Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : nss_ldap (MDKSA-2000:066-1)

A race condition exists in versions of nssldap prior to version 121. On a system running nscd, a malicious user can cause the system to hang. Update : Due to a new packaging scheme, the updates have been re-released with the appropriate revision number. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : xinetd (MDKSA-2002:053)

A vulnerability was discovered by Solar Designer in xinetd. File descriptors for the signal pipe that were introduced in version 2.3.4 are leaked into services started by xinetd, which can then be used to talk to xinetd, resulting in a crash of xinetd. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : openldap (MDKSA-2000:003)

OpenLDAP follows symbolic links when creating files. The default location for these files is /usr/tmp, which is a symlink to /tmp, which in turn is a world-writable directory. Local users can destroy the contents of any file on any mounted filesystem. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Securit...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : Zope (MDKSA-2000:086)

A potential security issue exists in versions of Zope up to and including 2.2.4. This issue involves incorrect protection of a data updating method on Image and File objects. Because the method was not correctly protected, it was possible for users with DTML editing privileges to update the raw...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : ghostscript (MDKSA-2000:074)

The ghostscript package uses mktemp instead of mkstemp to create temporary files. It also uses improper LDRUNPATH values, which causes it to search for libraries in the current directory. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : ncurses (MDKSA-2001:052)

An overflowable buffer in the part of the ncurses library that handles cursor movement existed in versions of ncurses prior to 5.2. Attackers could force a privileged application to use their own termcap file containing a special terminal entry which would trigger the overflow, allowing them to...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : php (MDKSA-2001:013)

There are two security problems with php4 as shipped in Linux-Mandrake 7.2. It is possible to specify PHP directives on a per-directory basis under Apache and a remote attacker could carefully craft an HTTP request that would cause the next page to be served with the wrong values for these...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : pam (MDKSA-2000:029)

There is a problem with the pamconsole module that incorrectly identifies remote X logins for displays other than :0 for example, :1, :2, etc. as being local displays, thus giving control of the console to the remote user. Because the remote user has control of the console they are able to issue...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : mod_php3 (MDKSA-2000:062)

PHP version 3 which ships with Linux-Mandrake are vulnerable to format string attacks due to logging functions that make improper use of the syslog and vsnprintf functions. This renders PHP3-enabled servers vulnerable to compromise by remote attackers. This attack is only effective on PHP...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : xpdf (MDKSA-2005:043)

Previous updates to correct integer overflow issues affecting xpdf overlooked certain conditions when built for a 64 bit platform. formerly CVE-2004-0888. This also affects applications that use embedded versions of xpdf. The updated packages are patched to deal with these issues. %NASLMINLEVEL...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : linuxconf (MDKSA-2001:011)

WireX discovered a potential temporary file race problem in the vpop3d program in the linuxconf package. This update corrects the problem. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were extracted from Mandrake Linux Security Adviso...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : exmh (MDKSA-2001:015)

All versions of exmh prior to 2.3.1 use the /tmp directory for storing temporary files. This was done in an insecure manner as exmh did not check to ensure that nobody placed a symlink with the same name in /tmp in the meantime and thus was vulnerable to a symlink attack. This could lead to a...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : man (MDKSA-2000:015)

Internet Security Systems ISS X-Force has identified a vulnerability in the makewhatis Bourne shell script that ships with many Linux distributions. It is found in versions 1.5e and higher of man, and handles temporary files insecurely. Local users may gain a variety of privileges depending on th...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : MySQL (MDKSA-2001:014-1)

A security problem exists in all versions of MySQL after 3.23.2 and prior to 3.23.31. The problem is that the SHOW GRANTS command could be executed by any user making it possible for anyone with a MySQL account to get the crypted password from the mysql.user table. The new 3.23.31 version fixes...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : mod_php3 (MDKSA-2000:048)

"A problem exists with PHP3 and PHP4 scripts regarding RFC 1867-based file uploads. PHP saves uploaded files in a temporary directory on the server, using a temporary name that is referenced as the variable $FOO where 'FOO' is the name of the file input tag in the submitted form. Many PHP scripts...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : BitchX (MDKSA-2000:017)

A denial of service vulnerability exists in BitchX. Improper handling of incoming invitation messages can crash the client. Any user on IRC can send the client an invitation message that causes BitchX to segfault. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and packa...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : MandrakeUpdate (MDKSA-2000:034)

There is a possible race condition in MandrakeUpdate that has the potential for users to tamper with RPMs downloaded by MandrakeUpdate prior to them being installed. This is due to files being stored in the /tmp directory. This is a very low security-risk as most servers that provide user logins...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : esound (MDKSA-2000:051)

A problem exists with the esound daemon, which is used in GNOME and responsible for multiplexing access to audio devices. Versions of esound prior to and including 0.2.19 create a world-writable directory in /tmp called .esd which is owned by the user running esound. This directory is used to sto...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : perl (MDKSA-2000:031)

There is a vulnerability that exists when using setuidperl together with the mailx program. In some cases, setuidperl will warn root that something has going on. The setuidperl program uses /bin/mail to send the message, as root, with the environment preserved. An undocumented feature of /bin/mai...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : jpilot (MDKSA-2000:081)

The jpilot program automatically creates a directory called .jpilot/ in the user's home directory with 777 world read/write/execute permissions. This directory is used to store all backups, configuration and synchronized Palm Pilot information. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc...