Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : wireshark (MDVSA-2013:055)

Multiple vulnerabilities has been found and corrected in wireshark : Infinite and large loops in ANSI MAP, BACapp, Bluetooth HCI, IEEE 802.3, LTP, and R3 dissectors have been fixed. Discovered by Laurent Butti http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2012-08.html CVE-2012-2392 The DIAMETER...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : gimp (MDVSA-2013:082)

Updated gimp packages fix security vulnerabilities : An integer overflow flaw, leading to a heap-based buffer overflow, was found in the GIMP's GIF image format plug-in. An attacker could create a specially crafted GIF image file that, when opened, could cause the GIF plug-in to crash or,...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : sleuthkit (MDVSA-2013:125)

Updated sleuthkit packages fix security vulnerabilities : A security flaw was found in the way the Sleuth Kit TSK, a collection of UNIX-based command line tools allowing to investigate a computer, performed management of '.' dotfile file system entry. An attacker could use this flaw to evade...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : libgssglue (MDVSA-2013:043)

This update fixes insecure getenv usage in libgssglue, which could be used under some circumstances by local attackers do gain root privileges CVE-2011-2709. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were extracted from Mandriva...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : python-httplib2 (MDVSA-2013:119)

python-httplib2 ships its own copy of the Mozilla NSS certificates, but it should use the system-wide ones provided by the rootcerts package instead. This has been corrected. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were extracted...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : arpwatch (MDVSA-2013:030)

A vulnerability has been discovered and corrected in arpwatch : arpwatch 2.1a15, as used by Red Hat, Debian, Fedora, and possibly others, does not properly drop supplementary groups, which might allow attackers to gain root privileges by leveraging other vulnerabilities in the daemon CVE-2012-265...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : php-ZendFramework (MDVSA-2013:115)

Updated php-ZendFramework packages fix security vulnerabilities : ZendDom, ZendFeed, ZendSoap, and ZendXmlRpc in Zend Framework before 1.11.13 and 1.12.0 are vulnerable to XML Entity Expansion XEE vectors, leading to Denial of Service vectors. XEE attacks occur when the XML DOCTYPE declaration...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : hplip (MDVSA-2013:088)

This hplip update addresses the folloving issues : Print/Fax queues can now be analyzed by running hp-diagnose-queues fixes some issues and duplex scanning support with newer AIO devices fixes Wireless configuration using hp-wificonfig command for HP Deskjet 3000 J310 series and HP Deskjet 3050...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : freeradius (MDVSA-2013:038)

Updated freeradius packages fixes security vulnerabilities : It was found that the unix module ignored the password expiration setting in /etc/shadow. If FreeRADIUS was configured to use this module for user authentication, this flaw could allow users with an expired password to successfully...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : rpmdevtools (MDVSA-2013:123)

Updated rpmdevtools package fixes security vulnerability : A TOCTOU race condition was found in the way 'annotate-output' used to execute a program annotating the output linewise with time and stream tool of rpmdevtools before 8.3 performed management of its temporary files used for standard outp...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : stunnel (MDVSA-2013:130)

Updated stunnel packages fix security vulnerability : stunnel 4.21 through 4.54, when CONNECT protocol negotiation and NTLM authentication are enabled, does not correctly perform integer conversion, which allows remote proxy servers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted request that triggers a...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : mesa (MDVSA-2013:103)

Updated mesa packages fix security vulnerability : The glsl shaders are vulnerable to a buffer overrun in parceloutuniformstorage::visitfield. When too many uniforms are used, the error will now be caught in checkresources src/glsl/linker.cpp CVE-2012-2864. Additionally, Mesa has been updated to...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : libupnp (MDVSA-2013:098)

Updated libupnp packages fix security vulnerabilities : The Portable SDK for UPnP Devices libupnp library contains multiple buffer overflow vulnerabilities. Devices that use libupnp may also accept UPnP queries over the WAN interface, therefore exposing the vulnerabilities to the internet...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : dnsmasq (MDVSA-2013:072)

Updated dnsmasq packages fix security vulnerabilities : When dnsmasq before 2.63 is used in conjunctions with certain configurations of libvirtd, network packets from prohibited networks e.g. packets that should not be passed in may be sent to the dnsmasq application and processed. This can resul...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : pixman (MDVSA-2013:116)

Updated pixman packages fix security vulnerability : Stack-based buffer overflow in libpixman has unspecified impact and attack vectors CVE-2013-1591. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were extracted from Mandriva Linux...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : vte (MDVSA-2013:135)

Updated vte packages fix security vulnerability : A denial of service flaw was found in the way VTE, a terminal emulator widget, processed certain escape sequences with large repeat counts. A remote attacker could provide a specially crafted file, which once opened in a terminal using the VTE...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : python-pycrypto (MDVSA-2013:120)

Updated python-pycrypto package fixes security vulnerability : PyCrypto before 2.6 does not produce appropriate prime numbers when using an ElGamal scheme to generate a key, which reduces the signature space or public key space and makes it easier for attackers to conduct brute-force attacks to...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : ettercap (MDVSA-2013:077)

Updated ettercap package fixes security vulnerability : The GTK version of ettercap uses a global settings file at /tmp/.ettercapgtk and does not verify ownership of this file. When parsing this file for settings in gtkuiconfread\ src/interfaces/gtk/ecgtkconf.c, an unchecked sscanf\ call allows a...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : ruby (MDVSA-2013:124)

Updated ruby packages fix security vulnerabilities : Shugo Maedo and Vit Ondruch discovered that Ruby incorrectly allowed untainted strings to be modified in protective safe levels. An attacker could use this flaw to bypass intended access restrictions CVE-2012-4466, CVE-2012-4481. It was...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : otrs (MDVSA-2013:112)

Updated otrs package fixes security vulnerabilities : Multiple cross-site scripting XSS vulnerabilities in Open Ticket Request System OTRS Help Desk 2.4.x before 2.4.13, 3.0.x before 3.0.15, and 3.1.x before 3.1.9, and OTRS ITSM 2.1.x before 2.1.5, 3.0.x before 3.0.6, and 3.1.x before 3.1.6, allo...