Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : courier-authlib (MDVSA-2013:068)

When using the authpgsql module and if the Postgres server goes down, authpgsql will start leaking memory. A packaging flaw was discovered that caused the courier-authlib-devel package to be installed when installing for example maildrop. This update fixes both of these issues. %NASLMINLEVEL 7030...

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 : 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 : accountsservice (MDVSA-2013:060)

Updated accountsservice packages fix security vulnerability : Florian Weimer discovered that AccountsService incorrectly handled privileges when copying certain files to the system cache directory. A local attacker could exploit this issue to read arbitrary files, bypassing intended permissions...

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 : libupnp (MDVSA-2013:098)

Updated libupnp packages fix security vulnerabilities : The Portable SDK for UPnP Devices libupnp library contains multiple buffer overflow vulnerabilities. Devices that use libupnp may also accept UPnP queries over the WAN interface, therefore exposing the vulnerabilities to the internet...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : stunnel (MDVSA-2013:130)

Updated stunnel packages fix security vulnerability : stunnel 4.21 through 4.54, when CONNECT protocol negotiation and NTLM authentication are enabled, does not correctly perform integer conversion, which allows remote proxy servers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted request that triggers a...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : bip (MDVSA-2013:063)

Updated bip package fixes security vulnerability : Buffer overflow in Bip 0.8.8 and earlier might allow remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code via vectors involving a series of TCP connections that triggers use of many open file descriptors CVE-2012-0806. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenab...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : quagga (MDVSA-2013:122)

Updated quagga package fixes security vulnerability : The bgpcapabilityorf function in bgpd in Quagga 0.99.20.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service assertion failure and daemon exit by leveraging a BGP peering relationship and sending a malformed Outbound Route...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : proftpd (MDVSA-2013:053)

A vulnerability has been found and corrected in proftpd : ProFTPD before 1.3.5rc1, when using the UserOwner directive, allows local users to modify the ownership of arbitrary files via a race condition and a symlink attack on the 1 MKD or 2 XMKD commands CVE-2012-6095. The updated packages have...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : wireshark (MDVSA-2013:055)

Multiple vulnerabilities has been found and corrected in wireshark : Infinite and large loops in ANSI MAP, BACapp, Bluetooth HCI, IEEE 802.3, LTP, and R3 dissectors have been fixed. Discovered by Laurent Butti http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2012-08.html CVE-2012-2392 The DIAMETER...

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 : 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 : 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 : qemu (MDVSA-2013:121)

Updated qemu packages fix security vulnerability : A flaw was found in how qemu, in snapshot mode -snapshot command line argument, handled the creation and opening of the temporary file used to store the difference of the virtualized guest's read-only image and the current state. In snapshot mode...

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 : vte (MDVSA-2013:135)

Updated vte packages fix security vulnerability : A denial of service flaw was found in the way VTE, a terminal emulator widget, processed certain escape sequences with large repeat counts. A remote attacker could provide a specially crafted file, which once opened in a terminal using the VTE...

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 : dbus-glib (MDVSA-2013:071)

Updated dbus-glib packages fix security vulnerability : A privilege escalation flaw was found in the way dbus-glib, the D-Bus add-on library to integrate the standard D-Bus library with the GLib thread abstraction and main loop, performed filtering of the message sender message source subject, wh...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : gnutls (MDVSA-2013:040)

Nadhem Alfardan and Kenny Paterson devised an attack that recovers some bits of the plaintext of a GnuTLS session that utilizes that CBC ciphersuites, by using timing information CVE-2013-1619. The gnutls package has been updated to latest 3.0.28 version to fix above problem. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 ...