Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : libotr (MDVSA-2012:131)

A vulnerability was found and corrected in libotr : Just Ferguson discovered that libotr, an off-the-record OTR messaging library, can be forced to perform zero-length allocations for heap buffers that are used in base64 decoding routines. An attacker can exploit this flaw by sending crafted...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : mozilla-thunderbird (MDVSA-2012:018)

Use-after-free vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox 10.x before 10.0.1, Thunderbird 10.x before 10.0.1, and SeaMonkey 2.7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service application crash or possibly execute arbitrary code via vectors that trigger failure of an...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : automake (MDVSA-2012:103)

A vulnerability has been discovered and corrected in automake : A race condition in automake lib/am/distdir.am could allow a local attacker to run arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running make distcheck CVE-2012-3386. The updated packages have been patched to correct this issue...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : krb5 (MDVSA-2011:159)

Multiple vulnerabilities has been found and corrected in krb5 : The kdbldap plugin in the Key Distribution Center KDC in MIT Kerberos 5 aka krb5 1.9 through 1.9.1, when the LDAP back end is used, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service NULL pointer dereference and daemon crash via a...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : wireshark (MDVSA-2012:134)

Multiple vulnerabilities was found and corrected in Wireshark : The DCP ETSI dissector could trigger a zero division CVE-2012-4285. The MongoDB dissector could go into a large loop CVE-2012-4287. The XTP dissector could go into an infinite loop CVE-2012-4288. The AFP dissector could go into a lar...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : libtiff (MDVSA-2012:127)

A vulnerability was found and corrected in libtiff : A heap-based buffer overflow flaw was found in the way tiff2pdf, a TIFF image to a PDF document conversion tool, of libtiff, a library of functions for manipulating TIFF Tagged Image File Format image format files, performed write of TIFF image...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : wireshark (MDVSA-2012:042)

Multiple vulnerabilities was found and corrected in Wireshark : - The ANSI A dissector could dereference a NULL pointer and crash. - The IEEE 802.11 dissector could go into an infinite loop. - The pcap and pcap-ng file parsers could crash trying to read ERF data. - The MP2T dissector could try to...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : networkmanager (MDVSA-2011:171)

Security issues were identified and fixed in networkmanager : GNOME NetworkManager before 0.8.6 does not properly enforce the authadmin element in PolicyKit, which allows local users to bypass intended wireless network sharing restrictions via unspecified vectors CVE-2011-2176. Incomplete blackli...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : openslp (MDVSA-2012:141)

A vulnerability has been discovered and corrected in openslp : The extension parser in slpv2message.c in OpenSLP 1.2.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service infinite loop via a packet with a next extension offset that references this extension or a previous extension CVE-2010-3609...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : squid (MDVSA-2011:193)

A vulnerability has been discovered and corrected in squid : The idnsGrokReply function in Squid before 3.1.16 does not properly free memory, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service daemon abort via a DNS reply containing a CNAME record that references another CNAME record that...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : exif (MDVSA-2012:107)

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 : pidgin (MDVSA-2012:105)

A vulnerability has been discovered and corrected in pidgin : Incorrect handing of inline images in incoming instant messages can cause a buffer overflow and in some cases can be exploited to execute arbitrary code CVE-2012-3374. This update provides pidgin 2.10.6, which is not vulnerable to this...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : graphite2 (MDVSA-2011:174)

Unspecified vulnerabilities were discovered in graphite2 conserning specially crafted TTF fonts and which has unknown impact. As a preemptive measure the new 1.0.3 version is being provided where this is fixed. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : ffmpeg (MDVSA-2012:148)

Multiple vulnerabilities has been found and corrected in ffmpeg. This advisory provides updated versions which resolves various security issues. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were extracted from Mandriva Linux Security...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : systemtap (MDVSA-2011:155)

Multiple vulnerabilities has been discovered and corrected in systemtap : SystemTap 1.4 and earlier, when unprivileged aka stapusr mode is enabled, allows local users to cause a denial of service divide-by-zero error and OOPS via a crafted ELF program with DWARF expressions that are not properly...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : python (MDVSA-2012:097)

Multiple vulnerabilities has been discovered and corrected in python : The ssl module would always disable the CBC IV attack countermeasure CVE-2011-3389. A race condition was found in the way the Python distutils module set file permissions during the creation of the .pypirc file. If a local use...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : pidgin (MDVSA-2012:082)

Multiple vulnerabilities has been discovered and corrected in pidgin : A series of specially crafted file transfer requests can cause clients to reference invalid memory. The user must have accepted one of the file transfer requests CVE-2012-2214. Incoming messages with certain characters or...

Mandriva Update for ffmpeg MDVSA-2012:148 (ffmpeg)

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Mandriva Update for fetchmail MDVSA-2012:149 (fetchmail)

Check for the Version of fetchmail OpenVAS Vulnerability Test Mandriva Update for fetchmail MDVSA-2012:149 fetchmail Authors: System Generated Check Copyright: Copyright c 2012 Greenbone Networks GmbH, http://www.greenbone.net This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify i...

Mandriva Update for ffmpeg MDVSA-2012:148 (ffmpeg)

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