Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : kernel (MDVSA-2008:223)

Some vulnerabilities were discovered and corrected in the Linux 2.6 kernel : Buffer overflow in format descriptor parsing in the uvcparseformat function in drivers/media/video/uvc/uvcdriver.c in uvcvideo in the video4linux V4L implementation in the Linux kernel before 2.6.26.1 has unknown impact...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : gnumeric (MDVSA-2009:043)

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 Gnumeric working directory CVE-2009-0318. This upda...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : pycrypto (MDVSA-2009:049-1)

A vulnerability have been discovered and corrected in PyCrypto ARC2 module 2.0.1, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via a large ARC2 key length CVE-2009-0544. The updated packages have been patched to prevent this. Update : The previous...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : kvm (MDVSA-2009:009)

Security vulnerabilities have been discovered and corrected in VNC server of kvm version 79 and earlier, which could lead to denial-of-service attacks CVE-2008-2382, and make it easier for remote crackers to guess the VNC password CVE-2008-5714. The updated packages have been patched to prevent...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : squid (MDVSA-2008:002)

The cache update reply processing functionality in Squid 2.x before 2.6.STABLE17, and Squid 3.0, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service crash via unknown vectors related to HTTP headers. The updated package fixes this issue. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : qt4 (MDVSA-2008:042)

A potential vulnerability was discovered in Qt4 version 4.3.0 through 4.3.2 which may cause a certificate verification in SSL connections not to be performed. As a result, code that uses QSslSocket could be tricked into thinking that the certificate was verified correctly when it actually failed ...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : audit (MDVSA-2008:083)

Joe Nall reported a stack-based buffer overflow in Audit's log handling that could allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long command argument CVE-2008-1628. The updated packages have been patched to correct this issue. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The...

MDVA-2008:177 : lirc

The LIRC packages included with Mandriva Linux 2008 and Mandriva Linux 2008 Spring did not include the 'commandir' module, which is necessary along with the 'lirccmdir' module to properly support CommandIR remote controls. These updated packages do include the module. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : imlib2 (MDVSA-2009:019)

A vulnerability have been discovered in the load function of the XPM loader for imlib2, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service crash and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted XPM file CVE-2008-5187. The updated packages have been patched to prevent this. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C...

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 : 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 : 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...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : emacs (MDVSA-2008:096)

Steve Grubb found that the vcdiff script in Emacs create temporary files insecurely when used with SCCS. A local user could exploit a race condition to create or overwrite files with the privileges of the user invoking the program CVE-2008-1694. The updated packages have been patched to correct...

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 : 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...

MDVA-2008:107 : myspell-dictionaries

Some thesaurus files of some languages were not properly working witn Mandriva Linux 2008.1. The thesaurus would not bring out the meaning and synonym for any searched word for the following languages: American English, Spanish, French, German, Polish, Czeck, Slovakian, and Hungarian. This releas...

MDVA-2008:141 : mdkonline

This update ensures distribution upgrade notification is not detected in incorrect cases and the distribution upgrade confirmation dialog is not displayed after security updates are applied. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 @DEPRECATED@ This script has been deprecated as the associated patch is not currently ...

MDVA-2009:011 : kdegraphics4

This package updates the libkdraw and libkexiv2 libraries making it possible to build newer versions of digikam. %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...

MDVA-2009:003 : draksnapshot

This update fixes a crash in draksnapshot when hal is confused bug 44966. %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 automatically generated from...

MDVA-2008:046 : kdeutils

Mozilla Firefox on Mandriva Linux 2008.0 was not able to properly handle zip files if only Ark was installed due to a missing mimetype in Ark. This update provides the proper mimetype so zip files will be properly handled in Mozilla Firefox. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 @DEPRECATED@ This script has been...