SuSE 11.3 Security Update : glibc (SAT Patch Number 8337)

This update for glibc contains the following fixes : - Fix integer overflows in malloc. CVE-2013-4332, bnc839870 - Fix buffer overflow in glob. bnc691365 - Fix buffer overflow in strcoll. CVE-2012-4412, bnc779320 - Update mount flags in . bnc791928 - Fix buffer overrun in regexp matcher...

Slackware 9.0 : quotacheck security fix in rc.M (SSA:2003-141-06)

An upgraded sysvinit package is available which fixes a problem with the use of quotacheck in /etc/rc.d/rc.M. The original version of rc.M calls quotacheck like this: echo 'Checking filesystem quotas: /sbin/quotacheck -avugM' /sbin/quotacheck -avugM The 'M' option is wrong. This causes the...

CVE-2003-0335

rc.M in Slackware 9.0 calls quotacheck with the -M option, which causes the filesystem to be remounted and possibly reset security-relevant mount flags such as nosuid, nodev, and noexec...