Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : libsoup (MDVSA-2009:081)

An integer overflow in libsoup Base64 encoding and decoding functions enables attackers either to cause denial of service and to execute arbitrary code CVE-2009-0585. This update provides the fix for that security issue. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text an...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : openoffice.org (MDVSA-2008:137)

Integer overflow in the rtlallocateMemory function in sal/rtl/source/allocglobal.c in OpenOffice.org OOo 2.0 through 2.4 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted file that triggers a heap-based buffer overflow. CVE-2008-2152 Also, according to bug 38874 decimal numbers on...

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...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : audit (MDVSA-2008:083)

Joe Nall reported a stack-based buffer overflow in Audit's log handling that could allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long command argument CVE-2008-1628. The updated packages have been patched to correct this issue. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : kvm (MDVSA-2009:009)

Security vulnerabilities have been discovered and corrected in VNC server of kvm version 79 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 prevent...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : pycrypto (MDVSA-2009:049-1)

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 : mplayer (MDVSA-2008:219)

A vulnerability that was discovered in xine-lib that allowed remote RTSP servers to execute arbitrary code via a large streamid SDP parameter also affects MPlayer CVE-2008-0073. Several integer overflows were discovered by Felipe Andres Manzano in MPlayer's Real video stream demuxing code. These...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : squid (MDVSA-2008:002)

The cache update reply processing functionality in Squid 2.x before 2.6.STABLE17, and Squid 3.0, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service crash via unknown vectors related to HTTP headers. The updated package fixes this issue. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The...

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 : nasm (MDVSA-2008:120)

An off-by-one error was found in nasm 2.02 that allowed context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service crash or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted file that triggers a stack-based buffer overflow CVE-2008-2719. The updated packages have been patched to prevent this issue...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : hplip (MDVSA-2008:169)

Marc Schoenefeld of the Red Hat Security Response Team discovered a vulnerability in the hplip alert-mailing functionality that could allow a local attacker to elevate their privileges by using specially crafted packets to trigger alert mails that are sent by the root account CVE-2008-2940. Anoth...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : opensc (MDVSA-2008:183)

Chaskiel M Grundman found that OpenSC would initialize smart cards with the Siemens CardOS M4 card operating system without proper access rights. This allowed everyone to change the card's PIN without first having the PIN or PUK, or the superuser's PIN or PUK CVE-2008-2235. Please note that this...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : openoffice.org (MDVSA-2009:006)

Heap-based overflow on functions to manipulate WMF and EMF files in OpenOffice.org documments enables remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on documments holding certain crafted either WMF or EMF files CVE-2008-2237 CVE-2008-2238. This update provide the fix for these security issues and...

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...

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 : 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 : 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 : krb5 (MDVSA-2008:070)

A memory management flaw was found in the GSSAPI library used by Kerberos that could result in an attempt to free already freed memory, possibly leading to a crash or allowing the execution of arbitrary code CVE-2007-5971. A flaw was discovered in how the Kerberos krb5kdc handled Kerberos v4...

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 : libtiff (MDVSA-2008:184)

Drew Yao of the Apple Product Security Team reported multiple uses of uninitialized values in libtiff's LZW compression algorithm decoder. An attacker could create a carefully crafted LZW-encoded TIFF file that would cause an application linked to libtiff to crash or potentially execute arbitrary...