MDVA-2009:015 : openct

This update fixes issue with a non-LSB initscript of openct, which could cause init to switch to non LSB compat mode, and result in a loop between resolvconf and network bug 47299. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 @DEPRECATED@ This script has been deprecated as the associated patch is not currently a security...

MDVA-2008:071 : nfs-utils

The nfs server initscript in Mandriva Linux 2008 and 2008 Spring releases lacked support for NFS quota, preventing quota information to be available on user side. The updated packages fix this issue. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 @DEPRECATED@ This script has been deprecated as the associated patch is not...

MDVA-2009:043 : module-init-tools

This stable update for module-init-tools fixes a number of problems found since the initial Mandriva Linux 2009 release, the most important ones are: - depmod may corrupt dependency files 46884 - mkinitrd crash when adding AES encryption modules 46260 - mkinitrd failure when installing recent...

MDVA-2008:180 : cracklib

The cracklib library package was incorrectly providing the development package, which was preventing the compilation of anything relying on cracklib-devel. This update fixes the incorrect Provides. It also corrects an issue when /usr is a separate partition the fails to mount at start, logging in...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : libxslt (MDVSA-2008:151)

A buffer overflow vulnerability in libxslt could be exploited via an XSL style sheet file with a long XLST transformation match condition, which could possibly lead to the execution of arbitrary code CVE-2008-1767. The updated packages have been patched to correct this issue. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 ...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : openoffice.org (MDVSA-2008:095)

A vulnerability in HSQLDB before 1.8.0.9 in OpenOffice.org could allow user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary Java code via crafted database documents CVE-2007-4575. A heap overflow was discovered in OpenOffice.org's EMF parser. An attacker could create a carefully crafted EMF file...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : util-linux-ng (MDVSA-2008:114)

Argument injection vulnerability in login login-utils/login.c in util-linux-ng 2.14 and earlier makes it easier for remote attackers to hide activities by modifying portions of log events. The updated packages have been patched to fix the issue. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : vinagre (MDVSA-2008:240)

Alfredo Ortega found a flaw in how Vinagre uses format strings. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability if they were able to trick a user into connecting to a malicious VNC server, or opening a specially crafted URI with Vinagre. With older versions of Vinagre, it was possible to execu...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : pidgin (MDVSA-2008:143)

An integer overflow flaw was found in Pidgin's MSN protocol handler that could allow for the execution of arbitrary code if a user received a malicious MSN message CVE-2008-2927. In addition, this update provides the ability to use ICQ networks again on Mandriva Linux 2008.0, as in MDVA-2008:103...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : tomcat5 (MDVSA-2009:018)

Apache Tomcat does not properly handle certain characters in a cookie value, which could possibly lead to the leak of sensitive information such as session IDs CVE-2007-5333. The updated packages have been patched to prevent this issue. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : openoffice.org (MDVSA-2009:070)

senddoc uses temporary files /tmp/log.obr.4043 in a insecure way which enables local attackers to overwrite arbitrary files by using a symlink attack CVE-2008-4937. This update provides fix for that vulnerability. Update : Further this update is a rebuild against lastest xulrunner 1.9.0.6...

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 : 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 : 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 : 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 : kernel (MDVSA-2008:044)

The waittaskstopped function in the Linux kernel before 2.6.23.8 checks a TASKTRACED bit instead of an exitstate value, which allows local users to cause a denial of service machine crash via unspecified vectors. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third-party information. CVE-2007-5500...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : libxml2 (MDVSA-2008:192)

A heap-based buffer overflow was found in how libxml2 handled long XML entity names. If an application linked against libxml2 processed untrusted malformed XML content, it could cause the application to crash or possibly execute arbitrary code CVE-2008-3529. The updated packages have been patched...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : mysql (MDVSA-2008:149)

Sergei Golubchik found that MySQL did not properly validate optional data or index directory paths given in a CREATE TABLE statement; as well it would not, under certain conditions, prevent two databases from using the same paths for data or index files. This could allow an authenticated user wit...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : gcc (MDVSA-2008:066)

Jurgen Weigert found a directory traversal vulnerability in fastjar versions prior to 0.93. This vulnerability allows user-assisted attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via a .jar file containing filename with ../ sequences. The updated packages have been patched to correct this issue...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : mpg123 (MDVSA-2009:093-1)

A vulnerability has been found and corrected in mpg123 : Integer signedness error in the storeid3text function in the ID3v2 code in mpg123 before 1.7.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service out-of-bounds memory access and possibly execute arbitrary code via an ID3 tag with a negati...