Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : ircd-hybrid (MDVSA-2013:093)

Updated ircd-hybrid packages fix security vulnerability : Bob Nomnomnom reported a Denial of Service vulnerability in IRCD-Hybrid, an Internet Relay Chat server. A remote attacker may use an error in the masks validation and crash the server CVE-2013-0238. Please note that due to the previously...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : nss-pam-ldapd (MDVSA-2013:106)

Updated nss-pam-ldapd packages fixes the following security vulnerability : Garth Mollett discovered that a file descriptor overflow issue in the use of FDSET in nss-pam-ldapd can lead to a stack-based buffer overflow. An attacker could, under some circumstances, use this flaw to cause a process...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : emacs (MDVSA-2013:076)

Updated emacs packages fix security vulnerabilities : Untrusted search path vulnerability in EDE in CEDET before 1.0.1, as used in GNU Emacs before 23.4 and other products, allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted Lisp expression in a Project.ede file in the directory, or a parent...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : bash (MDVSA-2013:032)

A vulnerability was found and corrected in bash : A stack-based buffer overflow flaw was found in the way bash, the GNU Bourne Again shell, expanded certain /dev/fd file names when checking file names 'test' command and evaluating /dev/fd file names in conditinal command expressions. A remote...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : fail2ban (MDVSA-2013:078)

Updated fail2ban package fixes security vulnerability : fail2ban before 0.8.8 didn't escape the content of \ if used in custom action files, which could cause issues on the system running fail2ban as it scans log files, depending on what content is matched, since that content could contain...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : keepalived (MDVSA-2013:096)

Updated keepalived package fixes security vulnerability : The pidfilewrite function in core/pidfile.c in keepalived 1.2.2 and earlier uses 0666 permissions for the 1 keepalived.pid, 2 checkers.pid, and 3 vrrp.pid files in /var/run/, which allows local users to kill arbitrary processes by writing ...

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 : gimp (MDVSA-2013:082)

Updated gimp packages fix security vulnerabilities : An integer overflow flaw, leading to a heap-based buffer overflow, was found in the GIMP's GIF image format plug-in. An attacker could create a specially crafted GIF image file that, when opened, could cause the GIF plug-in to crash or,...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : freeradius (MDVSA-2013:038)

Updated freeradius packages fixes security vulnerabilities : It was found that the unix module ignored the password expiration setting in /etc/shadow. If FreeRADIUS was configured to use this module for user authentication, this flaw could allow users with an expired password to successfully...

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...

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 : 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 : 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 : 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 : 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 : 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 : sudo (MDVSA-2013:054)

Multiple vulnerabilities has been found and corrected in sudo : A flaw exists in the IP network matching code in sudo versions 1.6.9p3 through 1.8.4p4 that may result in the local host being matched even though it is not actually part of the network described by the IP address and associated...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : otrs (MDVSA-2013:112)

Updated otrs package fixes security vulnerabilities : Multiple cross-site scripting XSS vulnerabilities in Open Ticket Request System OTRS Help Desk 2.4.x before 2.4.13, 3.0.x before 3.0.15, and 3.1.x before 3.1.9, and OTRS ITSM 2.1.x before 2.1.5, 3.0.x before 3.0.6, and 3.1.x before 3.1.6, allo...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : ruby (MDVSA-2013:124)

Updated ruby packages fix security vulnerabilities : Shugo Maedo and Vit Ondruch discovered that Ruby incorrectly allowed untainted strings to be modified in protective safe levels. An attacker could use this flaw to bypass intended access restrictions CVE-2012-4466, CVE-2012-4481. It was...

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...