USN-103-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Mathieu Lafon discovered an information leak in the ext2 file system driver. When a new directory was created, the ext2 block written to disk was not initialized, so that previous memory contents which could contain sensitive data like passwords became visible on the raw device. This is...

DEBIAN-CVE-2004-1034

Buffer overflow in the httpopen function in Kaffeine before 0.5, whose code is also used in gxine before 0.3.3, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service application crash and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long Content-Type header for a Real Audio Media .ram playlist file...

CVE-2004-0478

The CVE-2004-0478 entry describes a DoS flaw in Mozilla where JavaScript can trigger an infinite loop that appends input to a form (potentially via control characters such as an embedded ctrl-U), causing high CPU/RAM usage. Affected versions are not precisely specified; the impact is denial of se...

Linux news 20.07.00

Linux 2.0.39pre6 Вышла новая pre-версия очередного ядра из старой стабильной серии: Linux 2.0.39pre6. Подробнее: Linux Kernel pre-patch 2.4.0 test5-pre3 Вышел очередной, третий по счету, пятого тестового ядра Linux - Linux Kernel 2.4.0. Подробнее: ftp://ftp.funet.fi/pub/linux/kernel/testing Kerne...