RHEL 2.1 / 3 : utempter (RHSA-2004:174)

An updated utempter package that fixes a potential symlink vulnerability is now available. Utempter is a utility that allows terminal applications such as xterm and screen to update utmp and wtmp without requiring root privileges. Steve Grubb discovered a flaw in Utempter which allowed device nam...

RHEL 2.1 : libpng (RHSA-2002:152)

Updated libpng packages are available that fix a buffer overflow vulnerability. The libpng package contains a library of functions for creating and manipulating PNG Portable Network Graphics image format files. PNG is a bit-mapped graphics format similar to the GIF format. Versions of libpng prio...

RHEL 2.1 : pine (RHSA-2003:274)

Updated Pine packages that resolve remotely exploitable security issues are now available. Pine, developed at the University of Washington, is a tool for reading, sending, and managing electronic messages including mail and news. A buffer overflow exists in the way unpatched versions of Pine prio...

RHEL 2.1 : hanterm-xf (RHSA-2003:071)

Updated Hangul Terminal packages fix two security issues. Hangul Terminal is a terminal emulator for the X Window System, based on Xterm. Hangul Terminal provides an escape sequence for reporting the current window title, which essentially takes the current title and places it directly on the...

RHEL 2.1 : stunnel (RHSA-2003:297)

Updated stunnel packages are now available. These updates address problems stemming from improper use of non-reentrant functions in signal handlers. Stunnel is a wrapper for network connections. It can be used to tunnel an unencrypted network connection over an encrypted connection encrypted usin...

RHEL 2.1 : pxe (RHSA-2002:165)

Updated PXE packages are now available for Red Hat Linux Advanced Server which fix a vulnerability that can crash the PXE server using certain DHCP packets. The PXE package contains the PXE Preboot eXecution Environment server and code needed for Linux to boot from a boot disk image on a Linux PX...

RHEL 2.1 : vnc (RHSA-2002:287)

Updated VNC packages are available to fix a challenge replay attack that is present in the VNC server. VNC is a tool for providing a remote graphical user interface. The VNC DES authentication scheme is implemented using a challenge-response architecture, producing a random and different challeng...

RHEL 3 : freeradius (RHSA-2003:386)

Updated FreeRADIUS packages are now available that fix a denial of service vulnerability. FreeRADIUS is an Internet authentication daemon, which implements the RADIUS protocol. It allows Network Access Servers NAS boxes to perform authentication for dial-up users. The raddecode function in...

RHEL 2.1 : balsa (RHSA-2003:111)

Updated Balsa packages are available which fix potential vulnerabilities in the IMAP handling code and in libesmtp. Balsa is a GNOME email client which includes code from Mutt. A potential buffer overflow exists in Balsa versions 1.2 and higher when parsing mailbox names returned by an IMAP serve...

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...

Apache 2: Remote denial of service attack

Background The Apache HTTP Server Project is an effort to develop and maintain an open-source HTTP server for modern operating systems. The goal of this project is to provide a secure, efficient and extensible server that provides services in tune with the current HTTP standards. Description A bu...

Pure-FTPd: Potential DoS when maximum connections is reached

Background Pure-FTPd is a fast, production-quality and standards-compliant FTP server. Description Pure-FTPd contains a bug in the acceptclient function handling the setup of new connections. Impact When the maximum number of connections is reached an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to...

DSA-526 webmin - several vulnerabilities

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Pavuk: Remote buffer overflow

Background Pavuk is web spider and website mirroring tool. Description When Pavuk connects to a web server and the server sends back the HTTP status code 305 Use Proxy, Pavuk copies data from the HTTP Location header in an unsafe manner. Impact An attacker could cause a stack-based buffer overflo...

[Full-Disclosure] MDKSA-2004:063 - Updated libpng packages fix potential remote compromise

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Mandrakelinux Security Update Advisory Package name: libpng Advisory ID: MDKSA-2004:063 Date: June 29th, 2004 Affected versions: 10.0, 9.1, 9.2, Corporate Server 2.1, Multi Network Firewall 8.2 Problem Description: A buffer overflow vulnerability was...

mit-krb5: Multiple buffer overflows in krb5_aname_to_localname

Background mit-krb5 is the free implementation of the Kerberos network authentication protocol by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Description The library function krb5anametolocalname contains multiple buffer overflows. This is only exploitable if explicit mapping or rules-based mappin...

gzip: Insecure creation of temporary files

Background gzip GNU zip is popular compression program. The included gzexe utility allows you to compress executables in place and have them automatically uncompress and execute when you run them. Description The script gzexe included with gzip contains a bug in the code that handles tempfile...

DSA-525 apache - buffer overflow

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[ GLSA 200406-17 ] IPsec-Tools: authentication bug in racoon

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IPsec-Tools: authentication bug in racoon

Background IPsec-Tools is a port of KAME's implementation of the IPsec utilities. It contains a collection of network monitoring tools, including racoon, ping, and ping6. Description The KAME IKE daemon racoon is used to authenticate peers during Phase 1 when using either preshared keys, GSS-API,...