MDKA-2005:051 : e2fsprogs

The mklost+found program was segfaulting on Mandriva Linux 2006. This update corrects the problem. %NASLMINLEVEL 999999 @DEPRECATED@ This script has been deprecated as the associated patch is not currently a security fix. Disabled on 2012/09/06. C Tenable Network Security, Inc. This script was...

MDKA-2006:043 : subversion

One of subversion's operating modes, svnserve, needs some entries in the /etc/services file. These entries are created during package installation, but under some conditions this procedure fails and /etc/services remains without them. The updated packages correct this issue. %NASLMINLEVEL 999999...

MDKA-2006:047 : jabber

The OpenSSL library was not properly initialized in the jabber SSL support code, which prevented SSL support for incoming client connections on the jabber server. This update corrects this issue. %NASLMINLEVEL 999999 @DEPRECATED@ This script has been deprecated as the associated patch is not...

MDKA-2006:027 : xorg-x11

A misapplied patch in a recent X.org updated caused keyboard layout problems which resulted in some users being unable to use the CTRL-ALT-function key combination to switch to a console, as well as other keyboard mapping issues. Updated packages have been re-patched to correct these issues...

MDKA-2006:001 : nss_ldap

A bug was discovered in nssldap when a group has a large number of members. This was resulting in SIGABRT of 'ls -la' when attempting to add additional users to the group. Updated packages have been patched to correct the issue. %NASLMINLEVEL 999999 @DEPRECATED@ This script has been deprecated as...

MDKA-2006:017 : mozilla-thunderbird

Recent security updates to mozilla-thunderbird did not include some changes made to the build from the community branch of 2006.0. The changes include corrections to the packaging of language files and some corrections to the uninstall scripts. New builds of the enigmail-es and enigmail-it packag...

MDKA-2007:009 : perl-SOAP-Lite

SOAP::Lite makes use of auto-generated methods with names that clash with methods exported by UNIVERSAL::require. As a result, using the two modules simultaneously will result in an immediate program crash. The package has been patched with an upstream fix to correct the issue. %NASLMINLEVEL 9999...

MDKA-2006:065 : hal

A bug in partition detection for some SD/MMC card readers those using the sdhci driver was preventing correct detection by HAL, breaking automatic mounting/unmounting on card insertion/removal. Another bug was preventing correct mounting of LUKS-encrypted removable media. This update fixes these...

MDKA-2006:030 : imlib2

The tiff loader from imlib2 crashes when processing images on the x8664 platform. This was reported when using digikam on x8664, which uses this loader. Updated packages are provided that correct the issue. %NASLMINLEVEL 999999 @DEPRECATED@ This script has been deprecated as the associated patch ...

MDKA-2006:024 : gzip

The zgrep wrapper script does not correctly pass all available options that grep accepts to the grep binary. Updated packages have been patched to correct this issue. %NASLMINLEVEL 999999 @DEPRECATED@ This script has been deprecated as the associated patch is not currently a security fix. Disable...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : gnupg (MDKSA-2006:228)

A 'stack overwrite' vulnerability in GnuPG gpg allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted OpenPGP packets that cause GnuPG to dereference a function pointer from deallocated stack memory. Updated packages have been patched to correct this issue. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network...

MDKA-2004:034 : rpmdrake

When rpmdrake would come across a package name containing the string '-h' it would print out the help usage instead of installing or upgrading a package. The updated packages fix this. It is recommended that all users upgrade immediately. %NASLMINLEVEL 999999 @DEPRECATED@ This script has been...

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 : 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 : 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 : 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 : 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 : 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...