Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : sharutils (MDKSA-2002:052)

The uudecode utility creates output files without checking to see if it is about to write to a symlink or pipe. This could be exploited by a local attacker to overwrite files or lead to privilege escalation if users decode data into share directories, such as /tmp. This update fixes this...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : ethereal (MDKSA-2004:067)

Three vulnerabilities were discovered in Ethereal versions prior to 0.10.5 in the iSNS, SMB SID, and SNMP dissectors. It may be possible to make Ethereal crash or run arbitrary code by injecting a purposefully malformed packet into the wire or by convincing someone to read a malformed packet trac...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : LPRng (MDKSA-2003:060)

Karol Lewandowski discovered a problem with psbanner, a printer filter that creates a PostScript format banner. psbanner creates a temporary file for debugging purposes when it is configured as a filter, and does not check whether or not this file already exists or is a symlink. The filter will...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : MySQL (MDKSA-2003:057)

In MySQL 3.23.55 and earlier, MySQL would create world-writeable files and allow mysql users to gain root privileges by using the 'SELECT INTO OUTFILE' operator to overwrite a configuration file, which could cause mysql to run as root upon restarting the daemon. This has been fixed upstream in...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : mod_ssl (MDKSA-2002:020)

Ed Moyle discovered a buffer overflow in modssl's session caching mechanisms that use shared memory and dbm. This could potentially be triggered by sending a very long client certificate to the server. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package checks in...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : php (MDKSA-2003:082-1)

A vulnerability was discovered in the transparent session ID support in PHP4 prior to version 4.3.2. It did not properly escape user- supplied input prior to inserting it in the generated web page. This could be exploited by an attacker to execute embedded scripts within the context of the...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : imlib (MDKSA-2002:029)

Previous versions of imlib, prior to 1.9.13, would fall back to the NetPBM library which is not suitable for loading untrusted images due to various problem in it's code. The new imlib also fixes some problems with arguments passed to malloc. These problems could allow attackers to construct imag...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : glibc (MDKSA-2004:009)

A read buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the resolver code in versions of glibc up to and including 2.2.5. The vulnerability is triggered by DNS packets larger than 1024 bytes, which can cause an application to crash. The updated packages have a patch applied to correct the problem...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : sysklogd (MDKSA-2004:038)

Steve Grubb discovered a bug in sysklogd where it allocates an insufficient amount of memory which causes sysklogd to write to unallocated memory. This could allow for a malicious user to crash sysklogd. The updated packages provide a patched sysklogd using patches from Openwall to correct the...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : hylafax (MDKSA-2003:105)

During a code review of the hfaxd server, part of the hylafax package, the SuSE Security Team discovered a format bug condition that allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code as the root user. Updated packages have been patched to correct the problem. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : fetchmail (MDKSA-2003:011)

A vulnerability was discovered in all versions of fetchmail prior to 6.2.0 that allows a remote attacker to crash fetchmail and potentially execute arbitrary code by sending carefully crafted email wihch is then parsed by fetchmail. The vulnerability has been fixed in these patched packages of...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : glibc (MDKSA-2002:061)

A heap buffer overflow exists in the XDR decoder in glibc version 2.2.5 and earlier. XDR is a mechanism for encoding data structures for use with RPC, which is derived from Sun's RPC implementation which is likewise vulnerable to a heap overflow. Depending on the application, this vulnerability m...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : mutt (MDKSA-2004:010)

A bug in mutt was reported by Neils Heinen that could allow a remote attacker to send a carefully crafted mail message that can cause mutt to segfault and possibly execute arbitrary code as the user running mutt. The updated packages have been patched to correct the problem. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : lynx (MDKSA-2003:023)

A vulnerability was discovered in lynx, a text-mode web browser. The HTTP queries that lynx constructs are from arguments on the command line or the $WWWHOME environment variable, but lynx does not properly sanitize special characters such as carriage returns or linefeeds. Extra headers can be...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : BitchX (MDKSA-2003:069)

A Denial Of Service DoS vulnerability was discovered in BitchX that would allow a remote attacker to crash BitchX by changing certain channel modes. This vulnerability has been fixed in CVS and patched in the released updates. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : xinetd (MDKSA-2001:055-1)

A bug exists in xinetd as shipped with Mandrake Linux 8.0 dealing with TCP connections with the WAIT state that prevents linuxconf-web from working properly. As well, xinetd contains a security flaw in which it defaults to a umask of 0. This means that applications using the xinetd umask that do...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : openssh (MDKSA-2001:081)

In some circumstances, the sshd server may not honor the 'from=' option that can be associated with a key in a user's /.ssh/authorizedkeys2 file if multiple keys are listed. This could allow key-based logins from hosts which should not be allowed access. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : sox (MDKSA-2004:076)

Ulf Harnhammar discovered two buffer overflows in SoX. They occur when the sox or play commands handle malicious .WAV files. Versions 12.17.4, 12.17.3 and 12.17.2 are vulnerable to these overflows. 12.17.1, 12.17 and 12.16 are some versions that are not. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : proftpd (MDKSA-2004:041)

A portability workaround that was applied in version 1.2.9 of the ProFTPD FTP server caused CIDR based ACL entries in 'Allow' and 'Deny' directives to act like an 'AllowAll' directive. This granted FTP clients access to files and directories that the server configuration may have been explicitly...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : xinetd (MDKSA-2003:056)

A vulnerability was discovered in xinetd where memory was allocated and never freed if a connection was refused for any reason. Because of this bug, an attacker could crash the xinetd server, making unavailable all of the services it controls. Other flaws were also discovered that could cause...