Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : pam_ldap (MDKSA-2006:201)

Pamldap does not return an error condition when an LDAP directory server responds with a PasswordPolicyResponse control response, which causes the pamauthenticate function to return a success code even if authentication has failed, as originally reported for xscreensaver. This might lead to an...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : doxygen (MDKSA-2006:212)

Doxygen is a documentation system for C, C++ and IDL. It is built with a private copy of libpng, and as such could be susceptible to some of the same vulnerabilities : Buffer overflow in the pngdecompresschunk function in pngrutil.c in libpng before 1.2.12 allows context-dependent attackers to...

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-2006:030 : 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...

MDKA-2005:048 : mdkonline

Updated mdkonline packages are now available that change the name of the main binary from MandrakeUpdate to MandrivaUpdate due to Mandriva's name change. As well, this update provides fixes the account creation and authentication based on obsolete architectures versions prior to 2006.0. The user...

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...

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...

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 : qt (MDKSA-2006:187)

An integer overflow was discovered in the way that Qt handled pixmap images. This flaw could be exploited by a remote attacker in a malicious website that, when viewed by an individual using an application that uses Qt like Konqueror, would cause it to crash or possibly execute arbitrary code wit...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : libsoup (MDKSA-2007:029)

The soupheadersparse function in soup-headers.c for libsoup HTTP library before 2.2.99 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service crash via malformed HTTP headers, probably involving missing fields or values. The updated packages have been patched to correct this issue. %NASLMINLEVEL...

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 : pxelinux (MDKSA-2006:211)

PXELINUX is a PXE bootloader. It is built with a private copy of libpng, and as such could be susceptible to some of the same vulnerabilities : Buffer overflow in the pngdecompresschunk function in pngrutil.c in libpng before 1.2.12 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service...

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...

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 : 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...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : openoffice.org (MDKSA-2007:006)

Several integer overflows were discovered in the OpenOffice.org WMF file processor. An attacker could create a carefully crafted WMF file that would cause OpenOffice.org to execute arbitrary code when opened. Updated packages are patched to address this issue. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Networ...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : kernel (MDKSA-2006:197)

Some vulnerabilities were discovered and corrected in the Linux 2.6 kernel : Bugs in the netfilter for IPv6 code, as reported by Mark Dowd, were fixed CVE-2006-4572. The ATM subsystem of the Linux kernel could allow a remote attacker to cause a Denial of Service panic via unknown vectors that cau...