Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : glibc (MDKSA-2000:045-1)

A bug was discovered in ld.so that could allow local users to obtain root privileges. The dynamic loader, ld.so, is responsible for making shared libraries available within a program at run-time. Normally, a user is allowed to load additional shared libraries when executing a program; they can be...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : joe (MDKSA-2000:072)

When exiting joe in a non-standard way such as a system crash, closing an xterm, or a network connection going down, joe will unconditionally append its open buffers to the file DEADJOE. This can be exploited by the creation of DEADJOE symlinks in directories where root would normally use joe. In...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : man (MDKSA-2000:015)

Internet Security Systems ISS X-Force has identified a vulnerability in the makewhatis Bourne shell script that ships with many Linux distributions. It is found in versions 1.5e and higher of man, and handles temporary files insecurely. Local users may gain a variety of privileges depending on th...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : tetex (MDKSA-2005:044)

Previous updates to correct integer overflow issues affecting xpdf overlooked certain conditions when built for a 64 bit platform. formerly CVE-2004-0888. This also affects applications like tetex, that use embedded versions of xpdf. The updated packages are patched to deal with these issues...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : glibc (MDKSA-2001:012)

The LDPRELOAD variable in the GNU C Library is honoured normally even for SUID/SGID applications but removed afterwards from the environment if it does not contain '/' characters. There is a special check which only preloads found libraries if they have the SUID bit set. However, if a library has...

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 : rsh (MDVSA-2008:191)

A vulnerability in the rcp protocol was discovered that allows a server to instruct a client to write arbitrary files outside of the current directory, which could potentially be a security concern if a user used rcp to copy files from a malicious server CVE-2004-0175. This issue was originally...

Mandriva Update for file MDKSA-2007:067 (file)

Check for the Version of file OpenVAS Vulnerability Test Mandriva Update for file MDKSA-2007:067 file Authors: System Generated Check Copyright: Copyright c 2009 Greenbone Networks GmbH, http://www.greenbone.net This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the ter...

Mandriva Update for qt MDKSA-2007:183 (qt)

Check for the Version of qt OpenVAS Vulnerability Test Mandriva Update for qt MDKSA-2007:183 qt Authors: System Generated Check Copyright: Copyright c 2009 Greenbone Networks GmbH, http://www.greenbone.net This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of...

Mandriva Update for libvorbis MDKSA-2007:194 (libvorbis)

Check for the Version of libvorbis OpenVAS Vulnerability Test Mandriva Update for libvorbis MDKSA-2007:194 libvorbis Authors: System Generated Check Copyright: Copyright c 2009 Greenbone Networks GmbH, http://www.greenbone.net This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify i...

Mandriva Update for openoffice.org MDKSA-2007:073 (openoffice.org)

Check for the Version of openoffice.org OpenVAS Vulnerability Test Mandriva Update for openoffice.org MDKSA-2007:073 openoffice.org Authors: System Generated Check Copyright: Copyright c 2009 Greenbone Networks GmbH, http://www.greenbone.net This program is free software; you can redistribute it...

Mandriva Update for kdelibs MDKSA-2007:076 (kdelibs)

Check for the Version of kdelibs OpenVAS Vulnerability Test Mandriva Update for kdelibs MDKSA-2007:076 kdelibs Authors: System Generated Check Copyright: Copyright c 2009 Greenbone Networks GmbH, http://www.greenbone.net This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it unde...

Mandriva Update for kdelibs MDKSA-2007:054 (kdelibs)

Check for the Version of kdelibs OpenVAS Vulnerability Test Mandriva Update for kdelibs MDKSA-2007:054 kdelibs Authors: System Generated Check Copyright: Copyright c 2009 Greenbone Networks GmbH, http://www.greenbone.net This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it unde...

Mandriva Update for gimp MDKSA-2007:108 (gimp)

Check for the Version of gimp OpenVAS Vulnerability Test Mandriva Update for gimp MDKSA-2007:108 gimp Authors: System Generated Check Copyright: Copyright c 2009 Greenbone Networks GmbH, http://www.greenbone.net This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the ter...

Mandriva Update for jasper MDKSA-2007:129 (jasper)

Check for the Version of jasper OpenVAS Vulnerability Test Mandriva Update for jasper MDKSA-2007:129 jasper Authors: System Generated Check Copyright: Copyright c 2009 Greenbone Networks GmbH, http://www.greenbone.net This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under t...

Mandriva Update for avahi MDKSA-2007:003 (avahi)

Check for the Version of avahi OpenVAS Vulnerability Test Mandriva Update for avahi MDKSA-2007:003 avahi Authors: System Generated Check Copyright: Copyright c 2009 Greenbone Networks GmbH, http://www.greenbone.net This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the...

Mandriva Update for php MDKSA-2007:089 (php)

Check for the Version of php OpenVAS Vulnerability Test Mandriva Update for php MDKSA-2007:089 php Authors: System Generated Check Copyright: Copyright c 2009 Greenbone Networks GmbH, http://www.greenbone.net This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms ...

Mandriva Update for xen MDKSA-2007:203 (xen)

Check for the Version of xen OpenVAS Vulnerability Test Mandriva Update for xen MDKSA-2007:203 xen Authors: System Generated Check Copyright: Copyright c 2009 Greenbone Networks GmbH, http://www.greenbone.net This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms ...

Mandriva Update for php MDKSA-2007:090 (php)

Check for the Version of php OpenVAS Vulnerability Test Mandriva Update for php MDKSA-2007:090 php Authors: System Generated Check Copyright: Copyright c 2009 Greenbone Networks GmbH, http://www.greenbone.net This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms ...

Mandriva Update for tetex MDKSA-2007:164 (tetex)

Check for the Version of tetex OpenVAS Vulnerability Test Mandriva Update for tetex MDKSA-2007:164 tetex Authors: System Generated Check Copyright: Copyright c 2009 Greenbone Networks GmbH, http://www.greenbone.net This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the...