Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : joe (MDKSA-2001:026)

The joe text editor looks for configuration files in the current working directory, the user's home directory, and finally in /etc/joe. A malicious user could create their own .joerc configuration file and attempt to get other users to use it. If this were to happen, the user could potentially...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : traceroute (MDKSA-2000:053)

There is a bug in the traceroute program which causes segfaults and which could potentially be exploited to provide root privilege because the traceroute command is suid root. There are no known exploits currently, but users are encouraged to upgrade. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Securit...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : getty_ps (MDKSA-2001:004)

WireX discovered a potential temporary file race condition in the gettyps program. 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 Advisory MDKSA-2001:004. The...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : apcupsd (MDKSA-2000:077)

A problem exists with the apcupsd daemon. During startup, apcupsd creates a PID file in /var/run with the ID of the daemon process. This file is used by the shutdown script to kill the daemon process. The /var/run/apcupsd.pid file is created with mode 666 permissions, meaning it is world-writeabl...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : arpwatch (MDKSA-2001:002)

WireX discovered a potential temporary file race condition in the arpwatch program. This problem has been corrected in arpwatch version 2.1a10. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were extracted from Mandrake Linux Security...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : bind (MDKSA-2001:017)

Four problems exists in all versions of ISC BIND 4.9.x prior to 4.9.8 and 8.2.x prior to 8.2.3 9.x is not affected. Version 8.2.x contains a buffer overflow in transaction signature TSIG handling code that can be exploited by an attacker to gain unauthorized privileged access to the system,...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : tetex (MDKSA-2005:044)

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 like tetex, that use embedded versions of xpdf. The updated packages are patched to deal with these issues...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : cups (MDKSA-2001:020-1)

A problem exists in all versions of CUPS prior to 1.1.5 with the httpGets function. It could go into an infinite loop if a line longer than the input buffer size was sent by a client. This could be used as a DoS attack. As well, all occurances of sprintf calls were changed to snprintf, and all...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : Zope (MDKSA-2000:035)

A problem exists in the Zope package with the getRoles method of user objects contained in the default UserFolder implementation. Users with the ability to edit DTML could arrange to give themselves extra roles for the duration of a single request by mutating the roles list as a part of the reque...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : xinitrc (MDKSA-2000:052)

A problem exists in the /etc/X11/Xsession file which disables the Xauthority mechanism of the localhost. This means that anyone logged into the localhost can arbitrarily connect to an X server running on the localhost. This is only a problem with systems that allow remote logins and is not a...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : glibc (MDKSA-2000:040)

A bug was discovered in ld.so that could allow local users to obtain root privileges. The dynamic loader, ld.so, is responsible for making shared libraries available within a program at run-time. Normally, a user is allowed to load additional shared libraries when executing a program; they can be...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : xemacs (MDKSA-2000:006)

From the Caldera advisory : under some circumstances, users are able to snoop on other users' keystrokes. This is a serious problems if you use modules that require e.g. input of passwords, such as MailCrypt. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : netscape (MDKSA-2000:080)

A buffer overflow exists in the HTML parser code of the Netscape web browser in all versions prior to and including 4.75. This buffer overflow can be exploited by a remote attacker or web site. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package checks in this...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : wu-ftpd (MDKSA-2001:001-2)

WireX discovered a temporary file creation bug in the 2.6.1 release of wu-ftpd. The problem exists in the privatepw helper program. As well, Linux-Mandrake 7.2 users must update to this package as it fixes security problems as discussed in the prior advisory, MDKSA-2000:014, which had not been...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : cups (MDKSA-2001:023)

A number of problems were found by the SuSE security team recently during an internal audit of the CUPS printing package. These problems have been resolved with the latest CUPS release which include temp file creation vulnerabilities, potential buffer overflows, and other security enhancements. I...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : timed (MDKSA-2001:034)

The time server daemon, timed, tries to synchronize the local host time with the time of other machines on a local area network. A bug in timed, as reported by the FreeBSD Security Officer, that could be triggered remotely can crash the time server daemon. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : squid (MDKSA-2001:003)

WireX discovered a potential temporary file race condition in the way that squid sends out email messages notifying the administrator about updating the program. Usually this will only happen if you are running a development version of squid or if the clock on your system is incorrect. This probl...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : ypserv (MDKSA-2000:064)

A format string parsing bug exists in ypbind 3.3 if it is run in debug mode which leaks file descriptors under certain circumstances which can lead to a DoS. In addition, ypbind may suffer from buffer overflows. In the ypserv program, a buffer overflow and format bug exist if the build system doe...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : BitchX (MDKSA-2000:079)

Two bugs exist in the BitchX IRC client. A possible stack overflow condition exists if a malformed DNS answer is processed by the client, and the second bug allows this malformed DNS record to be embedded in a valid DNS packet. Without the second bug, the malformed DNS record wouldn't be processe...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : gnupg (MDKSA-2000:063-1)

A problem exists in all versions of GnuPG prior to and including 1.0.3. Because of this problem, GnuPG may report files which have been signed with multiple keys one or more of which may be incorrect to be valid even if one of the signatures is in fact valid. Update : The previous packages...