Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : tcl (MDVSA-2008:059)

A flaw in the Tcl regular expression handling engine was originally discovered by Will Drewry in the PostgreSQL database server's Tcl regular expression engine. This flaw can result in an infinite loop when processing certain regular expressions. The updated packages have been patched to correct...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : qemu (MDVSA-2009:008)

Security vulnerabilities have been discovered and corrected in VNC server of qemu version 0.9.1 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 preve...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : ntp (MDVSA-2009:007)

A flaw was found in how NTP checked the return value of signature verification. A remote attacker could use this to bypass certificate validation by using a malformed SSL/TLS signature CVE-2009-0021. The updated packages have been patched to prevent this issue. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Netwo...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : mod_perl (MDVSA-2009:091-1)

A vulnerability has been found and corrected in modperl v1.x and v2.x : Cross-site scripting XSS vulnerability in Status.pm in Apache::Status and Apache2::Status in modperl1 and modperl2 for the Apache HTTP Server, when /perl-status is accessible, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : net-snmp (MDVSA-2009:056)

A vulnerability has been identified and corrected in net-snmp : The netsnmpudpfmtaddr function snmplib/snmpUDPDomain.c in net-snmp 5.0.9 through 5.4.2, when using TCP wrappers for client authorization, does not properly parse hosts.allow rules, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : libxml2 (MDVSA-2008:010)

A denial of service flaw was discovered by the Google Security Team in the way libxml2 processes malformed XML content. This flaw could cause the application to stop responding. The updated packages have been patched to correct this issue. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : mysql (MDVSA-2009:094)

Multiple vulnerabilities has been found and corrected in mysql : MySQL 5.0 before 5.0.66, 5.1 before 5.1.26, and 6.0 before 6.0.6 does not properly handle a b'' b single-quote single-quote token, aka an empty bit-string literal, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service daemon...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : rdesktop (MDVSA-2008:101)

Several vulnerabilities were discovered in rdesktop, a Remote Desktop Protocol client. An integer underflow vulnerability allowed attackers to cause a denial of service crash and possibly execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the logged-in user CVE-2008-1801. A buffer overflow vulnerabili...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : enscript (MDVSA-2008:243)

Two buffer overflow vulnerabilities were discovered in GNU enscript, which could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary commands via a specially crafted ASCII file, if the file were opened with the -e or --escapes option enabled CVE-2008-3863, CVE-2008-4306. The updated packages have been patched...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : openssh (MDVSA-2008:078)

OpenSSH allows local users to hijack forwarded X connections by causing ssh to set DISPLAY to :10, even when another process is listening on the associated port. The updated packages have been patched to prevent this issue. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : perl (MDVSA-2008:100)

A double free vulnerability in Perl 5.8.8 and earlier versions, allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service memory corruption and crash via a crafted regular expression containing UTF8 characters. The updated packages have been patched to prevent this. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : net-snmp (MDVSA-2008:118)

A vulnerability was found in how Net-SNMP checked an SNMPv3 packet's Keyed-Hash Message Authentication Code HMAC. An attacker could exploit this flaw to spoof an authenticated SNMPv3 packet CVE-2008-0960. A buffer overflow was found in the perl bindings for Net-SNMP that could be exploited if an...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : pam_mount (MDVSA-2008:208-1)

pammount 0.10 through 0.45, when luserconf is enabled, does not verify mountpoint and source ownership before mounting a user-defined volume, which allows local users to bypass intended access restrictions via a local mount. The updated packages have been patched to fix the issue. Update : The fi...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : python-pycrypto (MDVSA-2009:050-1)

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 : policykit (MDVSA-2008:087)

A format string vulnerability in the grant helper, in PolicyKit 0.7 and earlier, allows attackers to cause a denial of service crash and possibly execute arbitrary code via format strings in a password. The updated package has been patched to correct this issue. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : php (MDVSA-2008:127)

A number of vulnerabilities have been found and corrected in PHP : The htmlentities and htmlspecialchars functions in PHP prior to 5.2.5 accepted partial multibyte sequences, which has unknown impact and attack vectors CVE-2007-5898. The outputaddrewritevar function in PHP prior to 5.2.5 rewrites...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : php (MDVSA-2008:126)

A number of vulnerabilities have been found and corrected in PHP : PHP 5.2.1 would allow context-dependent attackers to read portions of heap memory by executing certain scripts with a serialized data input string beginning with 'S:', which did not properly track the number of input bytes being...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : kdelibs (MDVSA-2008:097)

A vulnerability was found in startkdeinit in KDE 3.5.5 through 3.5.9 where, if it was installed setuid root, it could allow local users to cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code CVE-2008-1671. By default, startkdeinit is not installed setuid root on Mandriva Linux, however...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : ffmpeg (MDVSA-2008:157)

A vulnerability was found in how ffmpeg handled STR file demuxing. If a user were tricked into processing a malicious STR file, a remote attacker could execute arbitrary code with user privileges via applications linked against ffmpeg CVE-2008-3162. The updated packages have been patched to corre...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : dia (MDVSA-2009:040)

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 dia working directory CVE-2008-5984. This update...