MDVA-2008:188 : kdewebdev4

The kdewebdev4 package shipped in Mandriva Linux 2009.0 contained several packaging bugs. One is that kfilereplace and kxsldbg had file conflicts on icons, and the other was that no meta package called 'kdewebdev4' was provided. The latter issue would cause kdewebdev4-devel to be installed when...

MDVA-2008:118 : shared-mime-info

The video player totem was associated as an autostart application for audio CDs, but the totem version in Mandriva Linux 2008.1 did not support CD playback anymore. This update removes totem from the list of default applications. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 @DEPRECATED@ This script has been deprecated as...

MDVA-2008:125 : bash-completion

The bash-completion package shipped in Mandriva Linux 2008 Spring had a problem with scp remote host completion, as reported in bug 42063. The updated package fixes the issue. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 @DEPRECATED@ This script has been deprecated as the associated patch is not currently a security fix...

MDVA-2008:092 : python-sip

The python-sip package in Mandriva Linux 2008.0 release contained a packaging bug, making it fail to obsolete old package names. That would lead to an upgrade failure, and python-devel would not install due to unsatisfied dependencies. This update fixes that issue. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 @DEPRECATED...

MDKA-2007:119 : kbd

On a Mandriva Linux 2008 text console, for some locales with unicode enabled, in some cases the typed characters were not displayed correctly. This update to kbd package fixes the problem. %NASLMINLEVEL 999999 @DEPRECATED@ This script has been deprecated as the associated patch is not currently a...

MDVA-2009:033 : tomboy

The synchronization feature in Tomboy would sometimes delete the wrong note. This update fixes the synchronization logic. %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,...

MDVA-2008:187 : evolution

Several feature bugfixes and stability fixes from GNOME 2.22.3 are provided by this package update, as well as translation updates. %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...

MDVA-2008:082 : timezone

Automatic mirror geolocation in drakxtools-backend in Mandriva Linux 2008.1 would fail for some locales, because it uses backward compatibility timezone names for which there were no zone.tab entries in timezone bug 40184, this makes software like urpmi to not select optimal mirrors in its...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : poppler (MDVSA-2008:146)

A memory management issue was found in libpoppler by Felipe Andres Manzano that could allow for the execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running a poppler-based application, if they opened a specially crafted PDF file CVE-2008-2950. The updated packages have been patched to...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : R-base (MDVSA-2008:198)

A symlink vulnerability was found in the javareconf script in R that allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files CVE-2008-3931. The updated packages have been patched to prevent this issue. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package checks in this...

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 : 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 : 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 : 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 : 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 : 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 : epiphany (MDVSA-2009:048-2)

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 Epiphany working directory CVE-2008-5985. This upda...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : libxfont (MDVSA-2008:024)

A heap-based buffer overflow flaw was found in how the X.org server handled malformed font files that could allow a malicious local user to potentially execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the X.org server CVE-2008-0006. The updated packages have been patched to correct this issue...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : vorbis-tools (MDVSA-2008:093)

A vulnerability in the Speex library was found where it did not properly validate input values read from the Speex files headers. An attacker could create a malicious Speex file that would crash an application or potentially allow the execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : clamav (MDVSA-2008:003)

An integer overflow vulnerability was reported by iDefense with clamav when parsing Portable Executable PE files packed in he MEW format. This could be exploited to cause a heap-based buffer overflow CVE-2007-6335. Toeroek Edwin reported an off-by-one error when decompressing MS-ZIP compressed CA...