Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : apache2 (MDKSA-2006:007)

A flaw was discovered in modimap when using the Referer directive with image maps that could be used by a remote attacker to perform a cross- site scripting attack, in certain site configurations, if a victim could be forced to visit a malicious URL using certain web browsers CVE-2005-3352. Also,...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : graphviz (MDKSA-2005:188)

Javier Fernndez-Sanguino Pea discovered insecure temporary file creation in graphviz, a rich set of graph drawing tools, that can be exploited to overwrite arbitrary files by a local attacker. The updated packages have been patched to address this issue. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : koffice (MDKSA-2006:008)

Multiple heap-based buffer overflows in the DCTStream::readProgressiveSOF and DCTStream::readBaselineSOF functions in the DCT stream parsing code Stream.cc in xpdf 3.01 and earlier, allow user-complicit attackers to cause a denial of service heap corruption and possibly execute arbitrary code via...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : xmovie (MDKSA-2005:229)

Simon Kilvington discovered a vulnerability in FFmpeg libavcodec, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS Denial of Service and potentially to compromise a user's system. The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error in the 'avcodecdefaultgetbuffer' function of 'utils.c' i...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : gdk-pixbuf (MDKSA-2005:214)

A heap overflow vulnerability in the GTK+ gdk-pixbuf XPM image rendering library could allow for arbitrary code execution. This allows an attacker to provide a carefully crafted XPM image which could possibly allow for arbitrary code execution in the context of the user viewing the image...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : gstreamer-ffmpeg (MDKSA-2005:232)

Simon Kilvington discovered a vulnerability in FFmpeg libavcodec, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS Denial of Service and potentially to compromise a user's system. The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error in the 'avcodecdefaultgetbuffer' function of 'utils.c' i...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : openvpn (MDKSA-2005:206-1)

Two Denial of Service vulnerabilities exist in OpenVPN. The first allows a malicious or compromised server to execute arbitrary code on the client CVE-2005-3393. The second DoS can occur if when in TCP server mode, OpenVPN received an error on accept2 and the resulting exception handler causes a...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : perl (MDKSA-2005:225)

Jack Louis discovered a new way to exploit format string errors in the Perl programming language that could lead to the execution of arbitrary code. The updated packages are patched to close the particular exploit vector in Perl itself, to mitigate the risk of format string programming errors,...

MDKSA-2005:156 : ntp

When starting xntpd with the -u option and specifying the group by using a string not a numeric gid the daemon uses the gid of the user not the group. The updated packages have been patched to correct this problem. %NASLMINLEVEL 999999 @DEPRECATED@ This script has been deprecated as the associate...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : ethereal (MDKSA-2005:193-2)

Ethereal 0.10.13 is now available fixing a number of security vulnerabilities in various dissectors : - the ISAKMP dissector could exhaust system memory - the FC-FCS dissector could exhaust system memory - the RSVP dissector could exhaust system memory - the ISIS LSP dissector could exhaust syste...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : fetchmail (MDKSA-2005:236)

Fetchmail before 6.3.1 and before 6.2.5.5, when configured for multidrop mode, allows remote attackers to cause a DoS application crash by sending messages without headers from upstream mail servers. The updated packages have been patched to correct this problem. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : spamassassin (MDKSA-2005:221)

SpamAssassin 3.0.4 allows attackers to bypass spam detection via an e-mail with a large number of recipients 'To' addresses, which triggers a bus error in Perl. Updated packages have been patched to address this issue. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : ethereal (MDKSA-2005:227)

A stack-based buffer overflow was discovered in the OSPF dissector in Ethereal. This could potentially be abused to allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted packets. The updated packages have been patched to prevent this problem. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security,...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : apache2-mod_auth_pgsql (MDKSA-2006:009)

iDefense discovered several format string vulnerabilities in the way that modauthpgsql logs information which could potentially be used by a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code as the apache user if modauthpgsql is used for user authentication. The provided packages have been patched to...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : ffmpeg (MDKSA-2005:231)

Simon Kilvington discovered a vulnerability in FFmpeg libavcodec, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS Denial of Service and potentially to compromise a user's system. The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error in the 'avcodecdefaultgetbuffer' function of 'utils.c' i...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : netpbm (MDKSA-2005:199)

Pnmtopng in netpbm 10.2X, when using the -trans option, uses uninitialized size and index variables when converting Portable Anymap PNM images to Portable Network Graphics PNG, which might allow attackers to execute arbitrary code by modifying the stack. Netpbm 9.2X is not affected by this...

MDKSA-2005:136 : gpdf

A vulnerability in the gpdf PDF viewer was discovered. An attacker could construct a malicious PDF file that would cause gpdf to consume all available disk space in /tmp when opened. The updated packages have been patched to correct this problem. %NASLMINLEVEL 999999 @DEPRECATED@ This script has...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : uim (MDKSA-2005:198)

Masanari Yamamoto discovered that Uim uses environment variables incorrectly. This bug causes a privilege escalation if setuid/setgid applications are linked to libuim. The updated packages have been patched to address this issue. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descripti...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : php (MDKSA-2005:238)

A CRLF injection vulnerability in the mbsendmail function in PHP before 5.1.0 might allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary e-mail headers via line feeds LF in the 'To' address argument, when using sendmail as the MTA mail transfer agent. The updated packages have been patched to address this...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : clamav (MDKSA-2005:205)

A number of vulnerabilities were discovered in ClamAV versions prior to 0.87.1 : The OLE2 unpacker in clamd allows remote attackers to cause a DoS segfault via a DOC file with an invalid property tree CVE-2005-3239 The FSG unpacker allows remote attackers to cause 'memory corruption' and execute...