MDVA-2008:050 : x11-driver-video-mga

An updated x11-driver-video-mga package is available that corrects a problem where an earlier version was used to update the mga driver version 1.47, instead of the proper 1.4.8 version. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 @DEPRECATED@ This script has been deprecated as the associated patch is not currently a...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : libsamplerate (MDVSA-2008:238)

A buffer overflow was found by Russell O'Conner in the libsamplerate library versions prior to 0.1.4 that could possibly lead to the execution of arbitrary code via a specially crafted audio file CVE-2008-5008. The updated packages have been patched to prevent this issue. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : squid (MDVSA-2008:134)

An incorrect fix for CVE-2007-6239 resulted in Squid not performing proper bounds checking when processing cache update replies. Because of this, a remote authenticated user might have been able to trigger an assertion error and cause a denial of service CVE-2008-1612. The updated packages have...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : gnutls (MDVSA-2008:106)

Flaws discovered in versions prior to 2.2.4 stable and 2.3.10 development of GnuTLS allow an attacker to cause denial of service application crash, and maybe so far undetermined execute arbitrary code. The updated packages have been patched to fix these flaws. Note that any applications using thi...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : firefox (MDVSA-2009:084)

Security vulnerabilities have been discovered in previous versions, and corrected in the latest Mozilla Firefox 3.x, version 3.0.8 CVE-2009-1044, CVE-2009-1169. This update provides the latest Mozilla Firefox 3.x to correct these issues. Additionally, some packages requiring it have also been...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : squid (MDVSA-2009:034)

Due to an internal error Squid is vulnerable to a denial of service attack when processing specially crafted requests. This problem allows any client to perform a denial of service attack on the Squid service CVE-2009-0478. The updated packages have been patched to adress this. %NASLMINLEVEL 7030...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : pidgin (MDVSA-2009:025)

The NSS plugin in libpurple in Pidgin 2.4.1 does not verify SSL certificates, which makes it easier for remote attackers to trick a user into accepting an invalid server certificate for a spoofed service. CVE-2008-3532 Pidgin 2.4.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service crash via a...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : postfix (MDVSA-2008:171)

Sebastian Krahmer of the SUSE Security Team discovered a flaw in the way Postfix dereferenced symbolic links. If a local user had write access to a mail spool directory without a root mailbox file, it could be possible for them to append arbitrary data to files that root had write permissions to...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : ImageMagick (MDVSA-2008:035)

Multiple vulnerabilities were discovered in the image decoders of ImageMagick. If a user or automated system were tricked into processing malicious DCM, DIB, XBM, XCF, or XWD images, a remote attacker could execute arbitrary code with user privileges. The updated packages have been patched to...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : pulseaudio (MDVSA-2008:065)

Luigi Auriemma found a few programming errors in Pulseaudio, that can be used to crash the Pulseaudio daemon, by authenticated and unauthenticated users. The updated packages fix these issues. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package checks in this...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : clamav (MDVSA-2008:189-1)

Multiple vulnerabilities were discovered in ClamAV and corrected with the 0.94 release, including : A vulnerability in ClamAV's chm-parser allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service application crash via a malformed CHM file CVE-2008-1389. A vulnerability in libclamav would allow...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : opensc (MDVSA-2008:183)

Chaskiel M Grundman found that OpenSC would initialize smart cards with the Siemens CardOS M4 card operating system without proper access rights. This allowed everyone to change the card's PIN without first having the PIN or PUK, or the superuser's PIN or PUK CVE-2008-2235. Please note that this...

MDVA-2008:197 : mandriva-kde-config

On Mandriva Linux 2009.0, every time a web page was opened under Konqueror, or opened in a new tab, it showed the HTML code in an editor instead of the website. This update makes Konqueror display websites correctly instead of pure HTML code. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 @DEPRECATED@ This script has been...

MDVA-2008:120 : draksnapshot

This update fixes several minor issues with draksnapshot, such as backups not being completed due to bad permissions. A number of fixes were done to the applet as well, including notifications showing as information instead of warnings. Draksnapshot now no longer auto-disables after configuring,...

MDVA-2008:093 : kdesdk

kdesdk packages in Mandriva Linux 2008 and 2008 Spring had packaging bugs which led to the subversion ioslave to not build and thus not be provided. The updated packages fixed the bugs and provide the subversion access ioslave. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 @DEPRECATED@ This script has been deprecated as t...

MDVA-2008:198 : openoffice.org

This update is the Mandriva OpenOffice.org 3.0 stable official release on Mandriva Linux 2009.0 and it holds some of following explained bug fixes related to openoffice.org-3.0-0.rc2.1mdv2009 packages: OpenOffice.org crashes on start up when the user interface is changed to the Greek language, th...

MDVA-2008:138 : mdkonline

The updated mdkonline package improves the upgrade process to Mandriva Linux 2009.0 and includes many other bugfixes and enhancements. %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 Networ...

MDVA-2009:034 : alsa

This update upgrades ALSA packages to version 1.0.18, with minor bug fixes and enhancements, which can be looked in detail at http://www.alsa-project.org/main/index.php/Changesv1.0.18rc3v1.0.18 . Updated libalsa2 also contains fixes affecting, for example, the speaker-testing tool not working...

MDVA-2009:026-1 : samba

This update fixes two minor issues with samba. Package does not install from update because of missing dependency 47979. Fix dependencies because /usr/include/tdb.h was moved from libsmbclient0-devel to libtdb-devel and this led to a file conflict and prevented a smooth upgrade. This update fixes...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : perl (MDVSA-2008:165)

The rmtree function in lib/File/Path.pm in Perl 5.10 does not properly check permissions before performing a chmod, which allows local users to modify the permissions of arbitrary files via a symlink attack. The updated packages have been patched to fix this. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network...