Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-677-2)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2008 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only ifdescription...

Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-697-1)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2008 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only ifdescription...

Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-698-2)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2008 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only ifdescription...

Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-700-1)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2008 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only ifdescription...

Ubuntu USN-700-1 (perl)

The remote host is missing an update to perl announced via advisory USN-700-1. OpenVAS Vulnerability Test $Id: ubuntu7001.nasl 7969 2017-12-01 09:23:16Z santu $ Description: Auto-generated from advisory USN-700-1 perl Authors: Thomas Reinke Copyright: Copyright c 2008 E-Soft Inc...

CVE-2008-5316

Buffer overflow in the ReadEmbeddedTextTag function in src/cmsio1.c in Little cms color engine aka lcms before 1.16 allows attackers to have an unknown impact via vectors related to a length parameter inconsistency involving the contents of "the input file," a different vulnerability than...

USN-649-1: OpenSSH vulnerabilities

It was discovered that the ForceCommand directive could be bypassed. If a local user created a malicious /.ssh/rc file, they could execute arbitrary commands as their user id. This only affected Ubuntu 7.10. CVE-2008-1657 USN-355-1 fixed vulnerabilities in OpenSSH. It was discovered that the fixe...

Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200504-06 (sharutils)

The remote host is missing updates announced in advisory GLSA 200504-06. OpenVAS Vulnerability Test $ Description: Auto generated from Gentoo's XML based advisory Authors: Thomas Reinke Copyright: Copyright c 2008 E-Soft Inc. http://www.securityspace.com Text descriptions are largely excerpted fr...

Ubuntu 6.06 LTS / 7.04 / 7.10 / 8.04 LTS : libxml2 vulnerability (USN-640-1)

Andreas Solberg discovered that libxml2 did not handle recursive entities safely. If an application linked against libxml2 were made to process a specially crafted XML document, a remote attacker could exhaust the system's CPU resources, leading to a denial of service. Note that Tenable Network...

Ubuntu 6.06 LTS / 7.04 / 7.10 / 8.04 LTS : linux, linux-source-2.6.15/20/22 vulnerabilities (USN-637-1)

It was discovered that there were multiple NULL pointer function dereferences in the Linux kernel terminal handling code. A local attacker could exploit this to execute arbitrary code as root, or crash the system, leading to a denial of service. CVE-2008-2812 The dochangetype routine did not...

Ubuntu 8.04 LTS : devhelp, epiphany-browser, midbrowser, yelp update (USN-626-2)

USN-626-1 fixed vulnerabilities in xulrunner-1.9. The changes required that Devhelp, Epiphany, Midbrowser and Yelp also be updated to use the new xulrunner-1.9. A flaw was discovered in the browser engine. A variable could be made to overflow causing the browser to crash. If a user were tricked...

Ubuntu 7.10 / 8.04 LTS : poppler vulnerability (USN-631-1)

Felipe Andres Manzano discovered that poppler did not correctly initialize certain page widgets. If a user were tricked into viewing a malicious PDF file, a remote attacker could exploit this to crash applications linked against poppler, leading to a denial of service. Note that Tenable Network...

Ubuntu 6.06 LTS / 7.04 / 7.10 : firefox vulnerabilities (USN-623-1)

A flaw was discovered in the browser engine. A variable could be made to overflow causing the browser to crash. If a user were tricked into opening a malicious web page, an attacker could cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking the...

Ubuntu 6.06 LTS / 7.04 / 7.10 / 8.04 LTS : bind9 vulnerability (USN-622-1)

Dan Kaminsky discovered weaknesses in the DNS protocol as implemented by Bind. A remote attacker could exploit this to spoof DNS entries and poison DNS caches. Among other things, this could lead to misdirected email and web traffic. Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding...

Ubuntu 6.06 LTS / 7.04 / 7.10 / 8.04 LTS : ruby1.8 vulnerabilities (USN-621-1)

Drew Yao discovered several vulnerabilities in Ruby which lead to integer overflows. If a user or automated system were tricked into running a malicious script, an attacker could cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking the program. CVE-2008-266...

Ubuntu 6.06 LTS / 7.04 / 7.10 / 8.04 LTS : gnutls12, gnutls13 vulnerabilities (USN-613-1)

Multiple flaws were discovered in the connection handling of GnuTLS. A remote attacker could exploit this to crash applications linked against GnuTLS, or possibly execute arbitrary code with permissions of the application's user. Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding...

Ubuntu 7.04 / 7.10 / 8.04 LTS : openssh update (USN-612-5)

Matt Zimmerman discovered that entries in /.ssh/authorizedkeys with options such as 'no-port-forwarding' or forced commands were ignored by the new ssh-vulnkey tool introduced in OpenSSH see USN-612-2. This could cause some compromised keys not to be listed in ssh-vulnkey's output. This update al...

Debian and Ubuntu OpenSSL packages contain a predictable random number generator

Overview A vulnerability in the OpenSSL package included with the Debian GNU/Linux operating system and its derivatives may cause weak cryptographic keys to be generated. Description A weakness exists in the random number generator used by the OpenSSL package included with the Debian GNU/Linux...

Ubuntu 6.06 LTS / 7.04 / 7.10 : ltsp vulnerability (USN-610-1)

Christian Herzog discovered that it was possible to connect to any LTSP client's X session over the network. A remote attacker could eavesdrop on X events, read window contents, and record keystrokes, possibly gaining access to private information. Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted...

Ubuntu 7.04 / 7.10 / 8.04 LTS : kdelibs vulnerability (USN-608-1)

It was discovered that startkdeinit in KDE 3 did not properly sanitize its input. A local attacker could exploit this to send signals to other processes and cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code. CVE-2008-1671. Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding...