Ubuntu 6.10 : firefox vulnerabilities (USN-398-1)

Various flaws have been reported that allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code with user privileges by tricking the user into opening a malicious web page containing JavaScript or SVG. CVE-2006-6497, CVE-2006-6498, CVE-2006-6499, CVE-2006-6501, CVE-2006-6502, CVE-2006-6504 Various flaws have...

Ubuntu 6.06 LTS / 6.10 / 7.04 : xscreensaver vulnerability (USN-474-1)

It was discovered that xscreensaver did not correctly validate the return values from network authentication systems such as LDAP or NIS. A local attacker could bypass a locked screen if they were able to interrupt network connectivity. Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the precedi...

Ubuntu 5.10 / 6.06 LTS / 6.10 : ipsec-tools vulnerability (USN-450-1)

A flaw was discovered in the IPSec key exchange server 'racoon'. Remote attackers could send a specially crafted packet and disrupt established IPSec tunnels, leading to a denial of service. Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu...

Ubuntu 6.06 LTS / 6.10 / 7.04 : imagemagick vulnerabilities (USN-481-1)

Multiple vulnerabilities were found in ImageMagick's handling of DCM and WXD image files. By tricking a user into processing a specially crafted image with an application that uses imagemagick, an attacker could execute arbitrary code with the user's privileges. Note that Tenable Network Security...

Ubuntu 6.06 LTS : mysql-dfsg-5.0 vulnerabilities (USN-338-1)

Dmitri Lenev discovered that arguments of setuid SQL functions were evaluated in the security context of the functions' definer instead of its caller. An authenticated user with the privilege to call such a function could exploit this to execute arbitrary statements with the privileges of the...

Ubuntu 6.06 LTS / 6.10 : slocate vulnerability (USN-425-1)

A flaw was discovered in the permission checking code of slocate. When reporting matching files, locate would not correctly respect the parent directory's 'read' bits. This could result in filenames being displayed when the file owner had expected them to remain hidden from other system users. No...

Ubuntu 6.06 LTS : xorg-server vulnerability (USN-514-1)

Aaron Plattner discovered that the Composite extension did not correctly calculate the size of buffers when copying between different bit depths. An authenticated user could exploit this to execute arbitrary code with root privileges. Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding...

Ubuntu 6.06 LTS / 6.10 / 7.04 : firefox vulnerabilities (USN-468-1)

Various flaws were discovered in the layout and JavaScript engines. By tricking a user into opening a malicious web page, an attacker could execute arbitrary code with the user's privileges. CVE-2007-2867, CVE-2007-2868 A flaw was discovered in the form autocomplete feature. By tricking a user in...

Ubuntu 5.04 / 5.10 / 6.06 LTS : apache2 vulnerability (USN-328-1)

Mark Dowd discovered an off-by-one buffer overflow in the modrewrite module's ldap scheme handling. On systems which activate 'RewriteEngine on', a remote attacker could exploit certain rewrite rules to crash Apache, or potentially even execute arbitrary code this has not been verified...

Ubuntu 6.06 LTS / 6.10 / 7.04 : t1lib vulnerability (USN-515-1)

It was discovered that t1lib does not properly perform bounds checking which can result in a buffer overflow vulnerability. An attacker could send specially crafted input to applications linked against t1lib which could result in a DoS or arbitrary code execution. Note that Tenable Network Securi...

Ubuntu 6.06 LTS : mozilla-thunderbird vulnerabilities (USN-297-1)

Jonas Sicking discovered that under some circumstances persisted XUL attributes are associated with the wrong URL. A malicious website could exploit this to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user. MFSA 2006-35, CVE-2006-2775 Paul Nickerson discovered that content-defined setters o...

Ubuntu 5.04 / 5.10 / 6.06 LTS : libwmf vulnerability (USN-333-1)

An integer overflow was found in the handling of the MaxRecordSize field in the WMF header parser. By tricking a user into opening a specially crafted WMF image file with an application that uses this library, an attacker could exploit this to execute arbitrary code with the user's privileges. No...

Ubuntu 6.10 / 7.04 : hplip vulnerability (USN-530-1)

It was discovered that the hpssd tool of hplip did not correctly handle shell meta-characters. A local attacker could exploit this to execute arbitrary commands as the hplip user. Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security...

Ubuntu 6.06 LTS / 6.10 / 7.04 : gimp vulnerability (USN-467-1)

It was discovered that Gimp did not correctly handle RAS image format color tables. By tricking a user into opening a specially crafted RAS file with Gimp, an attacker could exploit this to execute arbitrary code with the user's privileges. Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the...

Ubuntu 6.10 : linux-restricted-modules-2.6.17 vulnerability (USN-404-1)

Laurent Butti, Jerome Razniewski, and Julien Tinnes discovered that the MadWifi wireless driver did not correctly check packet contents when receiving scan replies. A remote attacker could send a specially crafted packet and execute arbitrary code with root privileges. Note that Tenable Network...

Ubuntu 6.06 LTS / 6.10 : linux-restricted-modules-2.6.15, linux-restricted-modules-2.6.17 vulnerability (USN-377-1)

Derek Abdine discovered that the NVIDIA Xorg driver did not correctly verify the size of buffers used to render text glyphs. When displaying very long strings of text, the Xorg server would crash. If a user were tricked into viewing a specially crafted series of glyphs, this flaw could be exploit...

Ubuntu 6.06 LTS / 6.10 / 7.04 : gimp vulnerability (USN-494-1)

Sean Larsson discovered multiple integer overflows in Gimp. By tricking a user into opening a specially crafted DICOM, PNM, PSD, PSP, RAS, XBM, or XWD image, a remote attacker could exploit this to execute arbitrary code with the user's privileges. Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted...

Ubuntu 6.06 LTS / 6.10 / 7.04 : openoffice.org(2)/-amd64 vulnerability (USN-482-1)

John Heasman discovered that OpenOffice did not correctly validate the sizes of tags in RTF documents. If a user were tricked into opening a specially crafted document, a remote attacker could execute arbitrary code with user privileges. Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the...

Ubuntu 5.04 / 5.10 / 6.06 LTS : gnutls11, gnutls12 vulnerability (USN-348-1)

The GnuTLS library did not sufficiently check the padding of PKCS 1 v1.5 signatures if the exponent of the public key is 3 which is widely used for CAs. This could be exploited to forge signatures without the need of the secret key. Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding...

Ubuntu 5.04 / 5.10 / 6.06 LTS : python2.3, python2.4 vulnerability (USN-359-1)

Benjamin C. Wiley Sittler discovered that Python's repr function did not properly handle UTF-32/UCS-4 strings. If an application uses repr on arbitrary untrusted data, this could be exploited to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the python application. Note that Tenable Network Securi...