Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : xine-lib (MDVSA-2008:178)

Alin Rad Pop found an array index vulnerability in the SDP parser of xine-lib. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a malicious RTSP stream, a remote attacker could possibly execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user using the program CVE-2008-0073. The ASF demuxer ...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : wireshark (MDVSA-2009:058)

Buffer overflow in wiretap/netscreen.c in Wireshark 0.99.7 through 1.0.5 allows user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service application crash via a malformed NetScreen snoop file. CVE-2009-0599 Wireshark 0.99.6 through 1.0.5 allows user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial ...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : x11-server (MDVSA-2008:116)

An input validation flaw was found in X.org's Security and Record extensions. A malicious authorized client could exploit the issue to cause a denial of service crash or possibly execute arbitrary code with root privileges on the X.org server CVE-2008-1377. An input validation flaw was found in...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : dbus (MDVSA-2008:054)

A vulnerability was discovered by Havoc Pennington in how the dbus-daemon applied its security policy. A user with the ability to connect to the dbus-daemon could possibly execute certain method calls that they should not normally have access to. The updated packages have been patched to correct...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : mozilla-firefox (MDVSA-2008:205)

Security vulnerabilities have been discovered and corrected in the latest Mozilla Firefox program, version 2.0.0.17 CVE-2008-0016, CVE-2008-3835, CVE-2008-3836, CVE-2008-3837, CVE-2008-4058, CVE-2008-4059, CVE-2008-4060, CVE-2008-4061, CVE-2008-4062, CVE-2008-4065, CVE-2008-4066, CVE-2008-4067,...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : samba (MDVSA-2009:042)

Samba 3.2.0 through 3.2.6, when registry shares are enabled, allows remote authenticated users to access the root filesystem via a crafted connection request that specifies a blank share name CVE-2009-0022. This update provides samba 3.2.7 to address this issue. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : mozilla-firefox (MDVSA-2008:048)

A number of security vulnerabilities have been discovered and corrected in the latest Mozilla Firefox program, version 2.0.0.12. This update provides the latest Firefox to correct these issues. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package checks in this...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : pan (MDVSA-2008:201)

Pavel Polischouk found a boundary error in the PartsBatch class in the Pan newsreader when processing .nzb files, which could allow remote attackers to cause a denial of serice application crash or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted .nzb file CVE-2008-2363. The updated packages have be...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : pcre (MDVSA-2008:053)

A buffer overflow in PCRE 7.x before 7.6 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a regular expression that contains a character class with a large number of characters with Unicode code points greater than 255. The updated packages have been patched to correct these issues...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : ruby (MDVSA-2008:226)

A denial of service condition was found in Ruby's regular expression engine. If a Ruby script tried to process a large amount of data via a regular expression, it could cause Ruby to enter an infinite loop and crash CVE-2008-3443. A number of flaws were found in Ruby that could allow an attacker ...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : gnumeric (MDVSA-2008:056)

A vulnerability was found in the excelreadHLINK function in the Microsoft Excel plugin in Gnumeric prior to version 1.8.1 that would allow for the execution of arbitrary code via a crafted XLS file containing XLS HLINK opcodes. The updated packages have been patched to correct this issues...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : sudo (MDVSA-2009:033)

A vulnerability has been identified in sudo which allowed - depending on the sudoers rules - a sudo-user to execute arbitrary shell commands as root CVE-2009-0034. The updated packages have been patched to prevent this. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : mozilla-thunderbird (MDVSA-2008:206)

A number of security vulnerabilities have been discovered and corrected in the latest Mozilla Thunderbird program, version 2.0.0.17 CVE-2008-0016, CVE-2008-3835, CVE-2008-4058, CVE-2008-4059, CVE-2008-4060, CVE-2008-4061, CVE-2008-4062, CVE-2008-4065, CVE-2008-4066, CVE-2008-4067, CVE-2008-4068,...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : mozilla-firefox (MDVSA-2008:228)

Security vulnerabilities have been discovered and corrected in the latest Mozilla Firefox 2.x, version 2.0.0.18 CVE-2008-0017, CVE-2008-5012, CVE-2008-5013, CVE-2008-5014, CVE-2008-5017, CVE-2008-5018, CVE-2008-5019, CVE-2008-5021, CVE-2008-5022, CVE-2008-5023, CVE-2008-5024, CVE-2008-5052. This...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : wireshark (MDVSA-2008:242)

Two vulnerabilities were discovered in Wireshark. The first is a vulnerability in the SMTP dissector that could cause it to consume excessive CPU and memory via a long SMTP request CVE-2008-5285. The second is an issue with the WLCCP dissector that could cause it to go into an infinite loop. This...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : vim (MDVSA-2009:047-1)

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 Vim working directory CVE-2009-0316. This update...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : dbus (MDVSA-2008:213)

The D-Bus library did not correctly validate certain corrupted signatures which could cause a crash of applications linked against the D-Bus library if a local user were to send a specially crafted D-Bus request CVE-2008-3834. The updated packages have been patched to prevent this issue...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : amarok (MDVSA-2009:030-1)

Data length values in metadata Audible Audio media file .aa can lead to an integer overflow enabling remote attackers use it to trigger an heap overflow and enabling the possibility to execute arbitrary code CVE-2009-0135. Failure on checking heap allocation on Audible Audio media files .aa allow...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : rsync (MDVSA-2008:011)

rsync before 3.0.0pre6, when running a writable rsync daemon that is not using chroot, allows remote attackers to access restricted files via unknown vectors that cause rsync to create a symlink that points outside of the module's hierarchy. CVE-2007-6199 Unspecified vulnerability in rsync before...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : mplayer (MDVSA-2008:045)

Heap-based buffer overflow in the rmffdumpcont function in input/libreal/rmff.c in xine-lib 1.1.9 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via the SDP Abstract attribute, related to the rmffdumpheader function and related to disregarding the max field. Although originally a...