[SECURITY] [DSA 1245-1] New proftpd packages fix denial of service

-------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA 1245-1 [email protected] http://www.debian.org/security/ Moritz Muehlenhoff January 7th, 2006 http://www.debian.org/security/faq -...

Debian DSA-1217-1 : linux-ftpd - programming error

Paul Szabo discovered that the netkit ftp server switches the user id too late, which may lead to the bypass of access restrictions when running on NFS. This update also adds return value checks to setuid calls, which may fail in some PAM configurations. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network...

Debian DSA-1203-1 : libpam-ldap - programming error

Steve Rigler discovered that the PAM module for authentication against LDAP servers processes PasswordPolicyReponse control messages incorrectly, which might lead to an attacker being able to login into a suspended system account. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descripti...

Debian DSA-1202-1 : screen - programming error

'cstone' and Rich Felker discovered that specially crafted UTF-8 sequences may lead an out of bands memory write when displayed inside the screen terminal multiplexer, allowing denial of service and potentially the execution of arbitrary code. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc...

[SECURITY] [DSA 1203-1] New libpam-ldap packages fix access control bypass

-------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA 1203-1 [email protected] http://www.debian.org/security/ Moritz Muehlenhoff November 2nd, 2006 http://www.debian.org/security/faq -...

Debian DSA-1109-1 : rssh - programming error

Russ Allbery discovered that rssh, a restricted shell, performs insufficient checking of incoming commands, which might lead to a bypass of access restrictions. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were extracted from Debian...

Debian DSA-917-1 : courier - programming error

Patrick Cheong Shu Yang discovered that courier-authdaemon, the authentication daemon of the Courier Mail Server, grants access to accounts that are already deactivated. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were extracted from...

Debian DSA-1177-1 : usermin - programming error

Hendrik Weimer discovered that it is possible for a normal user to disable the login shell of the root account via usermin, a web-based administration tool. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were extracted from Debian...

Debian DSA-895-1 : uim - programming error

Masanari Yamamoto discovered incorrect use of environment variables in uim, a flexible input method collection and library, that could lead to escalated privileges in setuid/setgid applications linked to libuim. Affected in Debian is at least mlterm. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security...

Debian DSA-1163-1 : gtetrinet - programming error

Michael Gehring discovered several potential out-of-bounds index accesses in gtetrinet, a multiplayer Tetris-like game, which may allow a remote server to execute arbitrary code. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were...

Debian DSA-1101-1 : courier - programming error

A bug has been discovered in the Courier Mail Server that can result in a number of processes to consume arbitrary amounts of CPU power. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were extracted from Debian Security Advisory DSA-110...

Debian DSA-889-1 : enigmail - programming error

Hadmut Danish discovered a bug in enigmail, GPG support for Mozilla MailNews and Mozilla Thunderbird, that can lead to the encryption of mail with the wrong public key, hence, potential disclosure of confidential data to others. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive...

Debian DSA-1172-1 : bind9 - programming error

Two vulnerabilities have been discovered in BIND9, the Berkeley Internet Name Domain server. The first relates to SIG query processing and the second relates to a condition that can trigger an INSIST failure, both lead to a denial of service. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. T...

Debian DSA-1028-1 : libimager-perl - programming error

Kjetil Kjernsmo discovered a bug in libimager-perl, a Perl extension for generating 24 bit images, which can lead to a segmentation fault if it operates on 4-channel JPEG images. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were...

Debian DSA-1087-1 : postgresql - programming error

Several encoding problems have been discovered in PostgreSQL, a popular SQL database. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems : - CVE-2006-2313 Akio Ishida and Yasuo Ohgaki discovered a weakness in the handling of invalidly-encoded multibyte text data...

Debian DSA-1015-1 : sendmail - programming error

Mark Dowd discovered a flaw in the handling of asynchronous signals in sendmail, a powerful, efficient, and scalable mail transport agent. This allows a remote attacker to exploit a race condition to execute arbitrary code as root. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The...

Debian DSA-1156-1 : kdebase - programming error

Ludwig Nussel discovered that kdm, the X display manager for KDE, handles access to the session type configuration file insecurely, which may lead to the disclosure of arbitrary files through a symlink attack. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package...

Debian DSA-1038-1 : xzgv - programming error

Andrea Barisani discovered that xzgv, a picture viewer for X with a thumbnail-based selector, attempts to decode JPEG images within the CMYK/YCCK colour space incorrectly, which could lead to the execution of arbitrary code. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive tex...

Debian DSA-879-1 : gallery - programming error

A bug in gallery has been discovered that grants all registrated postnuke users full access to the gallery. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were extracted from Debian Security Advisory DSA-879. The text itself is copyrigh...

Debian DSA-901-1 : gnump3d - programming error

Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in gnump3d, a streaming server for MP3 and OGG files. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures Project identifies the following problems : - CVE-2005-3349 Ludwig Nussel discovered several temporary files that are created with predictable filenames in a...