Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : kdelibs (MDKSA-2007:031)

Konqueror 3.5.5 does not properly parse HTML comments in title tags, which allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting XSS attacks and bypass some XSS protection schemes by embedding certain HTML tags within a comment, a related issue to CVE-2007-0478. Updated packages have been patch...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : gzip (MDKSA-2006:167)

NULL Dereference CVE-2006-4334 A stack modification vulnerability where a stack buffer can be modified out of bounds, but not in the traditional stack overrun sense exists in the LZH decompression support of gzip. CVE-2006-4335 A .bss buffer underflow exists in gzip's pack support, where a loop...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : doxygen (MDKSA-2006:212)

Doxygen is a documentation system for C, C++ and IDL. It is built with a private copy of libpng, and as such could be susceptible to some of the same vulnerabilities : Buffer overflow in the pngdecompresschunk function in pngrutil.c in libpng before 1.2.12 allows context-dependent attackers to...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : squid (MDKSA-2007:026)

A vulnerability in squid was discovered that could be remotely exploited by using a special ftp:// URL CVE-2007-0247. Another Denial of Service vulnerability was discovered in squid 2.6 that allows remote attackers to crash the server by causing an externalaclqueue overload CVE-2007-0248...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : qt (MDKSA-2006:187)

An integer overflow was discovered in the way that Qt handled pixmap images. This flaw could be exploited by a remote attacker in a malicious website that, when viewed by an individual using an application that uses Qt like Konqueror, would cause it to crash or possibly execute arbitrary code wit...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : libsoup (MDKSA-2007:029)

The soupheadersparse function in soup-headers.c for libsoup HTTP library before 2.2.99 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service crash via malformed HTTP headers, probably involving missing fields or values. The updated packages have been patched to correct this issue. %NASLMINLEVEL...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : pxelinux (MDKSA-2006:211)

PXELINUX is a PXE bootloader. It is built with a private copy of libpng, and as such could be susceptible to some of the same vulnerabilities : Buffer overflow in the pngdecompresschunk function in pngrutil.c in libpng before 1.2.12 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : libwmf (MDKSA-2007:036)

Buffer overflow in the gdImageStringFTEx function in gdft.c in the GD Graphics Library 2.0.33 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service application crash and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted string with a JIS encoded font. Libwmf uses an embedded copy of the gd...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : fetchmail (MDKSA-2007:016)

Fetchmail before 6.3.6-rc4 does not properly enforce TLS and may transmit cleartext passwords over unsecured links if certain circumstances occur, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via man-in-the-middle MITM attacks. The updated packages have been patched to correct th...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : screen (MDKSA-2006:191)

Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in the 'utf8 combining characters handling' utf8handlecomb function in encoding.c in screen before 4.0.3 allows user-assisted attackers to cause a denial of service crash or hang via certain UTF8 sequences. Updated packages have been patched to correct this...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : wv (MDKSA-2006:202)

Multiple integer overflows in the WV library in wvWare formerly mswordview before 1.2.3, as used by AbiWord?, KWord, and possibly other products, allow user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted Microsoft Word DOC file that produces 1 large LFO clfolvl values in the...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : koffice (MDKSA-2007:018)

The Adobe PDF specification 1.3, as implemented by xpdf 3.0.1 patch 2, kpdf in KDE before 3.5.5, and other products, allows remote attackers to have an unknown impact, possibly including denial of service infinite loop, arbitrary code execution, or memory corruption, via a PDF file with a 1 craft...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : kdelibs (MDKSA-2006:186)

A vulnerability was discovered in the way that Qt handled pixmap images and the KDE khtml library used Qt in such a way that untrusted parameters could be passed to Qt, resulting in an integer overflow. This flaw could be exploited by a remote attacker in a malicious website that, when viewed by ...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : xsupplicant (MDKSA-2006:189)

Yannick Van Osselaer discovered a stack overflow in Xsupplicant, which could potentially be exploited by a remote, authenticated user to gain root priviledges. Additional code cleanups to fix potential memory leaks are also included. Updated packages have been patched to correct this issue...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : krb5 (MDKSA-2007:008)

A vulnerability in the RPC library in Kerberos 1.4.x and 1.5.x as used in the kadmind administration daemon calls an uninitialized function pointer in freed memory, which could allow a remote attacker to cause a Denial of Service and possibly execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors. Update...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : clamav (MDKSA-2006:230)

The latest version of ClamAV, 0.88.7, fixes some bugs, including vulnerabilities with handling base64-encoded MIME attachment files that can lead to either a a crash CVE-2006-5874, or b a bypass of virus detection CVE-2006-6406. As well, a vulnerability was discovered that allows remote attackers...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : kdegraphics (MDKSA-2006:227)

Stack overflow in the KFILE JPEG kfilejpeg plugin in kdegraphics3, as used by konqueror, digikam, and other KDE image browsers, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service stack consumption via a crafted EXIF section in a JPEG file, which results in an infinite recursion. The updated...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : openldap (MDKSA-2006:171)

slapd in OpenLDAP before 2.3.25 allows remote authenticated users with selfwrite Access Control List ACL privileges to modify arbitrary Distinguished Names DN. Packages have been patched to correct this issue. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : texinfo (MDKSA-2006:203)

Miloslav Trmac discovered a buffer overflow in texinfo. This issue can cause texi2dvi or texindex to crash when processing a carefully crafted file. Updated packages have been patched to correct this issue. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package chec...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : openssh (MDKSA-2006:204)

A vulnerability in the privilege separation functionality in OpenSSH was discovered, caused by an incorrect checking for bad signatures in sshd's privsep monitor. As a result, the monitor and the unprivileged process can get out sync. The OpenSSH team indicated that this bug is not known to be...