MGASA-2015-0289 Updated stunnel package fixes security vulnerability

Johan Olofsson discovered an authentication bypass vulnerability in Stunnel, a program designed to work as an universal SSL tunnel for network daemons. When Stunnel in server mode is used with the redirect option and certificate-based authentication is enabled with "verify = 2" or higher, then on...

MGASA-2015-0288 Updated chromium-browser package fixes security vulnerabilities

Chromium-browser 44.0.2403.107 fixes several security issues: PDFium, as used in Google Chrome before 44.0.2403.89, does not properly handle certain out-of-memory conditions, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service heap-based buffer overflow or possibly have unspecified other...

MGASA-2015-0287 Updated icu package fixes security vulnerability

The ucnviogetConverterName function in common/ucnvio.cpp in International Components for Unicode ICU mishandles converter names with initial x- substrings, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service read of uninitialized memory or possibly have unspecified other impact via a craft...

MGASA-2015-0286 Updated icu package fixes security vulnerabilities

The ICU Project's ICU4C library, before 55.1, contains a heap-based buffer overflow in the resolveImplicitLevels function of ubidi.c CVE-2014-8146. The ICU Project's ICU4C library, before 55.1, contains an integer overflow in the resolveImplicitLevels function of ubidi.c due to the assignment of ...

MGASA-2015-0282 Updated wesnoth packages fix security vulnerability

Toom Lõhmus discovered that the Lua API and preprocessor in the Battle for Wesnoth game up to version 1.12.2 included could lead to client-side authentication information disclosure using maliciously crafted files with the .pdb extension CVE-2015-5069, CVE-2015-5070. This issue has been fixed usi...

MGASA-2015-0284 Updated thunderbird package fixes security vulnerabilities

Several flaws were found in the processing of malformed web content. A web page containing malicious content could cause Thunderbird to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running Thunderbird CVE-2015-2724, CVE-2015-2734, CVE-2015-2735, CVE-2015-2736,...

MGASA-2015-0283 Updated wesnoth packages fix security vulnerability

Toom Lõhmus discovered that the Lua API and preprocessor in the Battle for Wesnoth game up to version 1.12.2 included could lead to client-side authentication information disclosure using maliciously crafted files with the .pdb extension CVE-2015-5069, CVE-2015-5070. This issue has been fixed in...

MGASA-2015-0285 Updated expat package fixes security vulnerability

Multiple integer overflows in the XMLGetBuffer function in Expat through 2.1.0 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service heap-based buffer overflow or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted XML data CVE-2015-1283...

MGASA-2015-0280 Updated java-1.8.0-openjdk package fixes security vulnerabilities

Multiple flaws were discovered in the 2D, CORBA, JMX, Libraries and RMI components in OpenJDK. An untrusted Java application or applet could use these flaws to bypass Java sandbox restrictions CVE-2015-4760, CVE-2015-2628, CVE-2015-4731, CVE-2015-2590, CVE-2015-4732, CVE-2015-4733. A flaw was fou...

MGASA-2015-0279 Updated mariadb package fixes security vulnerabilities

The mariadb package has been updated to versions 5.5.44 and 10.0.20 in Mageia 4 and Mageia 5, respectively. Both fix an issue where the client is vulnerable to a man-in-the-middle attack when using the --ssl option, where the SSL/TLS protection could be disabled CVE-2015-3152. The Mageia 4 update...

MGASA-2015-0281 Updated apache package fixes security vulnerabilities

The chunked transfer coding implementation in the Apache HTTP Server before 2.4.14 does not properly parse chunk headers, which allows remote attackers to conduct HTTP request smuggling attacks via a crafted request, related to mishandling of large chunk-size values and invalid chunk-extension...

MGASA-2015-0278 Updated libuser package fixes security vulnerabilities

Two flaws were found in the way the libuser library handled the /etc/passwd file. A local attacker could use an application compiled against libuser for example, userhelper to manipulate the /etc/passwd file, which could result in a denial of service or possibly allow the attacker to escalate the...

MGASA-2015-0277 Updated java-1.7.0-openjdk package fixes security vulnerabilities

Multiple flaws were discovered in the 2D, CORBA, JMX, Libraries and RMI components in OpenJDK. An untrusted Java application or applet could use these flaws to bypass Java sandbox restrictions CVE-2015-4760, CVE-2015-2628, CVE-2015-4731, CVE-2015-2590, CVE-2015-4732, CVE-2015-4733. A flaw was fou...

MGASA-2015-0276 Updated php package fixes security vulnerabilities

Segfault in Phar::convertToData on invalid file CVE-2015-5589. Buffer overflow and stack smashing error in pharfixfilepath CVE-2015-5590. The php package has been updated to version 5.5.27, which fixes these issues, as well as other possible bugs and security issues, including the BACKRONYM flaw,...

MGASA-2015-0275 Updated flash-player-plugin package fixes security vulnerabilities

Adobe Flash Player 11.2.202.491 contains fixes to critical security vulnerabilities found in earlier versions that could potentially allow an attacker to take control of the affected system. Adobe is aware of reports that exploits targeting these vulnerabilities have been published publicly. This...

MGASA-2015-0274 Updated openssl package fixes security vulnerability

During certificate verification, OpenSSL starting from version 1.0.1n and 1.0.2b will attempt to find an alternative certificate chain if the first attempt to build such a chain fails. An error in the implementation of this logic can mean that an attacker could cause certain checks on untrusted...

MGASA-2015-0271 Updated openssh package fixes security vulnerability

In Portable OpenSSH before 6.9p1, when forwarding X11 connections with ForwardX11Trusted=no, connections made after ForwardX11Timeout expired could be permitted and no longer subject to XSECURITY restrictions because of an ineffective timeout check in ssh CVE-2015-5352...

MGASA-2015-0272 Updated bind package fixes security vulnerability

A recursive resolver that is performing DNSSEC validation can be deliberately terminated by any attacker who can cause a query to be performed against a maliciously constructed zone. This will result in a denial of service to clients who rely on that resolver CVE-2015-4620. Note that DNSSEC...

MGASA-2015-0273 Updated flash-player-plugin package fixes critical security vulnerabilities

Adobe Flash Player 11.2.202.481 contains fixes to critical security vulnerabilities found in earlier versions that could potentially allow an attacker to take control of the affected system. Adobe is aware of a report that an exploit targeting CVE-2015-5119 has been publicly published. This updat...

MGASA-2015-0269 Updated virtuoso-opensource package fixes security vulnerabilities

The virtuoso-opensource package has been updated to version 6.1.8 and two additional upstream patches from versions 7.1.0 and 7.2.0 with additional fixes for unspecified security issues have been added...

MGASA-2015-0270 Updated cups-filters package fixes security vulnerability

A heap-based buffer overflow was discovered in the way the texttopdf utility of cups-filters processed print jobs with a specially crafted line size. An attacker being able to submit print jobs could exploit this flaw to crash texttopdf or, possibly, execute arbitrary code with the privileges of...

MGASA-2015-0255 Updated mysql-connector-java package fixes security vulnerability

Difficult to exploit vulnerability allows successful authenticated network attacks via multiple protocols. Successful attack of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized update, insert or delete access to some MySQL Connectors accessible data as well as read access to a subset of MySQL...

MGASA-2015-0263 Updated curl package fixes security vulnerability

libcurl can wrongly send HTTP credentials when re-using connections. Even if the handle for an HTTP connection is reset, it retains the credentials, which can cause them to be unintentionally leaked in subsequent requests CVE-2015-3236. libcurl can get tricked by a malicious SMB server to send of...

MGASA-2015-0262 Updated polkit package fixes security vulnerabilities

Local privilege escalation in polkit before 0.113 due to predictable authentication session cookie values CVE-2015-4625. Various memory corruption vulnerabilities in polkit before 0.113 in the use of the JavaScript interpreter, possibly leading to local privilege escalation CVE-2015-3256. Memory...

MGASA-2015-0265 Updated chromium-browser package fixes security vulnerability

A scheme validation error in WebUI CVE-2015-1266. Two cross-origin bypass issues in Blink CVE-2015-1267, CVE-2015-1268. A normalization error in the HSTS/HPKP preload list CVE-2015-1269. This update also disables the automatic, silent downloading and installation of "external components" like the...

MGASA-2015-0266 Updated pam package fixes security vulnerability

If SELinux is enabled, the unixrunhelperbinary function in Linux-PAM 1.1.8 and earlier hangs indefinitely when verifying a password of 65536 characters, which allows attackers to conduct username enumeration and denial of service attacks CVE-2015-3238...

MGASA-2015-0256 Updated owncloud-client package fixes security vulnerability

ownCloud Desktop Client before 1.8.2 was vulnerable against MITM attacks when used in combination with self-signed certificates CVE-2015-4456. The owncloud-client package has been updated to version 1.8.3, which fixes this issue as well as several other bugs...

MGASA-2015-0258 Updated php package fixes security vulnerability

Incorrect handling of paths with NULs CVE-2015-4598. OS command injection vulnerability in escapeshellarg CVE-2015-4642. Integer overflow in ftpgenlist resulting in heap overflow CVE-2015-4643. Segfault in phppgsqlmetadata CVE-2015-4644. PHP has been updated to version 5.5.26, which fixes multipl...

MGASA-2015-0257 Updated tidy package fixes security vulnerability

A heap-based buffer overflow in tidy could have unspecified impact when processing user-supplied input...

MGASA-2015-0264 Updated wireshark package fixes security vulnerability

WCCP dissector crash CVE-2015-4651. GSM DTAP dissector crash CVE-2015-4652...

MGASA-2015-0261 Updated libwmf package fixes security vulnerability

It was discovered that libwmf did not correctly process certain WMF Windows Metafiles containing BMP images. By tricking a victim into opening a specially crafted WMF file in an application using libwmf, a remote attacker could possibly use this flaw to execute arbitrary code with the privileges ...

MGASA-2015-0267 Updated pcre package fixes security vulnerability

PCRE library is prone to a vulnerability which leads to Heap Overflow. During subpattern calculation of a malformed regular expression, an offset that is used as an array index is fully controlled and can be large enough so that unexpected heap memory regions are accessed CVE-2015-5073...

MGASA-2015-0260 Updated filezilla package fixes security vulnerability

The filezilla package has been updated to version 3.11.0.2, fixing multiple bugs and one security issue, related to the LOGJAM TLS issue when using FTP...

MGASA-2015-0268 Updated firefox package fixes security vulnerability

Several flaws were found in the processing of malformed web content. A web page containing malicious content could cause Firefox to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running Firefox CVE-2015-2722, CVE-2015-2724, CVE-2015-2728, CVE-2015-2733,...

MGASA-2015-0259 Updated coreutils package fixes security vulnerability

Buffer overflows in sort related to the usage of UTF-8 characters CVE-2015-4041, CVE-2015-4042...

MGASA-2015-0254 Updated apache-mod_jk package fixes security vulnerability

An information disclosure flaw due to incorrect JkMount/JkUnmount directives processing was found in the Apache 2 module modjk to forward requests from the Apache web server to Tomcat. A JkUnmount rule for a subtree of a previous JkMount rule could be ignored. This could allow a remote attacker t...

MGASA-2015-0251 Updated python-tornado package fixes security vulnerability

Security fixes CVE-2014-9720 The XSRF token is now encoded with a random mask on each request. This makes it safe to include in compressed pages without being vulnerable to the BREACH attack. This applies to most applications that use both the xsrfcookies and gzip options or have gzip applied by ...

MGASA-2015-0253 Updated drupal package fixes security vulnerability

Incorrect cache handling made private content viewed by "user 1" exposed to other, non-privileged users CVE-2015-3231. A flaw in the Field UI module made it possible for attackers to redirect users to malicious sites CVE-2015-3232. Due to insufficient URL validation, the Overlay module could be...

MGASA-2015-0252 Updated p7zip package fixes security vulnerability

Alexander Cherepanov discovered that p7zip is susceptible to a directory traversal vulnerability. While extracting an archive, it will extract symlinks and then follow them if they are referenced in further entries. This can be exploited by a rogue archive to write files outside the current...

MGASA-2015-0250 Updated postgresql package fixes security vulnerability

Double free vulnerability in PostgreSQL before 9.0.20, 9.1.x before 9.1.16, 9.2.x before 9.2.11, 9.3.x before 9.3.7, and 9.4.x before 9.4.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service crash by closing an SSL session at a time when the authentication timeout will expire during the session...

MGASA-2015-0249 Updated libvpx package fixes security vulnerability

libvpx before 1.4.0 allows remote attackers to trigger a negative value for a size field, and consequently cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact, via a crafted frame size in VP9 video data CVE-2015-1258...

MGASA-2015-0248 Updated flash-player-plugin package fixes security vulnerability

Adobe Flash Player 11.2.202.468 contains fixes to critical security vulnerabilities found in earlier versions that could cause a crash and potentially allow an attacker to take control of the affected system. Adobe is aware of reports that CVE-2015-3113 is being actively exploited in the wild via...

MGASA-2015-0247 Updated cups package fixes security vulnerabilities

It was discovered that CUPS incorrectly handled reference counting when handling localized strings. A remote attacker could use this issue to escalate permissions, upload a replacement CUPS configuration file, and execute arbitrary code CVE-2015-1158. It was discovered that the CUPS templating...

MGASA-2015-0245 Updated ffmpeg package fixes security vulnerability

The mjpegdecodeapp function in libavcodec/mjpegdec.c in FFMpeg before 2.0.7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service out-of-bounds heap access and possibly have other unspecified impact via vectors related to LJIF tags in an MJPEG file CVE-2014-9316. The decodeihdrchunk function in...

MGASA-2015-0244 Updated redis package fixes security vulnerability

It was discovered that redis, a persistent key-value database, could execute insecure Lua bytecode by way of the EVAL command. This could allow remote attackers to break out of the Lua sandbox and execute arbitrary code CVE-2015-4335...

MGASA-2015-0246 Updated openssl package fixes security vulnerabilities

A vulnerability in the TLS protocol allows a man-in-the-middle attacker to downgrade vulnerable TLS connections using ephemeral Diffie-Hellman key exchange to 512-bit export-grade cryptography. This vulnerability is known as Logjam CVE-2015-4000. When processing an ECParameters structure OpenSSL...

MGASA-2015-0242 Updated jackrabbit packages fix CVE-2015-1833

Updated jackrabbit packages fix security vulnerability: In Apache Jackrabbit before 2.4.6, When processing a WebDAV request body containing XML, the XML parser can be instructed to read content from network resources accessible to the host, identified by URI schemes such as "https" or "file"...

MGASA-2015-0241 Updated php-ZendFramework packages fix security vulnerabilities

Updated php-ZendFramework packages fix security vulnerability: Filippo Tessarotto and Maks3w reported potential CRLF injection attacks in mail and HTTP headers in ZendFramework before 1.2.12 CVE-2015-3154...

MGASA-2015-0243 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...

MGASA-2015-0240 Updated rabbitmq-server packages fix security vulnerabilities

Updated rabbitmq-server package fixes security vulnerabilities: RabbitMQ before 3.4.1 does not prevent /api/ from returning text/html error messages which could act as an XSS vector CVE-2014-9649. RabbitMQ before 3.4.1 has a response-splitting vulnerability in /api/downloads CVE-2014-9650. In...