Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : slocate (MDKSA-2000:085)

Michael Kaempf reported a security problem in slocate a secure version of locate, a tool to quickly locate files on a filesystem on bugtraq which was originally discovered by zorgon. He discovered that there was a bug in the database reading code which made it overwrite an internal structure with...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : cups (MDKSA-2005:041)

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

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : mc (MDKSA-2000:078)

A problem was found in the cons.saver program by Maurycy Prodeus. The cons.saver program is a screensaver for the console that is included in the mc package. cons.saver does not check if it is started with a valid stdout, which combined with a bug in its check to see if its argument is a tty it...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : dhcp (MDKSA-2000:013)

The OpenBSD team discovered a vulnerability in it that allows for remote exploitation by a corrupt dhcp server, or an attacker pretending to be a dhcp server. If this vulnerability is exploited, root access can be gained on the host running dhcp client remotely. The problem is that input is not...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : apache (MDKSA-2000:060-2)

The Apache web server comes with a module called modrewrite which is used to rewrite URLs presented by the client prior to further processing. There is a flaw in the modrewrite logic that allows an attacker to view arbitrary files on the server system if they contain regular expression references...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : fdutils (MDKSA-2000:005)

A vulnerability in fdmount will allow any user to exploit a buffer overflow. This user, when he is in the floppy group, can have a root access on the machine. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were extracted from Mandrake...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : Zope (MDKSA-2000:026)

Previous versions of Zope have a serious security flaw in one of the base classes in the DocumentTemplate package that is inadequately protected. This flaw allows the contents of DHTML Documents or DHTML Methods to be changed remotely or through DHTML code without forcing proper user authorizatio...

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 : dump (MDKSA-2000:007)

Dump may cause security problem due to a buffer overflow. This package removes the set gid root on the dump exec file. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were extracted from Mandrake Linux Security Advisory MDKSA-2000:007. T...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : glibc (MDKSA-2001:012)

The LDPRELOAD variable in the GNU C Library is honoured normally even for SUID/SGID applications but removed afterwards from the environment if it does not contain '/' characters. There is a special check which only preloads found libraries if they have the SUID bit set. However, if a library has...

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 : sudo (MDKSA-2001:024-1)

A buffer overflow exists in the sudo program which could be used by an attacker to obtain higher privileges. sudo is a program used to delegate superuser privileges to ordinary users and only for specific commands. Update : The sudo package for 7.1 used the system-auth facility of newer pam...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : koffice (MDKSA-2005:056)

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

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : emacs (MDKSA-2000:088)

A vulnerability exists in Emacs 20.6 and prior that allows any user on a multiuser system to eavesdrop on, or forge responses to, an Emacs client. The vulnerability stems from Emacs' failure to properly set permissions for slave PTY devices. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. Th...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : gpm (MDKSA-2000:002)

A security bug was found in gpm-root; the bug can be exploited to provide local users with root access. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were extracted from Mandrake Linux Security Advisory MDKSA-2000:002. The text itself ...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : vim (MDKSA-2001:035)

Users could embed malicious VIM control codes into a file, and as soon as any user opened that file in vim-enhanced or vim-X11 with the status line option enabled in .vimrc, the commands would be executed as that user. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : lpr (MDKSA-2003:059)

A buffer overflow was discovered in the lpr printer spooling system that can be exploited by a local user to gain root privileges. This can be done even if the printer is configured properly. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package checks in this plug...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : vixie-cron (MDKSA-2001:022)

A buffer overflow exists in the 'crontab' command if it was called by a user with a username longer than 20 characters. If the system administrator has created usernames of that length, it would be possible for those users to gain elevated privileges. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Securit...

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...