[RHSA-2003:169-01] Updated lv packages fix vulnerability

--------------------------------------------------------------------- Red Hat Security Advisory Synopsis: Updated lv packages fix vulnerability Advisory ID: RHSA-2003:169-01 Issue date: 2003-05-16 Updated on: 2003-05-16 Product: Red Hat Linux Keywords: local root exploit Cross references:...

[RHSA-2003:172-00] Updated 2.4 kernel fixes security vulnerabilities and various bugs

--------------------------------------------------------------------- Red Hat Security Advisory Synopsis: Updated 2.4 kernel fixes security vulnerabilities and various bugs Advisory ID: RHSA-2003:172-00 Issue date: 2003-05-14 Updated on: 2003-05-14 Product: Red Hat Linux Keywords: dos Cross...

Important: Red Hat Security Advisory: : Updated KDE packages fix security issues

This erratum provides updated KDE packages to resolve two security issues. KDE is a graphical desktop environment for the X Window System. KDE fails in multiple places to properly quote URLs and file names before passing them to a command shell. This could allow remote attackers to execute...

Low: Red Hat Security Advisory: : Updated man packages fix minor vulnerability

Updated man packages fix a minor security vulnerability. The man package includes tools for finding and displaying online documentation. Versions of man before 1.51 have a bug where a malformed man file can cause a program named "unsafe" to be run. To exploit this vulnerability a local attacker...

[RHSA-2003:118-01] Updated mICQ packages fix vulnerability

--------------------------------------------------------------------- Red Hat Security Advisory Synopsis: Updated mICQ packages fix vulnerability Advisory ID: RHSA-2003:118-01 Issue date: 2003-04-24 Updated on: 2003-04-24 Product: Red Hat Linux Keywords: mICQ malformed ICQ message DoS 0xFE Cross...

Important: Red Hat Security Advisory: : : : Updated libpng packages fix vulnerabilities

Updated libpng packages that fix various buffer overflow vulnerabilities are available for Red Hat Linux on IBM iSeries and pSeries systems. The libpng package contains a library of functions for creating and manipulating PNG Portable Network Graphics image format files. PNG is a bit-mapped...

CVE-2003-0135

vsftpd FTP daemon in Red Hat Linux 9 is not compiled against TCP wrappers tcpwrappers but is installed as a standalone service, which inadvertently prevents vsftpd from restricting access as intended...

[RHSA-2003:036-01] Updated mgetty packages available

--------------------------------------------------------------------- Red Hat Security Advisory Synopsis: Updated mgetty packages available Advisory ID: RHSA-2003:036-01 Issue date: 2003-04-08 Updated on: 2003-04-08 Product: Red Hat Linux Keywords: mgetty spool permission Cross references:...

Low: Red Hat Security Advisory: : : : Updated mgetty packages available

Updated mgetty packages are now available for Red Hat Linux 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, and 8.0. These updates close a possible buffer overflow and a permissions problem present in versions of mgetty prior to version 1.1.29. Updated 16 April 2003 Added packages for Red Hat Linux on IBM iSeries and pSeries...

Critical: Red Hat Security Advisory: : New samba packages fix security vulnerability

Updated Samba packages that fix a security vulnerability are now available. Updated 9 April 2003 Fixed Samba packages for Red Hat Linux 7.1 have been added to this erratum. Samba is a suite of utilities which provide file and printer sharing services to SMB/CIFS clients. A security vulnerability...

Important: Red Hat Security Advisory: : Updated balsa and mutt packages fix vulnerabilities

New Balsa, Mutt, and libesmtp packages that fix potential buffer overflow vulnerabilities are now available. Mutt is a text-mode email client. Balsa is a GNOME email client which includes code from Mutt. A potential buffer overflow in Mutt version 1.4 exists when parsing mailbox names returned by...

CVE-2003-0135

vsftpd FTP daemon in Red Hat Linux 9 is not compiled against TCP wrappers tcpwrappers but is installed as a standalone service, which inadvertently prevents vsftpd from restricting access as intended...

CVE-2003-0135

CVE-2003-0135 : The vsftpd FTP daemon on Red Hat Linux 9 is not compiled against TCP wrappers and is installed as a standalone service, which prevents it from restricting access as intended. Root cause: lack of wrapper-based access control. Impact and remediation details are not specified in the ...

CVE-2003-0135

vsftpd FTP daemon in Red Hat Linux 9 is not compiled against TCP wrappers tcpwrappers but is installed as a standalone service, which inadvertently prevents vsftpd from restricting access as intended...

Critical: Red Hat Security Advisory: : Updated kerberos packages fix various vulnerabilities

Updated Kerberos packages for Red Hat Linux 9 fix a number of vulnerabilities found in MIT Kerberos. Kerberos is a network authentication system. The MIT Kerberos team released an advisory describing a number of vulnerabilities that affect the kerberos packages shipped as part of Red Hat Linux 9...

CVE-2002-0169

The default stylesheet for DocBook on Red Hat Linux 6.2 through 7.2 is installed with an insecure option enabled, which could allow users to overwrite files outside of the current directory from an untrusted document by using a full pathname as an element identifier...

CVE-2002-0638

setpwnam.c in the util-linux package, as included in Red Hat Linux 7.3 and earlier, and other operating systems, does not properly lock a temporary file when modifying /etc/passwd, which may allow local users to gain privileges via a complex race condition that uses an open file descriptor in...

CVE-2002-0169

The CVE-2002-0169 issue concerns the default DocBook stylesheet shipped with Red Hat Linux 6.2–7.2. The insecure option in the stylesheet allowed an untrusted DocBook document to cause file writes outside the current directory by using a full pathname as an element identifier, potentially affecti...

CVE-2002-0638

CVE-2002-0638 concerns the util-linux package’s login utilities (notably setpwnam.c used by chfn/chsh). The advisory describes a race condition caused by inadequate locking of a temporary file used when modifying /etc/passwd, enabling a local attacker to escalate privileges. The issue affects Red...

CVE-2002-0062

Buffer overflow in ncurses 5.0, and the ncurses4 compatibility package as used in Red Hat Linux, allows local users to gain privileges, related to "routines for moving the physical cursor and scrolling."...