MDVA-2008:154 : util-linux-ng

Several bugs were found in util-linux-ng package: - Using an offset on loopback device was broken - Creating an encrypted loopback with losetup -e was broken - Using fdisk to modify the partition table of an image file did not write the changes The updated package fixes these issues. %NASLMINLEVE...

MDVA-2008:159 : curl

An idiosyncratic feature of the Turkish language is that the letter 'i' in Turkish is not the lower-case version of the letter 'I'. This issue breaks standard POSIX string case comparison on strings containing the character 'i'. This issue affected the curl package shipped with Mandriva Linux 200...

MDVA-2008:177 : lirc

The LIRC packages included with Mandriva Linux 2008 and Mandriva Linux 2008 Spring did not include the 'commandir' module, which is necessary along with the 'lirccmdir' module to properly support CommandIR remote controls. These updated packages do include the module. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300...

MDKA-2007:062 : rpmdrake

The rpmdrake package, which provides the graphical software installation and update tools rpmdrake, drakrpm-edit-media and MandrivaUpdate, included with Mandriva Linux 2007 Spring contains several bugs. These include: When installing software with rpmdrake, if packages are selected for installati...

MDVA-2008:061 : rpmdrake

This update fixes a minor issue in rpmdrake; it prevents crashing if the RPM database is locked when trying to install some packages bug 40244. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 @DEPRECATED@ This script has been deprecated as the associated patch is not currently a security fix. Disabled on 2012/09/06. C Tenab...

MDVA-2008:062 : drakxtools

This update fixes several minor issues: - some GUIes eg: rpmdrake would crash on clicking on the close button while they load bug 35230 - draksec was crashing if the administrator refused to install bug 38911 - localdrake: After changing the localization language from drakconf in a high security...

MDVA-2008:153 : phonon

In Mandriva Linux 2009.0, phonon's signal availableAudioCaptureDevicesChanged was not connected, causing the KDE4 desktop to be unable to play OGG files. This update corrects the issue. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 @DEPRECATED@ This script has been deprecated as the associated patch is not currently a...

MDVA-2008:080 : gnome-themes-extras

A typo in the Darklooks GTK theme definition file made this theme unusable. This update fixes it. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 @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...

MDVA-2008:063 : rpmdrake

This update fixes several minor issues in rpmdrake: - it prevents crashing if the RPM database is locked when trying to install some packages bug 40244 - it fixes a crash when the default view is unknown bug 39626 - it enables searching also with the numeric pad's Enter key bug 40659 - it makes...

MDVA-2009:022 : xkeyboard-config

Wrong directory permissions would prevent the compilation of keyboard mappings. This update fixes this issue. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 @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...

MDVA-2008:149 : drakx-net

The network applet would crash when the mandi monitoring daemon was restarted. This updated drakx-net package corrects the issue. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 @DEPRECATED@ This script has been deprecated as the associated patch is not currently a security fix. Disabled on 2012/09/06. C Tenable Network...

MDVA-2008:066 : xinitrc

This update corrects a problem where an incorrect path was being used to execute xdm scripts. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 @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...

MDVA-2008:171 : gdm

An incorrect memory deallocation was causing a crash when the GNOME display manager was exiting. This package update fixes this issue and includes additional bug fixes and translation updates. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 @DEPRECATED@ This script has been deprecated as the associated patch is not currentl...

MDVA-2009:039 : coreutils

The coreutils package released with Mandriva Linux 2009 makes use of a syscall unavailable in Xen dom0 kernel. Thus, when used on top of that kernel, the provided programs might fail in non-obvious ways. This update fixes that. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 @DEPRECATED@ This script has been deprecated as t...

MDVA-2008:201 : mdkonline

This package update adds support for automatically configuring additional software repositories Restricted / Restricted Updates for registered Powerpack users. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 @DEPRECATED@ This script has been deprecated as the associated patch is not currently a security fix. Disabled on...

MDVA-2008:078 : kdebase

Keject would not raise an error when trying to eject USB devices. Kdesktop was using too much CPU every minute and wasting power. This update fixes these bugs. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 @DEPRECATED@ This script has been deprecated as the associated patch is not currently a security fix. Disabled on...

MDVA-2008:166 : openafs

Openafs 1.4.7, included in Mandriva Linux 2009.0, doesn't support kernels = 2.6.26. As a result, the dkms module doesn't build because of interface changes. This update corrects the problem. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 @DEPRECATED@ This script has been deprecated as the associated patch is not currently ...

MDVA-2008:084 : udev

The udev rules for network interfaces used to write persistent settings for hso devices in /etc/udev/rules.d/61-netconfig.rules, which is wrong since their MAC address is random 39977. The udev rules for automatic driver loading used to load video drivers during the dkms service start, which coul...

MDVA-2008:194 : metisse

Metisse was not able to start properly when using KDE4 as the desktop environment. This package update fixes the issue. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 @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...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : avahi (MDVSA-2009:031)

A vulnerability has been discovered in Avahi before 0.6.24, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service crash via a crafted mDNS packet with a source port of 0 CVE-2008-5081. The updated packages have been patched to prevent this. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc...