Gentoo 2535 Published by Philipp Esselbach 0

A SpamAssassin update has been released for Gentoo Linux

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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200408-06
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http://security.gentoo.org/
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Severity: Normal
Title: SpamAssassin: Denial of Service vulnerability
Date: August 09, 2004
Bugs: #59483
ID: 200408-06

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Synopsis
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SpamAssassin is vulnerable to a Denial of Service attack when handling certain malformed messages.

Gentoo 2535 Published by Philipp Esselbach 0

An Opera update has been released for Gentoo Linux

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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200408-05
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http://security.gentoo.org/
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Severity: Normal
Title: Opera: Multiple new vulnerabilities
Date: August 05, 2004
Bugs: #59503
ID: 200408-05

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Synopsis
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Several new vulnerabilities were found and fixed in Opera, including one allowing an attacker to read the local filesystem remotely.

Gentoo 2535 Published by Philipp Esselbach 0

A PuTTY update has been released for Gentoo Linux

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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200408-04
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http://security.gentoo.org/
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Severity: Normal
Title: PuTTY: Pre-authentication arbitrary code execution
Date: August 05, 2004
Bugs: #59383
ID: 200408-04

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Synopsis
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PuTTY contains a vulnerability allowing a SSH server to execute arbitrary code on the connecting client.

Gentoo 2535 Published by Philipp Esselbach 0

An updated mplayer package has been released for Gentoo Linux

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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200408-01
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http://security.gentoo.org/
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Severity: Normal
Title: MPlayer: GUI filename handling overflow
Date: August 01, 2004
Bugs: #55456
ID: 200408-01

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Synopsis
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When compiled with GUI support MPlayer is vulnerable to a remotely exploitable buffer overflow attack.

Gentoo 2535 Published by Philipp Esselbach 0

A SoX update is available for Gentoo Linux

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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200407-23
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http://security.gentoo.org/
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Severity: Normal
Title: SoX: Multiple buffer overflows
Date: July 30, 2004
Bugs: #58733
ID: 200407-23

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Synopsis
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SoX contains two buffer overflow vulnerabilities in the WAV header parser code.

Gentoo 2535 Published by Philipp Esselbach 0

A phpMyAdmin update is available for Gentoo Linux

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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200407-22
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http://security.gentoo.org/
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Severity: Normal
Title: phpMyAdmin: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: July 29, 2004
Bugs: #57890
ID: 200407-22

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Synopsis
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Multiple vulnerabilities in phpMyAdmin may allow a remote attacker with a valid user account to alter configuration variables and execute arbitrary PHP code.

Gentoo 2535 Published by Philipp Esselbach 0

A Samba update is available for Gentoo Linux

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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200407-21
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http://security.gentoo.org/
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Severity: High
Title: Samba: Multiple buffer overflows
Date: July 29, 2004
Bugs: #57962
ID: 200407-21

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Synopsis
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Two buffer overflows vulnerabilities were found in Samba, potentially allowing the remote execution of arbitrary code.

Gentoo 2535 Published by Philipp Esselbach 0

A subversion update is available for Gentoo Linux

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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200407-20
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http://security.gentoo.org/
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Severity: Low
Title: Subversion: Vulnerability in mod_authz_svn
Date: July 26, 2004
Bugs: #57747
ID: 200407-20

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Synopsis
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Users with write access to parts of a Subversion repository may bypass read restrictions in mod_authz_svn and read any part of the repository they wish.

Gentoo 2535 Published by Philipp Esselbach 0

A Pavuk update has been released for Gentoo Linux

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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200407-19
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http://security.gentoo.org/
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Severity: Normal
Title: Pavuk: Digest authentication helper buffer overflow
Date: July 26, 2004
ID: 200407-19

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Pavuk contains a bug that can allow an attacker to run arbitrary code.

Gentoo 2535 Published by Philipp Esselbach 0

A mod_ssl update is available for Gentoo Linux

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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200407-18
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http://security.gentoo.org/
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Severity: Normal
Title: mod_ssl: Format string vulnerability
Date: July 22, 2004
Bugs: #57379
ID: 200407-18

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A bug in mod_ssl may allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code when Apache is configured to use mod_ssl and mod_proxy.

Gentoo 2535 Published by Philipp Esselbach 0

A l2tpd update has been released for Gentoo Linux

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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200407-17
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http://security.gentoo.org/
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Severity: High
Title: l2tpd: Buffer overflow
Date: July 22, 2004
Bugs: #53009
ID: 200407-17

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Synopsis
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A buffer overflow in l2tpd could lead to remote code execution. It is not known whether this bug is exploitable.

Gentoo 2535 Published by Philipp Esselbach 0

A kernel update is available for Gentoo Linux

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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200407-16
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http://security.gentoo.org/
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Severity: High
Title: Linux Kernel: Multiple DoS and permission vulnerabilities
Date: July 22, 2004
Bugs: #56171, #56479
ID: 200407-16

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Synopsis
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Multiple permission vulnerabilities have been found in the Linux kernel, allowing an attacker to change the group IDs of files mounted on a remote filesystem (CAN-2004-0497), as well as an issue in 2.6 series kernels which allows /proc permissions to be bypassed.

A context sharing vulnerability in vserver-sources is also handled by this advisory as well as CAN-2004-0447, CAN-2004-0496 and CAN-2004-0565. Patched, or updated versions of these kernels have been released and details are included along with this advisory.

Gentoo 2535 Published by Philipp Esselbach 0

An Unreal Tournament 2003/2004 security update is available for Gentoo Linux

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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200407-14
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http://security.gentoo.org/
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Severity: High
Title: Unreal Tournament 2003/2004: Buffer overflow in 'secure'
queries
Date: July 19, 2004
Bugs: #54726
ID: 200407-14

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Synopsis
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Game servers based on the Unreal engine are vulnerable to remote code execution through malformed 'secure' queries.

Gentoo 2535 Published by Philipp Esselbach 0

An updated Linux Kernel is available for Gentoo Linux

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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200407-12
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http://security.gentoo.org/
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Severity: High
Title: Linux Kernel: Remote DoS vulnerability with IPTables TCP
Handling
Date: July 14, 2004
Bugs: #55694
ID: 200407-12

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Synopsis
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A flaw has been discovered in 2.6 series Linux kernels that allows an attacker to send a malformed TCP packet, causing the affected kernel to possibly enter an infinite loop and hang the vulnerable machine.

Gentoo 2535 Published by Philipp Esselbach 0

A wv update has been released for Gentoo Linux

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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200407-11
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http://security.gentoo.org/
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Severity: Normal
Title: wv: Buffer overflow vulnerability
Date: July 14, 2004
Bugs: #56595
ID: 200407-11

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Synopsis
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A buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the wv library that can allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running the vulnerable application.

Gentoo 2535 Published by Philipp Esselbach 0

A MoinMoin update has been released for Gentoo Linux

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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200407-09
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http://security.gentoo.org/
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Severity: Normal
Title: MoinMoin: Group ACL bypass
Date: July 11, 2004
Bugs: #53126
ID: 200407-09

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Synopsis
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MoinMoin contains a bug allowing a user to bypass group ACLs (Access Control Lists).

Gentoo 2535 Published by Philipp Esselbach 0

A ethereal update has been released for Gentoo Linux

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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200407-08
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http://security.gentoo.org/
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Severity: High
Title: Ethereal: Multiple security problems
Date: July 09, 2004
Bugs: #56423
ID: 200407-08

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Synopsis
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Multiple vulnerabilities including one buffer overflow exist in Ethereal, which may allow an attacker to run arbitrary code or crash the program.