Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : libneon (MDKSA-2004:049)

It was discovered that in portions of neon, sscanf is used in an unsafe manner. This will result in an overflow of a static heap variable. The updated packages provide a patched libneon to correct these problems. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and packag...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : lftp (MDKSA-2003:116)

A buffer overflow vulnerability was discovered by Ulf Harnhammar in the lftp FTP client when connecting to a web server using HTTP or HTTPS and using the 'ls' or 'rels' command on specially prepared directory. This vulnerability exists in lftp versions 2.3.0 through 2.6.9 and is corrected upstrea...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : python (MDKSA-2002:082-1)

A vulnerability was discovered in python by Zack Weinberg in the way that the execvpe method from the os.py module uses a temporary file name. The file is created in an unsafe manner and execvpe tries to execute it, which can be used by a local attacker to execute arbitrary code with the privileg...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : slocate (MDKSA-2004:004)

A vulnerability was discovered by Patrik Hornik in slocate versions up to and including 2.7 where a carefully crafted database could overflow a heap-based buffer. This could be exploited by a local user to gain privileges of the 'slocate' group. The updated packages contain a patch from Kevin...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : gtk+ (MDKSA-2001:061-1)

A vulnerability exists with the GTK+ toolkit in that the GTKMODULES environment variable allows a local user to enter a directory path to a module that does not necessarily need to be associated with GTK+. With this, an attacker could create a custom module and load it using the toolkit which cou...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : xinetd (MDKSA-2001:076)

An audit has been performed on the xinetd 2.3.0 source code by Solar Designer for many different possible vulnerabilities. The 2.3.1 release incorporated his patches into the xinetd source tree. The audit was very thorough and found and fixed many problems. This xinetd update includes his audit...

Fedora Core 2 : sox-12.17.4-4.fc2 (2004-244)

Updated sox packages that fix buffer overflows in the WAV file handling code are now available. Buffer overflows existed in the parsing of WAV file header fields. It was possible that a malicious WAV file could have caused arbitrary code to be executed when the file was played or converted. Note...

alternate samba package for Slackware 10.0

It was pointed out that the new Samba packages for Slackware 10.0 and -current have a dependency on libattr.so that wasn't in the previous packages. Since it's not the intent to introduce new requirements in security patches especially for stable versions, an alternate version of the samba packag...

Fedora Core 2 : ethereal-0.10.3-2.2 (2004-172)

These new packages fix a bug in the last errata where the actual security patch didn't get applied. All users of ethereal are strongly recommended to update to these latest packages. Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security...

[SECURITY] [DSA 530-1] New l2tpd packages fix buffer overflow

-------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA 530-1 [email protected] http://www.debian.org/security/ Matt Zimmerman July 17th, 2004 http://www.debian.org/security/faq -...

[SECURITY] [DSA 528-1] New ethereal packages fix denial of service

-------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA 528-1 [email protected] http://www.debian.org/security/ Matt Zimmerman July 17th, 2004 http://www.debian.org/security/faq -...

DSA-529 netkit-telnet-ssl - format string

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RHEL 2.1 : mailman (RHSA-2004:156)

An updated mailman package that closes a DoS vulnerability in mailman introduced by RHSA-2004:019 is now available. Mailman is a mailing list manager. On February 19 2004, Red Hat issued security erratum RHSA-2004:019 to correct a DoS Denial of Service vulnerability where an attacker could send a...

RHEL 2.1 : ghostscript (RHSA-2003:182)

A ghostscript package fixing a command execution vulnerability is now available. GNU Ghostscript is an interpreter for the PostScript language, and is often used when printing to printers that do not have their own built-in PostScript interpreter. A flaw has been discovered in the way Ghostscript...

RHEL 2.1 : ddskk (RHSA-2003:242)

Updated ddskk packages which fix a temporary file security issue are now available. Daredevil SKK is a simple Kana to Kanji conversion program, an input method of Japanese for Emacs. ddskk does not take appropriate security precautions when creating temporary files. This bug could potentially be...

RHEL 2.1 : ggv (RHSA-2002:211)

Updated packages for gv, ggv, and kdegraphics fix a local buffer overflow when reading malformed PDF or PostScript files. Updated 07 Jan 2003 Added fixed packages for the Itanium IA64 architecture. Updated 06 Feb 2003 Added fixed packages for Advanced Workstation 2.1 Gv and ggv are user interface...

RHEL 2.1 : rxvt (RHSA-2003:055)

Updated rxvt packages are available which fix a number of vulnerabilities in the handling of escape sequences. Updated 12 March 2003 Added packages for Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES and Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS Rxvt is a color VT102 terminal emulator for the X Window System. A number of issues...

[SECURITY] [DSA 527-1] New pavuk packages fix buffer overflow

-------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA 527-1 [email protected] http://www.debian.org/security/ Matt Zimmerman July 3rd, 2004 http://www.debian.org/security/faq -...

[SECURITY] [DSA 521-1] New sup packages fix format string vulnerabilities

-------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA 521-1 [email protected] http://www.debian.org/security/ Matt Zimmerman June 18th, 2004 http://www.debian.org/security/faq -...

MDKSA-2004:060 - Updated ksymoops packages fix symlink vulnerability

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Mandrakelinux Security Update Advisory Package name: ksymoops Advisory ID: MDKSA-2004:060 Date: June 10th, 2004 Affected versions: 10.0, 9.1, 9.2, Corporate Server 2.1 Problem Description: Geoffrey Lee discovered a problem with the ksymoops-gznm scrip...