Scientific Linux Security Update : sudo on SL5.x i386/x86_64

A flaw was found in the way sudo handled Runas specifications containing both a user and a group list. If a local user were authorized by the sudoers file to perform their sudo commands with the privileges of a specified user and group, they could use this flaw to run those commands with the...

glibc: printf() unbound alloca() usage in case of positional parameters + many format specs

The vfprintf function in stdio-common/vfprintf.c in GNU C Library aka glibc 2.5, 2.12, and probably other versions does not "properly restrict the use of" the alloca function when allocating the SPECS array, which allows context-dependent attackers to bypass the FORTIFYSOURCE format-string...

[BSA-041] Security Update for xml-security-c

Russ Allbery uploaded new packages for xml-security-c which fixed the following security problems: CVE-2011-2516 It has been discovered that xml-security-c, an implementation of the XML Digital Signature and Encryption specifications, is not properly handling RSA keys of sizes on the order of 819...

Fedora Update for udunits2 FEDORA-2010-17819

Check for the Version of udunits2 OpenVAS Vulnerability Test Fedora Update for udunits2 FEDORA-2010-17819 Authors: System Generated Check Copyright: Copyright c 2010 Greenbone Networks GmbH, http://www.greenbone.net This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the...

[SECURITY] Fedora 13 Update: udunits2-2.1.19-1.fc13

The Unidata units utility, udunits2, supports conversion of unit specificat ions between formatted and binary forms, arithmetic manipulation of unit specifications, and conversion of values between compatible scales of measurement. A unit is the amount by which a physical quantity is measured. Fo...

[SECURITY] Fedora 14 Update: udunits2-2.1.19-1.fc14

The Unidata units utility, udunits2, supports conversion of unit specificat ions between formatted and binary forms, arithmetic manipulation of unit specifications, and conversion of values between compatible scales of measurement. A unit is the amount by which a physical quantity is measured. Fo...

RedHat Update for sudo RHSA-2010:0675-01

Check for the Version of sudo OpenVAS Vulnerability Test RedHat Update for sudo RHSA-2010:0675-01 Authors: System Generated Check Copyright: Copyright c 2010 Greenbone Networks GmbH, http://www.greenbone.net This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms o...

Important: Red Hat Security Advisory: sudo security update

An updated sudo package that fixes one security issue is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5. The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having important security impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is...

RedHat Security Advisory RHSA-2009:0267

The remote host is missing updates announced in advisory RHSA-2009:0267. The sudo superuser do utility allows system administrators to give certain users the ability to run commands as root with logging. A flaw was discovered in a way sudo handled group specifications in run as lists in the sudoe...

RHEL 5 : sudo (RHSA-2009:0267)

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 5 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2009:0267 advisory. The sudo superuser do utility allows system administrators to give certain users the ability to run commands as root with logging. A flaw was...

sudo: Privilege escalation

Background sudo allows a system administrator to give users the ability to run commands as other users. Description Harald Koenig discovered that sudo incorrectly handles group specifications in RunasAlias and related entries when a group is specified in the list using %group syntax, to allow a...

Moderate: Red Hat Security Advisory: sudo security update

An updated sudo package to fix a security issue is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5. This update has been rated as having moderate security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team. The sudo superuser do utility allows system administrators to give certain users the ability to run...

CVE-2007-4097

Tor before 0.1.2.15 sends "destroy cells" containing the reason for tearing down a circuit, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information, contrary to specifications...

Code injection

Tor before 0.1.2.15 sends "destroy cells" containing the reason for tearing down a circuit, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information, contrary to specifications...

CVE-2007-4097

Tor before 0.1.2.15 sends "destroy cells" containing the reason for tearing down a circuit, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information, contrary to specifications...

CVE-2007-4097

Tor before 0.1.2.15 sends "destroy cells" containing the reason for tearing down a circuit, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information, contrary to specifications...

Ubuntu 4.10 : php4 vulnerability (USN-66-2)

Ubuntu Security Notice USN-66-1 described a circumvention of the 'openbasedir' restriction by using the cURL module. Adam Conrad discovered that the fix from USN-66-1 still allowed to bypass this restriction with certain variants of path specifications. In addition this update fixes the crash of...

CVE-2005-4533

Argument injection vulnerability in scponlyc in scponly 4.1 and earlier, when both scp and rsync compatibility are enabled, allows local users to execute arbitrary applications via "getopt" style argument specifications, which are not filtered...

[Full-disclosure] ICMP attacks against TCP: Conclusions

Folks, My posts to this list have tried to show how easy it is to perform ICMP attacks against TCP. The attacks are blind, so the attacker does not need to be a "man in the middle" to perform then. The typical number of packets required to perform any of these attacks is about 16000 in many cases...

CVE-2002-2112

RCA Digital Cable Modem DCM225 and DCM225E, and other modems that must conform to the Data-over-Cable Service Interface Specifications DOCSIS standard, uses the "public" community string for SNMP access, which allows remote attackers to read or write MIB information...