Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : gpm (MDKSA-2000:025)

Many security flaws existed in the gpm package, which is used to control the mouse in a terminal outside of X Windows. As well, a denial of service attack via /dev/gpmctl is possible. All security issues with the gpm package have been addressed with this update. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : Zope (MDKSA-2001:049)

Another problem was discovered in Zope that fixes a problem with ZClasses. Any user can visit a ZClass declaration and change the ZClass permission mappings for methods and other objects defined within the ZClass, possibly allowing for unauthorized access within the Zope instance. The Zope Hotfix...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : hylafax (MDKSA-2001:041)

A problem exists with the HylaFAX program, hfaxd. When hfaxd tries to change it's queue directory and fails, it prints an error message via syslog by directly passing user-supplied data as the format string. If hfaxd is installed setuid root, this behaviour can be exploited to gain root access...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : ntp (MDKSA-2001:036)

Przemyslaw Frasunek reported that ntp daemons such as ntp and xntp3 are vulnerable to a buffer overflow that can lead to a remote root exploit. Linux-Mandrake users are urged to upgrade ntp and xntp3 immediately. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and packag...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : gpm (MDKSA-2001:006)

WireX discovered a potential temporary file condition in the gpm 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-2001:006. The text...

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 : eperl (MDKSA-2001:027)

Several potential buffer overflows in the ePerl package have been found by Fumitoshi Ukai and Denis Barbier. When eperl is installed setuid root, it can switch to the UID/GID of the script's owner. Although Linux-Mandrake does not ship the program setuid root, this is a useful feature which some...

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 : pam (MDKSA-2000:082-1)

The pamlocaluser module, which is a part of the pam package, contains a buffer overflow vulnerability. This module is not used in any default configuration and for a user to be exploited, they would have to manually insert it into a configuration file in the /etc/pam.d directory. Update : The pam...

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 : rdist (MDKSA-2001:005)

WireX discovered a potential temporary file race condition in the rdist 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-2001:005. The...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : usermode (MDKSA-2000:020)

A bug existed in the usermode package that permitted users to reboot or halt the system without having root access. This update removes those files associated with allowing users access to reboot, shutdown, halt, or poweroff the system. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The...

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 : joe (MDKSA-2000:072)

When exiting joe in a non-standard way such as a system crash, closing an xterm, or a network connection going down, joe will unconditionally append its open buffers to the file DEADJOE. This can be exploited by the creation of DEADJOE symlinks in directories where root would normally use joe. In...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : gnorpm (MDKSA-2000:055)

Versions of GnoRPM prior to 0.95 used files in the /tmp directory in an insecure manner. If GnoRPM is run as root, a local user can exploit this behaviour to trick GnoRPM into writing to arbitrary files anywhere on the system. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive...

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 : 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...

Mandriva Update for webmin MDVSA-2011:109 (webmin)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2011 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only ifdescription scriptxrefname:"URL",...

Mandriva Security Advisory MDVSA-2009:282-1 (cups)

The remote host is missing an update to cups announced via advisory MDVSA-2009:282-1. SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2009 E-Soft Inc. Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only OR...

Mandriva Security Advisory MDVSA-2009:212-1 (python)

The remote host is missing an update to python announced via advisory MDVSA-2009:212-1. SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2009 E-Soft Inc. Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only OR...