Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : cronie (MDVSA-2013:033)

Updated cronie package fixes the following issue : It was reported that cronie 1.4.8 would leak certain file descriptors. On systems where /etc/crontab is not world-readable this could be an information disclosure concern CVE-2012-6097. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : libxslt (MDVSA-2013:047)

A vulnerability has been discovered and corrected in libxslt : The XSL implementation in libxslt allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service incorrect read operation via unspecified vectors CVE-2012-2825. libxslt 1.1.26 and earlier does not properly manage memory, which might allow remot...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : weechat (MDVSA-2013:136)

Updated weechat packages fix security vulnerability : A buffer overflow is causing a crash or freeze of WeeChat 0.36 to 0.39 when decoding IRC colors in strings. The packages have been patched to fix this problem CVE-2012-5854. Untrusted command for function hookprocess in WeeChat before 0.3.9.2...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : libytnef (MDVSA-2013:099)

Updated libytnef package fixes security vulnerability : Function DecompressRTF in libytnef 1.5 leads to a buffer overflow on certain TNEF files presumably, on files, generated by some recent versions of MS software. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : groff (MDVSA-2013:086)

Multiple vulnerabilities has been found and corrected in groff : contrib/pdfmark/pdfroff.sh in GNU troff aka groff before 1.21 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a pdf.tmp temporary file CVE-2009-5044. The 1 gendef.sh, 2 doc/fixinfo.sh, and 3...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : ettercap (MDVSA-2013:077)

Updated ettercap package fixes security vulnerability : The GTK version of ettercap uses a global settings file at /tmp/.ettercapgtk and does not verify ownership of this file. When parsing this file for settings in gtkuiconfread\ src/interfaces/gtk/ecgtkconf.c, an unchecked sscanf\ call allows a...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : apache-mod_security (MDVSA-2013:029)

A vulnerability has been discovered and corrected in apache-modsecurity : ModSecurity = 2.6.8 is vulnerable to multipart/invalid part ruleset bypass, this was fixed in 2.7.0 released on2012-10-16 CVE-2012-4528. The updated packages have been patched to correct this issue. NOTE: This advisory was...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : exif (MDVSA-2013:036)

A vulnerability has been discovered and corrected in exif : An integer overflow in the function jpegdataloaddata in the exif program could cause a data read beyond the end of a buffer, causing an application crash or leakage of potentially sensitive information when parsing a crafted JPEG file...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : arpwatch (MDVSA-2013:030)

A vulnerability has been discovered and corrected in arpwatch : arpwatch 2.1a15, as used by Red Hat, Debian, Fedora, and possibly others, does not properly drop supplementary groups, which might allow attackers to gain root privileges by leveraging other vulnerabilities in the daemon CVE-2012-265...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : php-ZendFramework (MDVSA-2013:115)

Updated php-ZendFramework packages fix security vulnerabilities : ZendDom, ZendFeed, ZendSoap, and ZendXmlRpc in Zend Framework before 1.11.13 and 1.12.0 are vulnerable to XML Entity Expansion XEE vectors, leading to Denial of Service vectors. XEE attacks occur when the XML DOCTYPE declaration...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : mesa (MDVSA-2013:103)

Updated mesa packages fix security vulnerability : The glsl shaders are vulnerable to a buffer overrun in parceloutuniformstorage::visitfield. When too many uniforms are used, the error will now be caught in checkresources src/glsl/linker.cpp CVE-2012-2864. Additionally, Mesa has been updated to...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : python-pycrypto (MDVSA-2013:120)

Updated python-pycrypto package fixes security vulnerability : PyCrypto before 2.6 does not produce appropriate prime numbers when using an ElGamal scheme to generate a key, which reduces the signature space or public key space and makes it easier for attackers to conduct brute-force attacks to...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : phpmyadmin (MDVSA-2013:144)

Multiple cross-site scripting XSS vulnerabilities in tblgisvisualization.php in phpMyAdmin 3.5.x before 3.5.8 might allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the 1 visualizationSettingswidth or 2 visualizationSettingsheight parameter CVE-2013-1937. This upgrade provides th...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : xinetd (MDVSA-2013:057)

A security issue was identified and fixed in xinetd : builtins.c in Xinetd before 2.3.15 does not check the service type when the tcpmux-server service is enabled, which exposes all enabled services and allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions via a request to tcpmux port 1...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : openssh (MDVSA-2013:051)

A vulnerability has been found and corrected in openssh : The default configuration of OpenSSH through 6.1 enforces a fixed time limit between establishing a TCP connection and completing a login, which makes it easier for remote attackers to cause a denial of service connection-slot exhaustion b...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : gegl (MDVSA-2013:081)

Updated gegl packages fix security vulnerability : An integer overflow flaw, leading to a heap-based buffer overflow, was found in the way the gegl utility processed .ppm Portable Pixel Map image files. An attacker could create a specially crafted .ppm file that, when opened in gegl, would cause...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : bind (MDVSA-2013:058)

A security issue was identified and fixed in ISC BIND : libdns in ISC BIND 9.7.x and 9.8.x before 9.8.4-P2, 9.8.5 before 9.8.5b2, 9.9.x before 9.9.2-P2, and 9.9.3 before 9.9.3b2 on UNIX platforms allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service memory consumption via a crafted regular...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : squid (MDVSA-2013:129)

Updated squid packages fix security vulnerability : Due to missing input validation, the Squid cachemgr.cgi tool in Squid before 3.1.22 and 3.2.4 is vulnerable to a denial of service attack when processing specially crafted requests CVE-2012-5643. It was discovered that the patch for CVE-2012-564...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : net-snmp (MDVSA-2013:049)

A vulnerability has been discovered and corrected in net-snmp : An array index error, leading to out-of heap-based buffer read flaw was found in the way net-snmp agent performed entries lookup in the extension table. When certain MIB subtree was handled by the extend directive, a remote attacker...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : socat (MDVSA-2013:127)

Updated socat package fixes security vulnerability : Heap-based buffer overflow in the xioscanreadline function in xio-readline.c in socat 1.4.0.0 through 1.7.2.0 and 2.0.0-b1 through 2.0.0-b4 allows local users to execute arbitrary code via the READLINE address CVE-2012-0219. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300...