Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : gstreamer0.10-plugins-base (MDVSA-2009:085)

Integer overflows in gstreamer0.10-plugins-base Base64 encoding and decoding functions related with glib2.0 issue CVE-2008-4316 may lead attackers to cause denial of service. Altough vector attacks are not known yet CVE-2009-0586. This update provide the fix for that security issue. %NASLMINLEVEL...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : php (MDVSA-2009:022)

A vulnerability in PHP allowed context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service crash via a certain long string in the glob or fnmatch functions CVE-2007-4782. A vulnerability in the cURL library in PHP allowed context-dependent attackers to bypass safemode and openbasedir restrictions an...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : cups (MDVSA-2008:211)

A buffer overflow in the SGI image format decoding routines used by the CUPS image converting filter imagetops was discovered. An attacker could create malicious SGI image files that could possibly execute arbitrary code if the file was printed CVE-2008-3639. An integer overflow flaw leading to a...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : krb5 (MDVSA-2008:069)

Multiple memory management flaws were found in the GSSAPI library used by Kerberos that could result in the use of already freed memory or an attempt to free already freed memory, possibly leading to a crash or allowing the execution of arbitrary code CVE-2007-5901, CVE-2007-5971. A flaw was...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : shadow-utils (MDVSA-2009:062)

A security vulnerability has been identified and fixed in login application from shadow-utils, which could allow local users in the utmp group to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a temporary file referenced in a line aka utline field in a utmp entry CVE-2008-5394. The updated...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : pam_mount (MDVSA-2009:004)

passwdehd script in pammount would allow local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a temporary file. The updated packages have been patched to prevent this. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : python (MDVSA-2008:013)

Multiple integer overflows were found in python's imageop module. If an application written in python used the imageop module to process untrusted images, it could cause the application to crash, enter an infinite loop, or possibly execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the python...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : xchat (MDVSA-2009:059-1)

Python has a variable called sys.path that contains all paths where Python loads modules by using import scripting procedure. A wrong handling of that variable enables local attackers to execute arbitrary code via Python scripting in the current X-Chat working directory CVE-2009-0315. This update...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : cups (MDVSA-2008:170)

Thomas Pollet discovered an integer overflow vulnerability in the PNG image handling filter in CUPS. This could allow a malicious user to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running CUPS, or cause a denial of service by sending a specially crafted PNG image to the print server...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : xterm (MDVSA-2009:005)

A vulnerability has been discovered in xterm, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system. The vulnerability is caused due to xterm not properly processing the DECRQSS Device Control Request Status String escape sequence. This can be exploited to inject and execute...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : wireshark (MDVSA-2009:088)

Multiple vulnerabilities has been identified and corrected in wireshark : o The PROFINET dissector was vulnerable to a format string overflow CVE-2009-1210. o The Check Point High-Availability Protocol CPHAP dissecto could crash CVE-2009-1268. o Wireshark could crash while loading a Tektronix .rf...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : nfs-utils (MDVSA-2009:060)

A security vulnerability has been identified and fixed in nfs-utils, which caused TCP Wrappers to ignore netgroups and allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions CVE-2008-4552. The updated packages have been patched to prevent this. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : ghostscript (MDVSA-2008:055)

Chris Evans found a buffer overflow condition in Ghostscript, which can lead to arbitrary code execution as the user running any application using it to process a maliciously crafted Postscript file. The updated packages have been patched to prevent this issue. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Netwo...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : openafs (MDVSA-2008:207)

A race condition in OpenAFS 1.3.40 through 1.4.5 allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service daemon crash by simultaneously acquiring and giving back file callbacks CVE-2007-6599. The updated packages have been patched to prevent this issue. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Securit...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : avahi (MDVSA-2009:076)

A security vulnerability has been identified and fixed in avahi which could allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service network bandwidth and CPU consumption via a crafted legacy unicast mDNS query packet CVE-2009-0758. The updated packages have been patched to prevent this. %NASLMINLEVEL...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : libxml2 (MDVSA-2008:231)

Drew Yao of the Apple Product Security Team found two flaws in libxml2. The first is a denial of service flaw in libxml2's XML parser. If an application linked against libxml2 were to process certain malformed XML content, it cause the application to enter an infinite loop CVE-2008-4225. The seco...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : glib2.0 (MDVSA-2009:080)

Multiple integer overflows in GLib's Base64 encoding and decoding functions enable attackers possibly remote ones, depending on the applications glib2 is linked against with - mostly GNOME ones either to cause denial of service and to execute arbitrary code via an untrusted input CVE-2008-4316...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : gnutls (MDVSA-2008:227-1)

Martin von Gagern found a flow in how GnuTLS versions 1.2.4 up until 2.6.1 verified certificate chains provided by a server. A malicious server could use this flaw to spoof its identity by tricking client applications that used the GnuTLS library to trust invalid certificates CVE-2008-4989. Updat...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : bind (MDVSA-2009:002)

A flaw was found in how BIND checked the return value of the OpenSSL DSAdoverify function. On systems that use DNSSEC, a malicious zone could present a malformed DSA certificate and bypass proper certificate validation, which would allow for spoofing attacks CVE-2009-0025. The updated packages ha...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : exiv2 (MDVSA-2008:119)

A flaw was found in exiv2 that would cause exiv2, or applications linked to libexiv2, to crash on image files with certain metadata in the image CVE-2008-2696. The updated packages have been patched to prevent this issue. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text a...