MGASA-2017-0263 Updated supervisor packages fix security vulnerability

A vulnerability has been found where an authenticated client can send a malicious XML-RPC request to supervisord that will run arbitrary shell commands on the server. The commands will be run as the same user as supervisord. Depending on how supervisord has been configured, this may be root...

MGASA-2017-0260 Updated kernel-linus packages fixes security and other bugs

This kernel-linus update is based on upstream 4.4.79 and fixes at least the following security issues: Linux kernel built with the VirtIO GPU driverCONFIGDRMVIRTIOGPU support is vulnerable to a memory leakage issue. It could occur while creating a virtio gpu object in virtiogpuobjectcreate. A...

MGASA-2017-0261 Updated kernel-tmb packages fixes security and other bugs

This kernel-tmb update is based on upstream 4.4.79 and fixes at least the following security issues: Linux kernel built with the VirtIO GPU driverCONFIGDRMVIRTIOGPU support is vulnerable to a memory leakage issue. It could occur while creating a virtio gpu object in virtiogpuobjectcreate. A...

MGASA-2017-0264 Updated ruby-rubyzip packages fix security vulnerability

A directory traversal vulnerability could lead to access and overwrite files that are outside of the restricted directory CVE-2017-5946...

MGASA-2017-0258 Updated kernel-linus packages fixes security and other bugs

This kernel-linus update is based on upstream 4.9.40 and fixes at least the following security issues: Linux kernel built with the VirtIO GPU driverCONFIGDRMVIRTIOGPU support is vulnerable to a memory leakage issue. It could occur while creating a virtio gpu object in virtiogpuobjectcreate. A...

MGASA-2017-0262 Updated ffmpeg packages fix security vulnerabilities

This update provides ffmpeg version 3.3.3, which fixes several security vulnerabilities and other bugs which were corrected upstream...

MGASA-2017-0259 Updated kernel-tmb packages fixes security and other bugs

This kernel-tmb update is based on upstream 4.9.40 and fixes at least the following security issues: Linux kernel built with the VirtIO GPU driverCONFIGDRMVIRTIOGPU support is vulnerable to a memory leakage issue. It could occur while creating a virtio gpu object in virtiogpuobjectcreate. A...

MGASA-2017-0256 Updated krb5 packages fix security vulnerability

A denial of service flaw was found in MIT Kerberos krb5kdc service. An authenticated attacker could use this flaw to cause krb5kdc to exit with an assertion failure by making an invalid S4U2Self or S4U2Proxy request CVE-2017-11368...

MGASA-2017-0255 Updated jackson-databind packages fix security vulnerability

A deserialization flaw was discovered in the jackson-databind which could allow an unauthenticated user to perform code execution by sending the maliciously crafted input to the readValue method of the ObjectMapper CVE-2017-7525...

MGASA-2017-0254 Updated perl-XML-LibXML packages fix security vulnerability

Use-after-free in the XML-LibXML module through 2.0129 for Perl allows attackers to execute arbitrary code by controlling the arguments to a replaceChild call CVE-2017-10672...

MGASA-2017-0253 Updated varnish packages fix security vulnerability

A denial of service vulnerability was discovered in Varnish, a state of the art, high-performance web accelerator. Specially crafted HTTP requests can cause the Varnish daemon to assert and restart, clearing the cache in the process CVE-2017-12425...

MGASA-2017-0252 Updated perl-SOAP-Lite packages fix security vulnerability

It was discovered that there was a "Billion Laughs" 0 XML expansion vulnerability in SOAP::Lite CVE-2015-8978...

MGASA-2017-0251 Updated atril packages fix security vulnerability

It was discovered that Atril made insecure use of tar when opening tar comic book archives CBT. Opening a malicious CBT archive could result in the execution of arbitrary code. This update disables the CBT format entirely CVE-2017-1000083...

MGASA-2017-0249 Updated mpg123 packages fix security vulnerabilities

The nexttext function in src/libmpg123/id3.c in mpg123 1.24.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service buffer over-read via a crafted mp3 file CVE-2017-9545. Invalid read of size 1 in ID3v2 parser due to forgotten offset from the frame flag bytes CVE-2017-10683. Extend pow tables for...

MGASA-2017-0250 Updated virtualbox packages fix security vulnerabilities

This update provides the virtualbox 5.1.26 maintenance release, fixing security and other issues: This Critical Patch Update contains 14 new unspcified security fixes for Oracle VM VirtualBox. According to currently known info, none of these vulnerabilities may be remotely exploitable without...

MGASA-2017-0246 Updated php and libgd packages fix security vulnerabilities

Buffer over-read into uninitialized memory in libgd CVE-2017-7890. Security issues from bundled oniguruma in php-mbstring CVE-2017-9224, CVE-2017-9226, CVE-2017-9227, CVE-2017-9228, CVE-2017-9229...

MGASA-2017-0248 Updated gdm packages fix security vulnerability

It was found that gdm could crash due to a signal handler dispatched to an invalid conversation. An attacker could crash gdm by holding the escape key when the screen is locked, possibly bypassing the locked screen CVE-2015-7496...

MGASA-2017-0245 Updated swftools package fixes security vulnerability

In SWFTools 0.9.2, an out-of-bounds write of heap data can occur in the function pngload in lib/png.c. This issue can be triggered by a malformed PNG file that is mishandled by png2swf. Attackers could exploit this issue for DoS; it might cause arbitrary code execution CVE-2017-8400...

MGASA-2017-0247 Updated librsvg packages fix security vulnerability

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

MGASA-2017-0244 Updated evince packages fix security vulnerability

Felix Wilhelm discovered that Evince did not safely invoke tar when handling tar comic book cbt files. An attacker could use this to construct a malicious cbt comic book format file that, when opened in Evince, executes arbitrary code. Please note that this update disables support for cbt files i...

MGASA-2017-0241 Updated tcpdump package fixes security vulnerability

Security issue due to insufficient bounds checking for STP CVE-2017-11108...

MGASA-2017-0243 Updated freerdp packages fix security vulnerabilities

An exploitable code execution vulnerability exists in the authentication functionality of FreeRDP 2.0.0-beta1+android11. A specially crafted server response can cause an out-of-bounds write resulting in an exploitable condition. An attacker can compromise the server or use a man in the middle...

MGASA-2017-0240 Updated catdoc package fixes security vulnerability

Attackers may have used specially crafted files to cause a denial of service through a heap-based buffer under-flow and application crash, or have unspecified other impact CVE-2017-11110...

MGASA-2017-0238 Updated sqlite3 packages fix security vulnerability

Pointer disclosure in SQLite CVE-2017-7000. The getNodeSize function in ext/rtree/rtree.c in SQLite mishandles undersized RTree blobs in a crafted database, leading to a heap-based buffer over-read or possibly unspecified other impact CVE-2017-10989. Note: the CVE-2017-10989 issue only affected...

MGASA-2017-0242 Updated kernel packages fixes security and other bugs

This kernel update is based on upstream 4.4.79 and fixes at least the following security issues: Linux kernel built with the VirtIO GPU driverCONFIGDRMVIRTIOGPU support is vulnerable to a memory leakage issue. It could occur while creating a virtio gpu object in virtiogpuobjectcreate. A...

MGASA-2017-0237 Updated qpdf packages fix security vulnerabilities

This snapshot of the upstream development branch 6.0 of qpdf fixes several infinite loop vulnerabilities: CVE-2017-9208, CVE-2017-9209, CVE-2017-9210, CVE-2017-11624, CVE-2017-11625, CVE-2017-11626, CVE-2017-11627. For Mageia 5, the cups-filters package was also rebuilt against this new major...

MGASA-2017-0239 Updated spice packages fix security vulnerability

A vulnerability was discovered in spice, in the server's protocol handling. An authenticated attacker could send specially crafted messages to the spice server, causing out-of-bounds memory accesses leading to parts of server memory being leaked or a crash CVE-2017-7506. The Mageia 5 package has...

MGASA-2017-0236 Updated R-base packages fix security vulnerability

Cory Duplantis discovered a buffer overflow in the R programming language. A malformed encoding file may lead to the execution of arbitrary code during PDF generation CVE-2016-8714...

MGASA-2017-0235 Updated gnupg packages fix security vulnerability

Daniel J. Bernstein, Joachim Breitner, Daniel Genkin, Leon Groot Bruinderink, Nadia Heninger, Tanja Lange, Christine van Vredendaal, and Yuval Yarom discovered that GnuPG was susceptible to an attack via side channels. A local attacker could use this attack to recover RSA private keys CVE-2017-75...

MGASA-2017-0234 Updated kernel packages fixes security and other bugs

This kernel update is based on upstream 4.9.40 and fixes at least the following security issues: Linux kernel built with the VirtIO GPU driverCONFIGDRMVIRTIOGPU support is vulnerable to a memory leakage issue. It could occur while creating a virtio gpu object in virtiogpuobjectcreate. A...

MGASA-2017-0233 Updated java-1.8.0-openjdk packages fix security vulnerabilities

It was discovered that the DCG implementation in the RMI component of OpenJDK failed to correctly handle references. A remote attacker could possibly use this flaw to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of RMI registry or a Java RMI application CVE-2017-10102. Multiple flaws were discovere...

MGASA-2017-0232 Updated freeradius packages fix security vulnerabilities

Fuzz testing of freeradius found multiple vulnerabilites that resulted in either the potential for remote code execution or a possible denial of service except for CVE-2017-10988 which was later determined to not actually result in any vulnerability...

MGASA-2017-0231 Updated nginx packages fix security vulnerability

A security issue was identified in nginx range filter. A specially crafted request might result in an integer overflow and incorrect processing of ranges, potentially resulting in sensitive information leak CVE-2017-7529...

MGASA-2017-0229 Updated graphicsmagick packages fix security vulnerabilities

New stable upstream release including security fixes for CVE-2016-7800, CVE-2016-7996, CVE-2016-7997, CVE-2016-8682, CVE-2016-8683, CVE-2016-8684, CVE-2016-9830, CVE-2017-6335, CVE-2017-8350, CVE-2017-10794, CVE-2017-10799, CVE-2017-10800, CVE-2017-11403 and possibly several other security issues...

MGASA-2017-0230 Updated postgresql9.4 packages fix security vulnerabilities

Robert Haas discovered that some selectivity estimators did not validate user privileges which could result in information disclosure CVE-2017-7484. Daniel Gustafsson discovered that the PGREQUIRESSL environment variable did no longer enforce a TLS connection CVE-2017-7485. Andrew Wheelwright...

MGASA-2017-0228 Updated webkit2 packages fix security vulnerability

The webkit2 package has been updated to version 2.16.6, fixing several security issues and other bugs...

MGASA-2017-0227 Updated gdk-pixbuf2.0 packages fix security vulnerability

The gdk-pixbuf2.0 package has been updated to version 2.36.7, which fixes integer overflows in the ico, bmp, and tiff decoder, as well as fixing other bugs...

MGASA-2017-0223 Updated libraw packages fix security vulnerabilities

A memory corruption in parsetiffifd function CVE-2017-6886. A memory corruption via e.g. a specially crafted KDC file parsetiffifd CVE-2017-6887. An integer overflow error within the "foveonloadcamf" function CVE-2017-6889. A boundary error within the "foveonloadcamf" function CVE-2017-6890...

MGASA-2017-0225 Updated libmtp and libgphoto packages fix security vulnerabilities

An integer overflow vulnerability in the ptpunpackEOSCustomFuncEx function of the ptp-pack.c file of libmtp and libgphoto allows attackers to cause a denial of service out-of-bounds memory access or maybe remote code execution by inserting a mobile device into a personal computer through a USB...

MGASA-2017-0226 Updated wireshark packages fix security vulnerabilities

The wireshark package has been updated to version 2.2.8, which fixes several security issues where a malformed packet trace could cause it to crash or go into an infinite loop, and fixes several other bugs as well. See the release notes for details...

MGASA-2017-0224 Updated openvpn packages fix security vulnerabilities

It was possible to trigger an assertion by sending a malformed IPv6 packet. That issue could have been abused to remotely shutdown an openvpn server or client, if IPv6 and --mssfix were enabled and if the IPv6 networks used inside the VPN were known CVE-2017-7508. Some parts of the...

MGASA-2017-0222 Updated valgrind packages fix security vulnerabilities

It was discovered that Valgrind incorectly handled certain string operations. If a user or automated system were tricked into processing a specially crafted binary, a remote attacker could possibly execute arbitrary code CVE-2016-2226. It was discovered that Valgrind incorrectly handled parsing...

MGASA-2017-0221 Updated gsoap packages fix security vulnerability

A potential vulnerability to a large and specific XML message over 2GB in size greater than 2147483711 bytes to trigger the software bug. A buffer overflow can cause an open unsecured server to crash or malfunction after 2GB is received CVE-2017-9765...

MGASA-2017-0219 Updated wireshark packages fix security vulnerabilities

The wireshark package has been updated to version 2.0.14, which fixes several security issues where a malformed packet trace could cause it to crash or go into an infinite loop, and fixes several other bugs as well. See the release notes for details...

MGASA-2017-0218 Updated cinnamon-settings-daemon packages fix security vulnerability

It was found that csd-datetime-setting SetDate DBUS function does not check the polkit authorization for the caller, Unlike SetTime...

MGASA-2017-0220 Updated libquicktime packages fix security vulnerabilities

A DoS in quicktimereadmoov function in moov.c via acrafted mp4 file was fixed CVE-2017-9122. An invalid memory read in lqtframeduration via a crafted mp4 file was fixed CVE-2017-9123. A NULL pointer dereference in quicktimematch32 via a crafted mp4 file was fixed CVE-2017-9124. A DoS in...

MGASA-2017-0217 Updated graphite2 packages fix security vulnerabilities

An out-of-bounds write triggered with a maliciously crafted Graphite font could lead to a crash or potentially code execution CVE-2017-5436. Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in the Graphite font rendering engine which might result in denial of service or the execution of arbitrary code if...

MGASA-2017-0216 Updated irssi packages fix security vulnerabilities

A malicious server could cause irssi to crash by providing an invalid timestamp CVE-2017-10965. Undefined behavior may be triggered when irssi updates the internal nick list CVE-2017-10966...

MGASA-2017-0214 Updated expat packages fix security vulnerabilities

Gustavo Grieco discovered an integer overflow flaw during parsing of XML. An attacker can take advantage of this flaw to cause a denial of service against an application using the Expat library CVE-2016-9063. Rhodri James discovered an infinite loop vulnerability within the entityValueInitProcess...

MGASA-2017-0215 Updated c-ares packages fix security vulnerability

The c-ares function aresparsenaptrreply, which is used for parsing NAPTR responses, could be triggered to read memory outside of the given input buffer if the passed in DNS response packet was crafted in a particular way CVE-2017-1000381...