which had this problem and as a result, systems relying on pamfilter for host-based access...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : MySQL (MDKSA-2003:057)

In MySQL 3.23.55 and earlier, MySQL would create world-writeable files and allow mysql users to gain root privileges by using the 'SELECT INTO OUTFILE' operator to overwrite a configuration file, which could cause mysql to run as root upon restarting the daemon. This has been fixed upstream in...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : BitchX (MDKSA-2003:069)

A Denial Of Service DoS vulnerability was discovered in BitchX that would allow a remote attacker to crash BitchX by changing certain channel modes. This vulnerability has been fixed in CVS and patched in the released updates. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : vixie-cron (MDKSA-2001:050)

A recent security fix to cron introduced a new problem with giving up privileges before invoking the editor. A malicious local user could exploit this to gain root access. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were extracted fr...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : ypserv (MDKSA-2003:072)

A vulnerability was found in versions of ypserv prior to version 2.7. If a malicious client were to query ypserv via TCP and subsequently ignore the server's response, ypserv will block attempting to send the reply. The result is that ypserv will fail to respond to other client requests. ypserv 2...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : mc (MDKSA-2004:039)

Several vulnerabilities in Midnight Commander were found by Jacub Jelinek. This includes several buffer overflows CVE-2004-0226, as well as a format string issue CVE-2004-0232, and an issue with temporary file and directory creation CVE-2004-0231. Most of the included fixes are backports from CVS...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : teetx (MDKSA-2002:070)

A vulnerability was discovered in dvips by Olaf Kirch that would allow remote users with access to the printer to execute commands as the lp user through sending special print jobs to the printer. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package checks in this...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : apache-mod_perl (MDKSA-2004:046-1)

Four security vulnerabilities were fixed with the 1.3.31 release of Apache. All of these issues have been backported and applied to the provided packages. Thanks to Ralf Engelschall of OpenPKG for providing the patches. Apache 1.3 prior to 1.3.30 did not filter terminal escape sequences from its...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : netpbm (MDKSA-2004:011-1)

A number of temporary file bugs have been found in versions of NetPBM. These could allow a local user the ability to overwrite or create files as a different user who happens to run one of the the vulnerable utilities. Update : The patch applied made some calls to the mktemp utility with an...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : postgresql (MDKSA-2003:102)

Two bugs were discovered that lead to a buffer overflow in PostgreSQL versions 7.2.x and 7.3.x prior to 7.3.4, in the abstract data type ADT to ASCII conversion functions. It is believed that, under the right circumstances, an attacker may use this vulnerability to execute arbitrary instructions ...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : openssl (MDKSA-2003:020)

In an upcoming paper, Brice Canvel EPFL, Alain Hiltgen UBS, Serge Vaudenay EPFL, and Martin Vuagnoux EPFL, Ilion describe and demonstrate a timing-based attack on CBC ciphersuites in SSL and TLS. New versions of openssl have been released in response to this vulnerability 0.9.6i and 0.9.7a. The...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : openssh (MDKSA-2001:092)

The new OpenSSH 3.0.2 fixes a vulnerability in the UseLogin option. By default, Mandrake Linux does not enable UseLogin, but if the administrator enables it, local users are able to pass environment variables to the login process. This update also fixes a security hole in the KerberosV support th...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : stunnel (MDKSA-2003:108)

A vulnerability was discovered in stunnel versions 3.24 and earlier, as well as 4.00, by Steve Grubb. It was found that stunnel leaks a critical file descriptor that can be used to hijack stunnel's services. All users are encouraged to upgrade to these packages. Note that the version of stunnel...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : leafnode (MDKSA-2003:005)

A vulnerability was discovered by Jan Knutar in leafnode that Mark Brown pointed out could be used in a Denial of Service attack. This vulnerability causes leafnode to go into an infinite loop with 100% CPU use when an article that has been crossposed to several groups, one of which is the prefix...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : sendmail (MDKSA-2003:086)

A vulnerability was discovered in all 8.12.x versions of sendmail up to and including 8.12.8. Due to wrong initialization of RESOURCERECORDT structures, if sendmail receives a bad DNS reply it will call free on random addresses which usually causes sendmail to crash. These updated packages are...