MDVA-2008:055 : xkeyboard-config

Mandriva Linux 2008.1 introduced an improved Finnish default keyboard layout called Kotoistus. This layout adds altgr-space as a key combination for non-breaking space. However, that key combination can be easily hit accidentally when a normal space was intended instead, especially after typing t...

MDVA-2008:170 : alsa-plugins

The version of alsa-plugins provided with Mandriva Linux 2009.0 fails when trying to record sound via alsa using pulseaudio. This updated package contains an upstream patch to fix this bug. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 @DEPRECATED@ This script has been deprecated as the associated patch is not currently a...

MDKA-2007:068 : e2fsprogs

The libblkid library contained in the libext2fs2 package contains a serious memory leak which can cause machines being used as NFS servers to rapidly consume system memory. This update fixes the memory leak. %NASLMINLEVEL 999999 @DEPRECATED@ This script has been deprecated as the associated patch...

MDVA-2009:024 : totem

Changes on the Youtube web site prevented the youtube totem plugin in Mandriva Linux 2009 from working. Also, totem wouldn't allow setting the colour balance sliders to the minimum or maximum settings. This update fixes both issues. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 @DEPRECATED@ This script has been deprecated...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : evolution-data-server (MDVSA-2009:078)

A wrong handling of signed Secure/Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions S/MIME e-mail messages enables attackers to spoof its signatures by modifying the latter copy CVE-2009-0547. Crafted authentication challange packets NT Lan Manager type 2 sent by a malicious remote mail server enables remote...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : fetchmail (MDVSA-2008:117)

A flaw in fetchmail was discovered that allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service crash and persistent mail failure via a malformed message with long headers. The crash only occured when fetchmail was called in '-v -v' mode CVE-2008-2711. The updated packages have been patched to...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : pidgin (MDVSA-2008:143)

An integer overflow flaw was found in Pidgin's MSN protocol handler that could allow for the execution of arbitrary code if a user received a malicious MSN message CVE-2008-2927. In addition, this update provides the ability to use ICQ networks again on Mandriva Linux 2008.0, as in MDVA-2008:103...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : mpg123 (MDVSA-2009:093-1)

A vulnerability has been found and corrected in mpg123 : Integer signedness error in the storeid3text function in the ID3v2 code in mpg123 before 1.7.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service out-of-bounds memory access and possibly execute arbitrary code via an ID3 tag with a negati...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : pam (MDVSA-2009:077)

A security vulnerability has been identified and fixed in pam : Integer signedness error in the pamStrTok function in libpam/pammisc.c in Linux-PAM aka pam 1.0.3 and earlier, when a configuration file contains non-ASCII usernames, might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service, and mig...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : php (MDVSA-2008:128)

A number of vulnerabilities have been found and corrected in PHP : php-cgi in PHP prior to 5.2.6 does not properly calculate the length of PATHTRANSLATED, which has unknown impact and attack vectors CVE-2008-0599. The escapeshellcmd API function in PHP prior to 5.2.6 has unknown impact and...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : gstreamer0.10-plugins-good (MDVSA-2009:035)

Security vulnerabilities have been discovered and corrected in gstreamer0.10-plugins-good, might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a malformed QuickTime media file CVE-2009-0386, CVE-2009-0387, CVE-2009-0397. The updated packages have been patched to prevent this. %NASLMINLEVEL...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : libcdaudio (MDVSA-2008:233-1)

A heap overflow was found in the CDDB retrieval code of libcdaudio, which could result in the execution of arbitrary code CVE-2008-5030. In addition, the fixes for CVE-2005-0706 were not applied to newer libcdaudio packages as shipped with Mandriva Linux, so the patch to fix that issue has been...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : openoffice.org (MDVSA-2008:095)

A vulnerability in HSQLDB before 1.8.0.9 in OpenOffice.org could allow user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary Java code via crafted database documents CVE-2007-4575. A heap overflow was discovered in OpenOffice.org's EMF parser. An attacker could create a carefully crafted EMF file...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : exiv2 (MDVSA-2008:119)

A flaw was found in exiv2 that would cause exiv2, or applications linked to libexiv2, to crash on image files with certain metadata in the image CVE-2008-2696. The updated packages have been patched to prevent this issue. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text a...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : mysql (MDVSA-2008:149)

Sergei Golubchik found that MySQL did not properly validate optional data or index directory paths given in a CREATE TABLE statement; as well it would not, under certain conditions, prevent two databases from using the same paths for data or index files. This could allow an authenticated user wit...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : util-linux-ng (MDVSA-2008:114)

Argument injection vulnerability in login login-utils/login.c in util-linux-ng 2.14 and earlier makes it easier for remote attackers to hide activities by modifying portions of log events. The updated packages have been patched to fix the issue. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : tomcat5 (MDVSA-2009:018)

Apache Tomcat does not properly handle certain characters in a cookie value, which could possibly lead to the leak of sensitive information such as session IDs CVE-2007-5333. The updated packages have been patched to prevent this issue. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : glib2.0 (MDVSA-2009:080)

Multiple integer overflows in GLib's Base64 encoding and decoding functions enable attackers possibly remote ones, depending on the applications glib2 is linked against with - mostly GNOME ones either to cause denial of service and to execute arbitrary code via an untrusted input CVE-2008-4316...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : avahi (MDVSA-2009:076)

A security vulnerability has been identified and fixed in avahi which could allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service network bandwidth and CPU consumption via a crafted legacy unicast mDNS query packet CVE-2009-0758. The updated packages have been patched to prevent this. %NASLMINLEVEL...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : libxml2 (MDVSA-2008:231)

Drew Yao of the Apple Product Security Team found two flaws in libxml2. The first is a denial of service flaw in libxml2's XML parser. If an application linked against libxml2 were to process certain malformed XML content, it cause the application to enter an infinite loop CVE-2008-4225. The seco...