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 : 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 : xlockmore (MDKSA-2000:038)

A bug exists in previous versions of xlockmore with display name passing '%d' as the display name. This bug is corrected in this version. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were extracted from Mandrake Linux Security Advisor...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : wu-ftpd (MDKSA-2000:014)

Wu-ftpd is vulnerable to a very serious remote attack in the SITE EXEC implementation. Because of user input going directly into a format string for a printf function, it is possible to overwrite important data, such as a return address, on the stack. When this is accomplished, the function can...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : rp-pppoe (MDKSA-2000:084)

rp-pppoe is a userspace PPPoE client mainly used with ADSL connections which require PPP. Versions prior to 2.5 have a security problem that, when exploited, causes the connection to be dropped. If rp-pppoe receives a crafted TCP segment with an option where the option-length field is zero illega...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : xemacs (MDKSA-2001:019)

Previous versions of XEmacs had a problem with the gnuserv application. Versions prior to 21.1.14 could allow arbitrary code to be executed by overrunning the magic cookie buffer, as well as accepting the prefix of valid magic cookies i.e. '12' is accepted if the cookie is '12345678'. %NASLMINLEV...

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 : 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 : 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 : mozilla (MDKSA-2002:074)

Numerous security fixes are available in Mozilla 1.0.1. For a detailed list, refer to the 'Recently fixed security issues' page on the Mozilla website see the first reference. All users are encouraged to upgrade to this latest stable 1.0.x release of Mozilla. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network...

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 : diffutils (MDKSA-2001:008-1)

WireX discovered a potential temporary file race condition in the sdiff program within the diffutils package. This update corrects the problem. Update : The previous updates had a conflicting man page with the man-pages package which prevented MandrakeUpdate from updating the package. %NASLMINLEV...

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 : 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 : kernel (MDKSA-2001:037)

A number of security problems have been found in the Linux kernels prior to the latest 2.2.19 kernel. Following is a list of problems based on the 2.2.19 release notes as found on http://www.linux.org.uk/ - binfmtmisc used user pages directly - the CPIA driver had an off-by-one error in the buffe...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : ed (MDKSA-2000:076)

Alan Cox discovered that GNU ed a classed line editor tool creates temporary files unsafely. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were extracted from Mandrake Linux Security Advisory MDKSA-2000:076. The text itself is copyrigh...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : webmin (MDKSA-2001:016)

Previous versions of webmin would create temporary files insecurely on several occasions. This could be exploited by a local attacker to overwrite or create arbitrary files and possibly gain root privileges. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : shadow-utils (MDKSA-2001:007)

WireX discovered a potential temporary file race condition in the useradd program contained in the shadow-utils package. The useradd program creates it's temporary files in the protected directory /etc/default, but if this directory is changed to world-writable, a problem could occur. This update...

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 : 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...