InspIRCd: Arbitrary code execution

Background InspIRCd Inspire IRCd is a modular C++ IRC daemon Description A vulnerability in InspIRCd allows DNS compression features to control the number of overflowed bytes sent to the heap-based buffer "res" in dns.cpp. Impact A remote attacker could send specially crafted DNS responses,...

VirtualBox: Multiple vulnerabilities

Background VirtualBox is a powerful virtualization product from Oracle. Description Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities have been discovered in VirtualBox. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details. Impact A local attacker may be able to gain escalated privileges via unknown...

Chromium, V8: Multiple vulnerabilities

Background Chromium is an open source web browser project. V8 is Google's open source JavaScript engine. SPDY is an experimental networking protocol. Description Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Chromium and V8. Please review the CVE identifiers and release notes referenced below...

libzip: Multiple vulnerabilities

Background libzip is a library for manipulating zip archives. Description Two vulnerabilities have been found in the "zipreadcdir" function in zipopen.c of libzip: An incorrect loop construct, which could cause a heap-based buffer overflow CVE-2012-1162. An integer overflow, which may not restric...

Asterisk: Multiple vulnerabilities

Background Asterisk is an open source telephony engine and toolkit. Description Two vulnerabilities have been found in Asterisk: The "milliwattgenerate" function in appmilliwatt.c is vulnerable to a stack overrun AST-2012-002. The "astparsedigest" function in utils.c is vulnerable to a stack-base...

Logwatch: Arbitrary code execution

Background Logwatch analyzes and reports on system logs. Description logwatch.pl does not properly sanitize log filenames against shell metacharacters before passing them to the "system" function. Impact A remote attacker could pass a specially crafted log filename to Logwatch, possibly resulting...

nginx: Multiple vulnerabilities

Background nginx is a robust, small, and high performance HTTP and reverse proxy server. Description Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in nginx: The TLS protocol does not properly handle session renegotiation requests CVE-2009-3555. The "ngxhttpprocessrequestheaders" function in...

Chromium: Multiple vulnerabilities

Background Chromium is an open source web browser project. Description Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Chromium. Please review the CVE identifiers and release notes referenced below for details. Impact A remote attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted web site usi...

Openswan: Denial of service

Background Openswan is an implementation of IPsec for Linux. Description Two vulnerabilities have been found in Openswan: Improper permissions are used on /var/run/starter.pid and /var/lock/subsys/ipsec CVE-2011-2147. Openswan contains a use-after-free error in the cryptographic helper handler...

Minitube: Insecure temporary file usage

Background Minitube is a Qt4 YouTube desktop client. Description Tomáš Pružina reported that Minitube does not handle temporary files securely. Impact A local attacker could perform symlink attacks to overwrite arbitrary files with the privileges of the user running the application. Workaround...

ModPlug: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code

Background ModPlug is a library for playing MOD-like music. Description Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in ModPlug: The ReadS3M method in loads3m.cpp fails to validate user-supplied information, which could cause a stack-based buffer overflow CVE-2011-1574. The "CSoundFile::ReadWav"...

Audacious Plugins: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code

Background Plugins for the Audacious music player. Description Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Audacious Plugins: The "CSoundFile::ReadWav" function in loadwav.cpp contains an integer overflow which could cause a heap-based buffer overflow CVE-2011-2911. The "CSoundFile::ReadS3M"...

gif2png: Multiple vulnerabilities

Background gif2png converts images from GIF format to PNG format. Description Two vulnerabilities have been found in gif2png: A boundary error in gif2png.c could cause a buffer overflow CVE-2010-4694. The patch for CVE-2009-5018 causes gif2png to truncate GIF pathnames CVE-2010-4695. Impact A...

HPLIP: Multiple vulnerabilities

Background The Hewlett-Packard Linux Imaging and Printing system HPLIP provides drivers for HP's inkjet and laser printers, scanners and fax machines. Description Two vulnerabilities have been found in HPLIP: The "hpmudgetpml" function in pml.c contains a boundary error which could cause a...

ImageMagick: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code

Background ImageMagick is a collection of tools and libraries for manipulating various image formats. Description Two vulnerabilities have been found in ImageMagick: Incorrect offset and count values in the ResolutionUnit tag in EXIF IFD could cause memory corruption CVE-2012-0247. IOP tag offset...

libxml2: Denial of service

Background libxml2 is the XML C parser and toolkit developed for the Gnome project. Description libxml2 does not properly randomize hash functions to protect against hash collision attacks. Impact A remote attacker could entice a user or automated system to open a specially crafted XML document...

usbmuxd: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code

Background usbmuxd is a USB multiplex daemon for use with Apple iPhone and iPod Touch devices. Description The "receivepacket" function in libusbmuxd.c contains a boundary error when parsing the "SerialNumber" field of a USB device, which could cause a heap-based buffer overflow. Impact An attack...

sudo: Privilege escalation

Background sudo allows a system administrator to give users the ability to run commands as other users. Description Two vulnerabilities have been discovered in sudo: When the sudoers file is configured with a Runas group, sudo does not prompt for a password when changing to the new group...

cURL: Multiple vulnerabilities

Background cURL is a command line tool for transferring files with URL syntax, supporting numerous protocols. Description Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in cURL: When zlib is enabled, the amount of data sent to an application for automatic decompression is not restricted CVE-2010-0734...

OpenSSL: Multiple vulnerabilities

Background OpenSSL is an Open Source toolkit implementing the Secure Sockets Layer SSL v2/v3 and Transport Layer Security TLS v1 as well as a general purpose cryptography library. Description Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in OpenSSL: Timing differences for decryption are exposed by CBC...

Rack: Denial of service

Background Rack is a modular Ruby web server interface. Description Rack does not properly randomize hash functions to protect against hash collision attacks. Impact A remote attacker could send a specially crafted form post, possibly resulting in a Denial of Service condition. Workaround There i...

libmikmod: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code

Background libmikmod is a library to play a wide range of module formats. Description Multiple boundary errors have been found in loadit.c in libmikmod, which may cause a buffer overflow. Impact A remote attacker could entice a user to open specially crafted files in an application linked against...

Puppet: Multiple vulnerabilities

Background Puppet is a system configuration management tool written in Ruby. Description Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Puppet. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details. Impact A local attacker could gain elevated privileges, or access and modify arbitrary...

foomatic-filters: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code

Background The foomatic-filters package contains wrapper scripts which are designed to be used with Foomatic. Description The foomatic-rip filter improperly handles command-line arguments, including those issued by FoomaticRIPCommandLine fields in PPD files. Impact A remote attacker could entice ...

spamdyke: Arbitrary code execution

Background spamdyke is a drop-in connection-time spam filter for qmail. Description Boundary errors related to the "snprintf" and "vsnprintf" functions in spamdyke could cause a buffer overflow. Impact A remote attacker could possibly execute arbitrary code or cause a Denial of Service. Workaroun...

libxslt: Denial of service

Background libxslt is the XSLT C library developed for the GNOME project. XSLT is an XML language to define transformations for XML. Description An out of bounds read error has been found in libxslt/pattern.c in libxslt. Impact A remote attacker could entice a user to process an XML file using a...

libxml2: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code

Background libxml2 is the XML C parser and toolkit developed for the Gnome project. Description The "xmlStringLenDecodeEntities" function in parser.c contains a boundary error which could possibly cause a heap-based buffer overflow. Impact A remote attacker could entice a user to open a specially...

stunnel: Arbitrary code execution

Background The stunnel program is designed to work as an SSL encryption wrapper between a client and a local or remote server. Description An unspecified heap vulnerability was discovered in stunnel. Impact The vulnerability may possibly be leveraged to perform remote code execution or a Denial o...

libvirt: Multiple vulnerabilities

Background libvirt is a C toolkit to manipulate virtual machines. Description Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in libvirt. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details. Impact These vulnerabilities allow a remote attacker to cause a Denial of Service condition on th...

PowerDNS: Denial of service

Background The PowerDNS nameserver is an authoritative-only nameserver which uses a flexible backend architecture. Description A vulnerability has been found in PowerDNS which could cause a packet loop of DNS responses. Impact A remote attacker could send specially crafted DNS response packets,...

Heimdal: Arbitrary code execution

Background Heimdal is a free implementation of Kerberos 5. Description A boundary error in the "encryptkeyid" function in appl/telnet/libtelnet/encrypt.c of the telnet daemon and client could cause a buffer overflow. Impact An unauthenticated remote attacker may be able to execute arbitrary code...

Asterisk: Denial of service

Background Asterisk is an open source telephony engine and toolkit. Description A vulnerability has been found in Asterisk's handling of certain encrypted streams where the ressrtp module has been loaded but video support has not been enabled. Impact A remote attacker could send a specially craft...

MaraDNS: Denial of service

Background MaraDNS is a proxy DNS server with permanent caching. Description MaraDNS does not properly randomize hash functions to protect against hash collision attacks. Impact A remote attacker could send many specially crafted DNS recursive queries, possibly resulting in a Denial of Service...

Quagga: Multiple vulnerabilities

Background Quagga is a free routing daemon replacing Zebra supporting RIP, OSPF and BGP. Description Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Quagga. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details. Impact A BGP peer could send a Route-Refresh message with specially-crafted...

Chromium: Multiple vulnerabilities

Background Chromium is an open source web browser project. Description Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Chromium. Please review the CVE identifiers and release notes referenced below for details. Impact A remote attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted web site usi...

Adobe Reader: Multiple vulnerabilities

Background Adobe Reader is a closed-source PDF reader. Description Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Adobe Reader. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details. Impact A remote attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted PDF file using Adobe Reader,...

bip: Multiple vulnerabilities

Background bip is a multi-user IRC proxy with SSL support. Description Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in bip: Uli Schlachter reported that bip does not properly handle invalid data during authentication, resulting in a daemon crash CVE-2010-3071. Julien Tinnes reported that bip doe...

Chromium: Multiple vulnerabilities

Background Chromium is an open source web browser project. Description Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Chromium. Please review the CVE identifiers and release notes referenced below for details. Impact A remote attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted web site usi...

X.Org X Server/X Keyboard Configuration Database: Screen lock bypass

Background The X Keyboard Configuration Database provides keyboard configuration for various X server implementations. Description Starting with the =x11-base/xorg-server-1.11 package, the X.Org X Server again provides debugging functionality that can be used terminate an application that...

ktsuss: Privilege escalation

Background ktsuss is a simple, graphical version of su written in C and GTK+. Description Two vulnerabilities have been found in ktuss: Under specific circumstances, ktsuss skips authentication and fails to change the effective UID back to the real UID CVE-2011-2921. The GTK interface spawned by...

FreeType: Multiple vulnerabilities

Background FreeType is a high-quality and portable font engine. Description Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in FreeType. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details. Impact A remote attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted font, possibly resulting ...

NX Server Free Edition, NX Node: Privilege escalation

Background NX Server Free Edition is a remote display technology by No Machine. NX Node provides the shared components for NX Server. Description NX Server Free Edition and NX Node use nxconfigure.sh, a setuid script containing an unspecified vulnerability. Impact A local attacker could gain...

JasPer: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code

Background The JasPer Project is an open-source initiative to provide a free software-based reference implementation of the codec specified in the JPEG-2000 Part-1 jpeg2k standard. Description Two vulnerabilities have been found in JasPer: The jpccoxgetcompparms function in libjasper/jpc/jpccs.c...

Firewall Builder: Privilege escalation

Background Firewall Builder is a GUI for easy management of multiple firewall platforms. Description Two vulnerabilities in Firewall Builder allow the iptables and fwbinstall scripts to use temporary files insecurely. Impact A local attacker could possibly overwrite arbitrary files with the...

FontForge: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code

Background FontForge is a PostScript font editor and converter. Description FontForge is vulnerable to an error when processing the "CHARSETREGISTRY" header in font files, which could cause a stack-based buffer overflow. Impact A remote attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted BDF...

MIT Kerberos 5: Multiple vulnerabilities

Background MIT Kerberos 5 is a suite of applications that implement the Kerberos network protocol. Description Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in MIT Kerberos 5. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details. Impact A remote attacker may be able to execute arbitrary...

MIT Kerberos 5 Applications: Multiple vulnerabilities

Background A suite of applications that implement the Kerberos 5 network protocol from MIT. Description Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in MIT Kerberos 5 Applications: An error in the FTP daemon prevents it from dropping its initial effective group identifier CVE-2011-1526. A bounda...

Tor: Multiple vulnerabilities

Background Tor is an implementation of second generation Onion Routing, a connection-oriented anonymizing communication service. Description Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Tor: When configured as client or bridge, Tor uses the same TLS certificate chain for all outgoing...

iSCSI Enterprise Target: Arbitrary code execution

Background iSCSI Enterprise Target is an open source iSCSI target with professional features. Description Multiple functions in usr/iscsi/isns.c of iSCSI Enterprise Target contain format string errors. Impact A remote attacker could send a specially-crafted Internet Storage Name Service iSNS...

mDNSResponder: Multiple vulnerabilities

Background mDNSResponder is a component of Apple's Bonjour, an initiative for zero-configuration networking. Description Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in mDNSResponder. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details. Impact A local or remote attacker may be able to...