Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : bind (MDVSA-2012:119)

A vulnerability was discovered and corrected in bind : High numbers of queries with DNSSEC validation enabled can cause an assertion failure in named, caused by using a bad cache data structure before it has been initialized CVE-2012-3817. The updated packages have been upgraded to bind 9.7.6-P2...

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 : 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 : 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 Linux Security Advisory : usbmuxd (MDVSA-2012:133)

It was discovered that usbmuxd did not correctly perform bounds checking when processing the SerialNumber field of USB devices. An attacker with physical access could use this to crash usbmuxd or potentially execute arbitrary code as the 'usbmux' user CVE-2012-0065. The updated packages have been...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : libxslt (MDVSA-2012:109)

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. The updated packages have been patched to correct this issue. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C...

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 : python-pycrypto (MDVSA-2012:117)

A vulnerability has been discovered and corrected in python-pycrypto : 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...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : icedtea-web (MDVSA-2012:122)

Multiple vulnerabilities has been discovered and corrected in icedtea-web : An uninitialized pointer use flaw was found in IcedTea-Web web browser plugin. A malicious web page could use this flaw make IcedTea-Web browser plugin pass invalid pointer to a web browser. Depending on the browser used,...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : arpwatch (MDVSA-2012:113)

A vulnerability has been discovered and corrected in arpwatch : arpwatch 2.1a15, as used by Red Hat, Debian, Fedora, and possibly others, does not properly drop supplementary groups, which might allow attackers to gain root privileges by leveraging other vulnerabilities in the daemon CVE-2012-265...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : gimp (MDVSA-2012:142)

Multiple vulnerabilities has been discovered and corrected in gimp : A heap-based buffer overflow flaw, leading to invalid free, was found in the way KISS CEL file format plug-in of Gimp, the GNU Image Manipulation Program, performed loading of certain palette files. A remote attacker could provi...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : wireshark (MDVSA-2012:125)

Multiple vulnerabilities was found and corrected in Wireshark : It may be possible to make Wireshark crash by injecting a malformed packet onto the wire or by convincing someone to read a malformed packet trace file CVE-2012-4048. It may be possible to make Wireshark consume excessive CPU resourc...

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 : systemd (MDVSA-2012:030)

A vulnerability has been found and corrected in systemd : A TOCTOU race condition was found in the way the systemd-logind login manager of the systemd, a system and service manager for Linux, performed removal of particular records related with user session upon user logout. A local attacker coul...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : mozilla (MDVSA-2011:192)

Security issues were identified and fixed in mozilla firefox and thunderbird : The SVG implementation in Mozilla Firefox 8.0, Thunderbird 8.0, and SeaMonkey 2.5 does not properly interact with DOMAttrModified event handlers, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service out-of-bounds...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : mono (MDVSA-2012:140)

A vulnerability has been discovered and corrected in mono : Cross-site scripting XSS vulnerability in the ProcessRequest function in mcs/class/System.Web/System.Web/HttpForbiddenHandler.cs in Mono 2.10.8 and earlier allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a file with a...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : wireshark (MDVSA-2011:138)

This advisory updates wireshark to the latest version 1.6.2, fixing several security issues : The prototreeadditem function in Wireshark 1.6.1, when the IKEv1 protocol dissector is used, allows user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service infinite loop via vectors involving a...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : krb5 (MDVSA-2011:184)

A vulnerability has been discovered and corrected in krb5 : The processtgsreq function in dotgsreq.c in the Key Distribution Center KDC in MIT Kerberos 5 aka krb5 1.9 through 1.9.2 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service NULL pointer dereference and daemon crash via a craft...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : libxml2 (MDVSA-2012:126)

A vulnerability was found and corrected in libxml2 : Multiple integer overflows in libxml2, on 64-bit Linux platforms allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via unknown vectors CVE-2012-2807. The updated packages have been patched to correct...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : pidgin (MDVSA-2012:029)

Multiple vulnerabilities has been discovered and corrected in pidgin : The pidginconvchatrenameuser function in gtkconv.c in Pidgin before 2.10.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service NULL pointer dereference and application crash by changing a nickname while in an XMPP chat room...