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[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-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...
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...
[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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-918-1 : osh - programming error
Several security related problems have been discovered in osh, the operator's shell for executing defined programs in a privileged environment. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following vulnerabilities : - CVE-2005-3346 Charles Stevenson discovered a bug in the...
Debian DSA-1092-1 : mysql-dfsg-4.1 - programming error
Josh Berkus and Tom Lane discovered that MySQL 4.1, a popular SQL database, incorrectly parses a string escaped with mysqlrealescape which could lead to SQL injection. This problem does only exist in versions 4.1 and 5.0. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text a...
Debian DSA-1053-1 : mozilla - programming error
Martijn Wargers and Nick Mott described crashes of Mozilla due to the use of a deleted controller context. In theory this could be abused to execute malicious code. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were extracted from Debi...