MDKSA-2005:136 : gpdf

A vulnerability in the gpdf PDF viewer was discovered. An attacker could construct a malicious PDF file that would cause gpdf to consume all available disk space in /tmp when opened. The updated packages have been patched to correct this problem. %NASLMINLEVEL 999999 @DEPRECATED@ This script has...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : php-imap (MDKSA-2005:194)

'infamous41md' discovered a buffer overflow in uw-imap, the University of Washington's IMAP Server that allows attackers to execute arbitrary code. php-imap is compiled against the static c-client libs from imap. These packages have been recompiled against the updated imap development packages...

Moderate: Red Hat Security Advisory: spamassassin security update

An updated spamassassin package that fixes a denial of service bug when parsing malformed messages is now available. This update has been rated as having moderate security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team. SpamAssassin provides a way to reduce unsolicited commercial email SPAM from...

[Full-disclosure] SUSE Security Announcement: cvs (SUSE-SA:2005:024)

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- SUSE Security Announcement Package: cvs Announcement-ID: SUSE-SA:2005:024 Date: Monday, Apr 18st 2005 13:30 MEST Affected products: 8.2, 9.0, 9.1, 9.2, 9.3 SUSE CORE 9 for x86 SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 8, 9 UnitedLinux 1.0 School-Server 1 Open-Enterprise-Serv...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : gftp (MDKSA-2005:050)

A vulnerability in gftp could allow a malicious FTP server to overwrite files on the local system as the user running gftp due to improper handling of filenames containing slashes. The updated packages are patched to deal with these issues. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The...

FreeBSD Ports : FreeRADIUS < 1.0.1

The remote host has the following package installed : 0.8.0 = freeradius 1.0.1 The remote version of this software is vulnerable to a flaw which may allow an attacker to disable this service remotely. C Tenable Network Security if ! definedfunc"bnrandom" exit0; include"compat.inc"; ifdescription...

Debian DSA-529-1 : netkit-telnet-ssl - format string

'b0f' discovered a format string vulnerability in netkit-telnet-ssl which could potentially allow a remote attacker to cause the execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the telnet daemon the 'telnetd' user by default. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive...

Debian DSA-520-1 : krb5 - buffer overflows

In their advisory MITKRB5-SA-2004-001, the MIT Kerberos announced the existence of buffer overflow vulnerabilities in the krb5anametolocalname function. This function is only used if anametolocalname is enabled in the configuration this is not enabled by default. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : mc (MDKSA-2004:039)

Several vulnerabilities in Midnight Commander were found by Jacub Jelinek. This includes several buffer overflows CVE-2004-0226, as well as a format string issue CVE-2004-0232, and an issue with temporary file and directory creation CVE-2004-0231. Most of the included fixes are backports from CVS...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : kdegraphics (MDKSA-2002:071)

A vulnerability exists in KGhostview, part of the kdegraphics package. It includes a DSC 3.0 parser from GSview then is vulnerable to a buffer overflow while parsing a specially crafted .ps file. It also contains code from gv which is vulnerable to a similar buffer overflow triggered by malformed...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : tripwire (MDKSA-2001:064)

Jarno Juuskonen reported that a temporary file vulnerability exists in versions of Tripwire prior to 2.3.1-2. Because Tripwire opens/creates temporary files in /tmp without the OEXCL flag during filesystem scanning and database updating, a malicious user could execute a symlink attack against the...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : mutt (MDKSA-2004:010)

A bug in mutt was reported by Neils Heinen that could allow a remote attacker to send a carefully crafted mail message that can cause mutt to segfault and possibly execute arbitrary code as the user running mutt. The updated packages have been patched to correct the problem. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C...

SUSE-SA:2003:0010: libmcrypt

The remote host is missing the patch for the advisory SUSE-SA:2003:0010 libmcrypt. Libmcrypt is a data encryption library that is able to load crypto- modules at run-time by using libltdl. Versions of libmcrypt prior to 2.5.5 include several buffer overflows that can be triggered by passing very...

SuSE-SA:2004:012: mc

The remote host is missing the patch for the advisory SuSE-SA:2004:012 mc. The Midnight Commander mc is a file manager for the console. The mc code is vulnerable to several security related bugs like buffer overflows, incorrect format string handling and insecure usage of temporary files. These...

SUSE-SA:2003:036: pam_smb

The remote host is missing the patch for the advisory SUSE-SA:2003:036 pamsmb. The PAM module and server pamsmb allows users of Linux systems to be authenticated by querying an NT server. Dave Airlie informed us about a bug in the authentication code of pamsmb that allows a remote attacker to gai...

SUSE-SA:2002:043: traceroute-nanog/nkitb

The remote host is missing the patch for the advisory SUSE-SA:2002:043 traceroute-nanog/nkitb. Traceroute is a tool that can be used to track packets in a TCP/IP network to determine it's route or to find out about not working routers. Traceroute-nanog requires root privilege to open a raw socket...

SUSE-SA:2002:036: mod_php4

The remote host is missing the patch for the advisory SUSE-SA:2002:036 modphp4. PHP is a well known and widely used web programming language. If a PHP script runs in 'safe mode' several restrictions are applied to it including limits on execution of external programs. An attacker can pass shell...

SUSE-SA:2003:022: apcupsd

The remote host is missing the patch for the advisory SUSE-SA:2003:022 apcupsd. The controlling and management daemon apcupsd for APC's Unbreakable Power Supplies is vulnerable to several buffer overflows and format bugs. These bugs can be exploited remotely by an attacker to gain root access to...

SUSE-SA:2003:0007: cvs

The remote host is missing the patch for the advisory SUSE-SA:2003:0007 cvs. CVS Concurrent Versions System is a version control system which helps to manage concurrent editing of files by various authors. Stefan Esser of e-matters reported a 'double free' bug in CVS server code for handling...

SUSE-SA:2003:020: mutt

The remote host is missing the patch for the advisory SUSE-SA:2003:020 mutt. Mutt is a text-based Mail User Agent MUA. The IMAP-code of mutt is vulnerable to a buffer overflow that can be exploited by a malicious IMAP-server to crash mutt or even execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the...