Updated cinnamon packages fix security vulnerability

A flaw was found in Cinnamon 1.9.2 through 3.8.6. The cinnamon-settings-users.py GUI runs as root and allows configuration of for example other users' icon files in onfacebrowsemenuitemactivated and onfacemenuitemactivated. These icon files are written to the respective user's $HOME/.face locatio...

Updated libcaca packages fix security vulnerabilities

It was discovered that libcaca incorrectly handled certain images. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service CVE-2018-20544. It was discovered that libcaca incorrectly handled certain images. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code...

Updated libwpd packages fix security vulnerability

It was discovered there is a NULL pointer dereference in the function WP6ContentListener::defineTable in WP6ContentListener.cpp that will lead to a denial of service attack CVE-2018-19208...

Updated openslp packages fix security vulnerability

Updated openslp packages fix security vulnerability: OpenSLP is vulnerable to a double freeing of memory that causes a crash in the slpbuffer:SLPBufferRealloc function, which makes it vulnerable to a denial-of-service or remote code execution attack CVE-2017-17833...

Updated taglib packages fix security vulnerability

The TagLib::Ogg::FLAC::File::scan function in oggflacfile.cpp in TagLib 1.11.1 allows remote attackers to cause information disclosure heap-based buffer over-read via a crafted audio file. CVE-2018-11439...

Updated librsvg packages fix a security vulnerability

Updated librsvg package fixes security vulnerability: It was discovered that there was an input validation vulnerability in the librsvg renderer library that could result in data being leaked to remote attackers via a specially-crafted file CVE-2018-1000041...

Updated pdns-recursor package fixes security vulnerability

An issue has been found in the DNSSEC validation component of PowerDNS Recursor, allowing an ancestor delegation NSEC or NSEC3 record to be used to wrongfully prove the non-existence of a RR below the owner name of that record. This would allow an attacker in position of man-in-the-middle to send...

Updated flac packages fix security vulnerability

Memory leak in readmetadatavorbiscomment function could lead to denial of service CVE-2017-6888...

Updated phpmyadmin package fixes a security vulnerability

Updated phpmyadmin package fixes security vulnerability: A self-cross site scripting XSS vulnerability has been reported relating to the central columns feature CVE-2018-7260...

Updated freetype2 packages fix security vulnerability

Updated freetype2 packages fix security vulnerability: FreeType 2 before 2017-02-02 has an out-of-bounds write caused by a heap-based buffer overflow related to the ttsizereset function in truetype/ttobjs.c CVE-2017-7864...

Updated systemd packages fix security vulnerability

In systemd prior to 234 a race exists between .mount and .automount units such that automount requests from kernel may not be serviced by systemd resulting in kernel holding the mountpoint and any processes that try to use said mount will hang. A race like this may lead to denial of service, unti...

Updated gifsicle package fixes security vulnerability

It was discovered that gifsicle contained a flaw that could lead to arbitrary code execution CVE-2017-1000421...

Updated fontforge packages fix security vulnerability

It was discovered that FontForge, a font editor, did not correctly validate its input. An attacker could use this flaw by tricking a user into opening a maliciously crafted OpenType font file, thus causing a denial-of-service via application crash, or execution of arbitrary code CVE-2017-11568,...

Updated shadow-utils packages fix security vulnerability

It was found that shadow-utils had a buffer overflow where if a buffer was left NULL for a cycle the next cycle would happily write past the entries buffer CVE-2017-12424...

Updated firefox packages fix security vulnerability

Web worker in Private Browsing mode can write IndexedDB data. CVE-2017-7843...

Updated samba packages fix security vulnerability

Jeffrey Altman, Viktor Dukhovni, and Nicolas Williams discovered that Samba clients incorrectly trusted unauthenticated portions of Kerberos tickets. A remote attacker could use this to impersonate trusted network servers or perform other attacks CVE-2017-11103. The samba package has been updated...

Updated librsvg packages fix security vulnerability

Division-by-zero in the Gaussian blur code CVE-2017-11464...

Updated libetpan packages fix security vulnerability

It was discovered that libetpan, a C language mail access and handling library that is used in a number of MUAs, contained a NULL dereference vulnerability in the MIME handling code CVE-2017-8825...

Updated smb4k packages fix security vulnerability

Smb4k contains a logic flaw in which mount helper binary does not properly verify the mount command it is being asked to run. This allows calling any other binary as root since the mount helper is typically installed as suid CVE-2017-8849...

Updated flash-player-plugin package fixes security vulnerability

This update fixes the following critical security issues: use-after-free vulnerabilities that could lead to code execution CVE-2017-3058, CVE-2017-3059, CVE-2017-3062, CVE-2017-3063. memory corruption vulnerabilities that could lead to code execution CVE-2017-3060, CVE-2017-3061, CVE-2017-3064...

Updated lynx packages fix security vulnerability

Lynx doesn't parse the authority component of the URL correctly when the host name part ends with '?', and could instead be tricked into connecting to a different host. CVE-2016-9179...

Updated teeworlds package fixes security vulnerability

A security vulnerability was found in the Teeworlds client logic that could enable remote code execution on the client by malicious servers CVE-2016-9400. This maintenance release fixes it...

Updated dracut packages fix security vulnerability

A local information disclosure issue was found in dracut when generating initramfs images with world-readable permissions when "early cpio" is used, such as when including microcode updates. Local attacker can use this to obtain sensitive information from these files, such as encryption keys or...

Updated sudo packages fix security vulnerability

It was discovered that the sudo noexec restriction could have been bypassed if application run via sudo executed wordexp C library function with a user supplied argument. A local user permitted to run such application via sudo with noexec restriction could possibly use this flaw to execute...

Updated irssi packages fix security vulnerability

An information disclosure vulnerability was found in the buf.pl core script for irssi. Other users on the same machine may be able to retrieve the whole window contents after /UPGRADE when the buf.pl script is loaded. Furthermore, this dump of the windows contents is never removed afterwards...

Updated openslp packages fix security vulnerability

A memory corruption bug was present in openslp due to lack of bounds checking in SLPFoldWhiteSpace CVE-2016-7567...

Updated libass packages fixes security vulnerabilities

Amount of memory allocated during memory reallocation in the shaper wasn't tracked, possibly resulting in undefined behavior CVE-2016-7972. Illegal read in Gaussian blur coefficient calculations CVE-2016-7970. Mode 0/3 line wrapping equalization in specific cases could result in illegal reads whi...

Updated python-twisted-web packages fix a security vulnerability

It was discovered that python-twisted-web used the value of the Proxy header from HTTP requests to initialize the HTTPPROXY environment variable for CGI scripts, which in turn was incorrectly used by certain HTTP client implementations to configure the proxy for outgoing HTTP requests. A remote...

Updated squidguard packages fix security vulnerability

The squidGuard.cgi program is vulnerable to a reflected cross site scripting vulnerability in the blocking script squidGuard.cgi. The vulnerability is triggered when a user clicks a link to a blocked site where the url has scripting instructions added CVE-2015-8936. In Mageia's squidguard package...

Updated libimobiledevice packages fix CVE-2016-5104

Updated libimobiledevice and usbmuxd package fixes security vulnerability: The libimobiledevice and libusbmuxd libraries open a socket that listens on all available network interfaces, rather than just the loopback interface as was intended CVE-2016-5104...

Updated dosfstools packages fix security vulnerabilities

Updated dosfstools package fixes security vulnerabilities: In dosfstools before 4.0, if the third to last entry was written on a FAT12 filesystem with an odd number of clusters, the second to last entry would be corrupted. This corruption may also lead to invalid memory accesses when the corrupte...

Updated phpmyadmin/phpseclib packages fix security vulnerability

Password suggestion functionality uses Math.random which does not provide cryptographically secure random numbers CVE-2016-1927. By calling some scripts that are part of phpMyAdmin in an unexpected way, it is possible to trigger phpMyAdmin to display a PHP error message which contains the full pa...

Updated chrony packages fix security vulnerability

In chrony before 1.31.2, when used with symmetric key encryption, the client would accept packets encrypted with keys for any configured server, allowing a server to impersonate other servers to clients, thus performing a man-in-the-middle attack CVE-2016-1567...

Updated python-rsa packages fix security vulnerability

A signature forgery vulnerability in python-rsa allows an attacker to fake signatures for arbitrary messages for any key with a low exponent "e", such as the common value of 3 CVE-2016-1494...

Updated libunwind package fixes security vulnerability

An invalid DWOPbregXX opcodes can access dwarftounwregnummap one item past the end CVE-2015-3239...

Updated ipsec-tools packages fix CVE-2015-4047

Updated ipsec-tools packages fix security vulnerability: Javantea discovered a NULL pointer dereference flaw in racoon, the Internet Key Exchange daemon of ipsec-tools. A remote attacker can use this flaw to cause the IKE daemon to crash via specially crafted UDP packets, resulting in a denial of...

Updated erlang packages fix CVE-2015-2774

Updated erlang packages fix security vulnerability: Erlang's TLS-1.0 implementation failed to check padding bytes, leaving it vulnerable to an issue similar to POODLE CVE-2015-2774...

Updated novnc packages fix CVE-2013-7436

Updated novnc package fixes security vulnerability: noVNC before 0.5.1 allows an attacker to steal insecurely set session token cookies, hijacking active or inactive VNC sessions CVE-2013-7436...

Updated maradns packages fix a security vulnerability

maradns versions prior to 1.4.16 are vulnerable to a DoS-vulnerability through which a malicious authorative DNS-server can cause an infinite chain of referrals. For further details on the vulnerability, see references...

Updated libjpeg packages fix security vulnerability

Passing a specially crafted jpeg file to libjpeg-turbo could lead to stack smashing CVE-2014-9092...

Updated pwgen package fixes security vulnerabilities

Updated pwgen package fixes security vulnerabilities: Pwgen was found to generate weak non-tty passwords by default, which could be brute-forced with a commendable success rate, which could raise security concerns CVE-2013-4440. Pwgen was found to silently falling back to use standard pseudo...

Updated firefox & thunderbird packages fix security vulnerabilities

Updated firefox and thunderbird packages fix security vulnerabilities: Several flaws were found in the processing of malformed web content. A web page containing malicious content could cause Firefox or Thunderbird to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user...

Updated mednafen packages fix CVE-2014-4607

The bundled version of minilzo.c in the mednafen package has been updated to version 2.08 to fix the following security vulnerability: An integer overflow in minilzo before 2.07 allows attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly code execution in applications using performing LZO...

Updated tor package fixes security vulnerability

Tor before 0.2.4.23 maintains a circuit after an inbound RELAYEARLY cell is received by a client, which makes it easier for remote attackers to conduct traffic-confirmation attacks by using the pattern of RELAY and RELAYEARLY cells as a means of communicating information about hidden service name...

Updated couchdb packages fix CVE-2014-2668

Updated couchdb packages fix security vulnerability: Apache CouchDB 1.5.0 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service CPU and memory consumption via the count parameter to /uuids CVE-2014-2668...

Updated elfutils package fixes CVE-2014-0172

Updated elfutils packages fix security vulnerability: The libdw library provides support for accessing DWARF debugging information inside ELF files. An integer overflow flaw in checksection, leading to a heap-based buffer overflow, was found in the libdw library. A malicious ELF file could cause ...

Updated mutt package fixes security vulnerability

A heap-based buffer overflow flaw was found in the way mutt processed certain email headers. A remote attacker could use this flaw to send an email with specially crafted headers that, when processed, could cause mutt to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code with the permissions of the us...

Updated libkdcraw packages fix CVE-2013-1438 & CVE-2013-1439

Updated libkdcraw packages fix libraw security vulnerabilities: It was discovered that LibRaw incorrectly handled photo files. If a user or automated system were tricked into processing a specially crafted photo file, applications linked against LibRaw could be made to crash, resulting in a denia...

Updated pixman package fixes security vulnerability

Bryan Quigley discovered an integer underflow in pixman. If a user were tricked into opening a specially crafted file, an attacker could cause a denial of service via application crash CVE-2013-6425...

Updated xpdf packages fixes security vulnerability

PDF files could be used to inject shell code when xpdf was run from some terminal emulators, due to the use of escape sequences in error messages CVE-2012-2142...