Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : glib2.0 (MDVSA-2009:080)

Multiple integer overflows in GLib's Base64 encoding and decoding functions enable attackers possibly remote ones, depending on the applications glib2 is linked against with - mostly GNOME ones either to cause denial of service and to execute arbitrary code via an untrusted input CVE-2008-4316...

Ubuntu 6.06 LTS / 7.10 / 8.04 LTS / 8.10 : lcms vulnerabilities (USN-744-1)

Chris Evans discovered that LittleCMS did not properly handle certain error conditions, resulting in a large memory leak. If a user or automated system were tricked into processing an image with malicious ICC tags, a remote attacker could cause a denial of service. CVE-2009-0581 Chris Evans...

FreeBSD : tiff -- multiple integer overflows (3897a2f8-1d57-11d9-bc4a-000c41e2cdad)

Dmitry V. Levin discovered numerous integer overflow bugs in libtiff. Most of these bugs are related to memory management, and are believed to be exploitable for arbitrary code execution. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin...

FreeBSD : xv -- exploitable buffer overflows (fffacc93-16cb-11d9-bc4a-000c41e2cdad)

In a Bugtraq posting, infamous41mdathotpop.com reported : there are at least 5 exploitable buffer and heap overflows in the image handling code. this allows someone to craft a malicious image, trick a user into viewing the file in xv, and upon viewing that image execute arbitrary code under...

FreeBSD : libxml -- remote buffer overflows (9ff4c91e-328c-11d9-a9e7-0001020eed82)

infamous41md reports that libxml contains multiple buffer overflows in the URL parsing and DNS name resolving functions. These vulnerabilities could lead to execution of arbitrary code. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin wer...

FreeBSD : GNATS local privilege elevation (4d837296-cc28-11d8-a54c-02e0185c0b53)

GNATS 3.113.1 contains multiple buffer overflows, through which a local attacker could gain elevated privileges on the system. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were extracted from the FreeBSD VuXML database : Copyright...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : python (MDVSA-2009:003)

Multiple integer overflows in imageop.c in the imageop module in Python 1.5.2 through 2.5.1 allow context-dependent attackers to break out of the Python VM and execute arbitrary code via large integer values in certain arguments to the crop function, leading to a buffer overflow, a different...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : ruby (MDVSA-2008:140)

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in the Ruby interpreter and in Webrick, the webserver bundled with Ruby. Directory traversal vulnerability in WEBrick in Ruby 1.9.0 and earlier, when using NTFS or FAT filesystems, allows remote attackers to read arbitrary CGI files via a trailing 1 + plus...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : mysql (MDVSA-2008:150)

Multiple buffer overflows in yaSSL, which is used in MySQL, allowed remote attackers to execute arbitrary code CVE-2008-0226 or cause a denial of service via a special Hello packet CVE-2008-0227. Sergei Golubchik found that MySQL did not properly validate optional data or index directory paths...

CVE-2009-0147

Multiple integer overflows in the JBIG2 decoder in Xpdf 3.02pl2 and earlier, CUPS 1.3.9 and earlier, and other products allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service crash via a crafted PDF file, related to 1 JBIG2Stream::readSymbolDictSeg, 2 JBIG2Stream::readSymbolDictSeg, and 3...

CVE-2009-0146

Multiple buffer overflows in the JBIG2 decoder in Xpdf 3.02pl2 and earlier, CUPS 1.3.9 and earlier, and other products allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service crash via a crafted PDF file, related to 1 JBIG2SymbolDict::setBitmap and 2 JBIG2Stream::readSymbolDictSeg...

FreeBSD : sharutils -- buffer overflows (26c9e8c6-1c99-11d9-814e-0001020eed82)

From Gentoo advisory GLSA 200410-01 : sharutils contains two buffer overflows. Ulf Harnhammar discovered a buffer overflow in shar.c, where the length of data returned by the wc command is not checked. Florian Schilhabel discovered another buffer overflow in unshar.c. An attacker could exploit...

FreeBSD : CCE contains exploitable buffer overflows (a736deab-5d7d-11d8-80e3-0020ed76ef5a)

The Chinese Console Environment contains exploitable buffer overflows. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were extracted from the FreeBSD VuXML database : Copyright 2003-2018 Jacques Vidrine and contributors Redistribution a...

FreeBSD : Buffer overflows in XFree86 servers (3837f462-5d6b-11d8-80e3-0020ed76ef5a)

A number of buffer overflows were recently discovered in XFree86, prompted by initial discoveries by iDEFENSE. These buffer overflows are present in the font alias handling. An attacker with authenticated access to a running X server may exploit these vulnerabilities to obtain root privileges on...

Ubuntu 6.06 LTS / 8.04 LTS / 8.10 : ghostscript, gs-esp, gs-gpl vulnerabilities (USN-757-1)

It was discovered that Ghostscript contained a buffer underflow in its CCITTFax decoding filter. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a crafted PDF file, an attacker could cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code with privileges of the user invoking the program...

Sun Java JRE Multiple Vulnerabilities (Apr 2009) - Linux

Sun Java JRE is prone to multiple vulnerabilities. SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2009 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only ifdescription...

FreeBSD : lha buffer overflows and path traversal issues (a2ffb627-9c53-11d8-9366-0020ed76ef5a)

Ulf Harnhammar discovered several vulnerabilities in LHa for UNIX's path name handling code. Specially constructed archive files may cause LHa to overwrite files or execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking LHa. This could be particularly harmful for automated systems that...

Fedora 10 : ghostscript-8.63-5.fc10 (2009-2885)

Security update for integer overflows CVE-2009-0583 and upper bounds checks CVE-2009-0584 in the ICC profile handling. Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and form...

FreeBSD : Buffer overflows and format string bugs in Emil (ce46b93a-80f2-11d8-9645-0020ed76ef5a)

Ulf Harnhammar reports multiple buffer overflows in Emil, some of which are triggered during the parsing of attachment filenames. In addition, some format string bugs are present in the error reporting code. Depending upon local configuration, these vulnerabilities may be exploited using speciall...

FreeBSD : Several remotely exploitable buffer overflows in gaim (6fd02439-5d70-11d8-80e3-0020ed76ef5a)

Stefan Esser of e-matters found almost a dozen remotely exploitable vulnerabilities in Gaim. From the e-matters advisory : While developing a custom add-on, an integer overflow in the handling of AIM DirectIM packets was revealed that could lead to a remote compromise of the IM client. After...