MDVA-2008:117 : x11-server

This update fixes an X server crash with multiple indirect rendering clients and software rendering. %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-2008:097 : beagle

Beagle was looking for the static indexes generated by beagle-crawl-system in the wrong directory. This update corrects the problem. File data mandrivaMDVA-2008-097.nasl...

MDVA-2008:045 : drakbt

A bug with drakbt caused it to crash when selecting private torrents. This update corrects the problem. %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 wa...

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-2008:056 : rhythmbox

Amazon.com has removed support for the cover image fetching API used in rhythmbox. This updates to the new API to make cover image support work again. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 @DEPRECATED@ This script has been deprecated as the associated patch is not currently a security fix. Disabled on 2012/09/06. ...

MDVA-2008:148 : pulseaudio

Some issues relating to thread cancellation have been discovered in the pulseaudio package shipped with Mandriva Linux 2009.0. These issues could result in the crash of an application acting as a pulseaudio client. This condition is greatly exacerbated when the client is unable to connect to the...

MDVA-2009:008 : amarok

Mandriva Linux 2009.0 shipped with a pre-release version of Amarok. This update provides the final Amarok 2.0 release. %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...

MDVA-2009:005 : x11-server

This updated x11-server-xorg package provides the following fixes: The OpenOffice.org application menu would trigger a bug in the X server's xkb cache code causing it to crash segfault. Fake key events generated by the XTest extension would not change the state of the keyboard leds. This would...

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...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : wireshark (MDVSA-2008:215)

A number of vulnerabilities were discovered in Wireshark that could cause it to crash or abort while processing malicious packets CVE-2008-4680, CVE-2008-4681, CVE-2008-4682, CVE-2008-4683, CVE-2008-4684, CVE-2008-4685. This update provides Wireshark 1.0.4, which is not vulnerable to these issues...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : rxvt (MDVSA-2008:161)

A vulnerability in rxvt allowed it to open a terminal on :0 if the environment variable was not set, which could be used by a local user to hijack X11 connections CVE-2008-1142. The updated packages have been patched to correct this issue. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : openoffice.org (MDVSA-2009:006)

Heap-based overflow on functions to manipulate WMF and EMF files in OpenOffice.org documments enables remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on documments holding certain crafted either WMF or EMF files CVE-2008-2237 CVE-2008-2238. This update provide the fix for these security issues and...

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 : 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...

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 : 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 : krb5 (MDVSA-2008:070)

A memory management flaw was found in the GSSAPI library used by Kerberos that could result in an attempt to free already freed memory, possibly leading to a crash or allowing the execution of arbitrary code CVE-2007-5971. A flaw was discovered in how the Kerberos krb5kdc handled Kerberos v4...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : wireshark (MDVSA-2008:057)

A few vulnerabilities were found in Wireshark, that could cause it to crash or consume excessive memory under certain conditions. This update rovides Wireshark 0.99.8 which is not vulnerable to the issues. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package check...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : mysql (MDVSA-2008:028)

The mysqlchangedb function in MySQL 5.0.x before 5.0.40 did not restore THD::dbaccess privileges when returning from SQL SECURITY INVOKER stored routines, which allowed remote authenticated users to gain privileges CVE-2007-2692. The federated engine in MySQL 5.0.x, when performing a certain SHOW...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : nss_ldap (MDVSA-2008:049)

A race condition in nssldap, when used in applications that use pthread and fork after a call to nssldap, does not properly handle the LDAP connection, which might cause nssldap to return the wrong user data to the wrong process, giving one user access to data belonging to another user, in some...