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The Honeynet report on Linux life expectancy
Numerous electrons have been expended on the recently-released Honeynet report
(PDF) on the life expectancy of systems exposed to the Internet. That
report concluded that an unpatched Linux system would last, on the average,
for about three months before being compromised, while a Windows system had
a life expectancy measured in hours. That is an outcome which is certainly
welcome to those who are concerned about the security of Linux systems.
If you actually read the report, however, you'll find some interesting
things. The test, it would seem, was set up in a way designed to make the
Linux systems as easy as possible to compromise. Among other things:
- The Linux distributions installed were old: Red Hat Linux 7.2, SUSE
Linux 6.3, etc. The most current distribution installed was Fedora
Core 1, put on two boxes (neither of which was compromised)..
- These systems had a number of services installed; some of those
(i.e. SMB) are not necessarily something one would enable on systems
directly connected to the net.
- The systems were set up with easily guessed passwords as well.
Of the four Linux systems which were compromised, two of them fell to
brute-force password guessing. This episode may be a good lesson in why
choosing good passwords is still important, but it has nothing to do with
Linux security.
The report authors note that the expected lifetime of Linux systems has
increased - an interesting development, given that the net has not exactly
become a friendlier place. The authors guess, as usual, that the relative
popularity of Windows makes it a more attractive target. They also note,
however, that default Linux installations have become more secure over
time. Certainly much effort has gone toward that end; it is nice to see
that it is having an effect.
Comments (6 posted)
New vulnerabilities
debmake: insecure temp directories
| Package(s): | debmake |
CVE #(s): | CAN-2004-1179
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| Created: | December 23, 2004 |
Updated: | January 4, 2005 |
| Description: |
debmake contains a script that can make insecure temporary directories.
This can be used by a symlink attack to create and overwrite arbitrary files. |
| Alerts: |
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Comments (none posted)
htmlheadline: insecure temporary files
| Package(s): | htmlheadline |
CVE #(s): | CAN-2004-1181
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| Created: | January 3, 2005 |
Updated: | January 4, 2005 |
| Description: |
Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña has discovered multiple insecure uses
of temporary files that could lead to overwriting arbitrary files via
a symlink attack. |
| Alerts: |
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Comments (none posted)
kdelibs: unwanted email origination
| Package(s): | kdelibs |
CVE #(s): | |
| Created: | January 4, 2005 |
Updated: | January 4, 2005 |
| Description: |
The Konqueror browser (via kdelibs) contains a vulnerability which can cause it to send email without the user's interaction or consent. See this bug report for details. |
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Comments (none posted)
kernel: 32bit emulation privilege escalation
| Package(s): | kernel |
CVE #(s): | CAN-2004-1144
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| Created: | December 23, 2004 |
Updated: | January 5, 2005 |
| Description: |
The 2.4 Linux Kernel on the AMD64 platform has a
missing argument checking vulnerability that can allow
a local attacker to gain root privileges. |
| Alerts: |
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Comments (none posted)
LinPopUp: buffer overflow in message reply
| Package(s): | linpopup |
CVE #(s): | CAN-2004-1282
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| Created: | January 4, 2005 |
Updated: | January 10, 2005 |
| Description: |
Stephen Dranger discovered that LinPopUp contains a buffer overflow in
string.c, triggered when replying to a remote user message. A remote
attacker could craft a malicious message that, when replied to using
LinPopUp, would exploit the buffer overflow. This would result in the
execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running
LinPopUp. |
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Comments (none posted)
netkit-telnet-ssl: format string vulnerability
| Package(s): | netkit-telnet-ssl |
CVE #(s): | CAN-2004-0998
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| Created: | December 23, 2004 |
Updated: | January 4, 2005 |
| Description: |
telnetd-ssl has a format string vulnerability that may be
exploitable for executing arbitrary code. |
| Alerts: |
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Comments (none posted)
pcal: buffer overflows
| Package(s): | pcal |
CVE #(s): | CAN-2004-1289
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| Created: | January 5, 2005 |
Updated: | January 5, 2005 |
| Description: |
Two buffer overflows have been found in the pcal utility; they could be exploited by a hostile calendar file to execute arbitrary code. |
| Alerts: |
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Comments (none posted)
PHProjekt: PHP code execution
| Package(s): | phprojekt |
CVE #(s): | |
| Created: | January 4, 2005 |
Updated: | January 4, 2005 |
| Description: |
PHProject, prior to version 4.2-r2, has a vulnerability wherein a remote attacker can define a global variable and execute arbitrary PHP code. |
| Alerts: |
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Comments (none posted)
shoutcast server: buffer overflow
| Package(s): | shoutcast-server |
CVE #(s): | |
| Created: | January 5, 2005 |
Updated: | January 5, 2005 |
| Description: |
The shoutcast server contains a remotely exploitable buffer overflow vulnerability; upgrading to version 1.9.5 fixes the problem. |
| Alerts: |
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Comments (none posted)
tetex: insecure temp files
| Package(s): | tetex |
CVE #(s): | |
| Created: | December 23, 2004 |
Updated: | January 4, 2005 |
| Description: |
The xdvizilla script can create insecure temporary files and directories,
allowing a symbolic link attack that can overwrite arbitrary files. |
| Alerts: |
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Comments (none posted)
xpdf: buffer overflow
| Package(s): | xpdf |
CVE #(s): | CAN-2004-1125
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| Created: | December 23, 2004 |
Updated: | April 1, 2005 |
| Description: |
xpdf has a
potential buffer overflow problem caused by insufficient input validation.
A specially crafted PDF file can allow an
attacker to execute code with privileges of the xpdf user. |
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Comments (none posted)
Updated vulnerabilities
a2ps: input validation error
| Package(s): | a2ps |
CVE #(s): | CAN-2004-1170
CAN-2004-1377
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| Created: | November 26, 2004 |
Updated: | December 19, 2005 |
| Description: |
The GNU a2ps utility fails to properly sanitize filenames, which can be
abused by a malicious user to execute arbitrary commands with the
privileges of the user running the vulnerable application. More
information at Security
Focus. |
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Comments (none posted)
cdrecord: failure to drop privilege
| Package(s): | cdrecord |
CVE #(s): | CAN-2004-0806
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| Created: | September 8, 2004 |
Updated: | February 21, 2005 |
| Description: |
The cdrecord utility, which is installed setuid on some distributions, fails to drop privilege before running a user-specified program. |
| Alerts: |
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Comments (none posted)
cups: multiple vulnerabilities
| Package(s): | cups |
CVE #(s): | CAN-2004-1267
CAN-2004-1268
CAN-2004-1269
CAN-2004-1270
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| Created: | December 17, 2004 |
Updated: | February 9, 2005 |
| Description: |
cups has a denial of service vulnerability in the lppasswd utility
and a remote code execution vulnerability in the hpgltops filter. |
| Alerts: |
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Comments (none posted)
cyrus-sasl: remote buffer overflow
| Package(s): | cyrus-sasl |
CVE #(s): | CAN-2004-0884
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| Created: | October 7, 2004 |
Updated: | March 16, 2005 |
| Description: |
cyrus-sasl has a vulnerability involving a buffer overflow
in the digestmda5.c file. A remote attacker may be able
to compromise the system. Also, a local user may be able to
exploit a vulnerability by using the SASL_PATH environment
variable. |
| Alerts: |
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Comments (none posted)
dhcp: format string vulnerability
| Package(s): | dhcp |
CVE #(s): | CAN-2004-1006
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| Created: | November 4, 2004 |
Updated: | July 13, 2005 |
| Description: |
Dhcp has a format string vulnerability in the log functions of dhcp 2.x
that may be exploited via a malicious DNS server. |
| Alerts: |
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Comments (none posted)
ethereal: multiple vulnerabilities
| Package(s): | ethereal |
CVE #(s): | CAN-2004-1139
CAN-2004-1140
CAN-2004-1141
CAN-2004-1142
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| Created: | December 20, 2004 |
Updated: | January 13, 2005 |
| Description: |
There are multiple vulnerabilities in versions of Ethereal earlier than
0.10.8, including:
- Bug in DICOM dissection discovered by Bing could make Ethereal crash
(CAN-2004-1139).
- An invalid RTP timestamp could make Ethereal hang and create a large
temporary file (CAN-2004-1140).
- The HTTP dissector could access previously-freed memory
(CAN-2004-1141).
- Brian Caswell discovered that an improperly formatted SMB could
make Ethereal hang (CAN-2004-1142).
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Comments (none posted)
Filename disclosure vulnerability in fam
| Package(s): | fam |
CVE #(s): | CAN-2002-0875
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| Created: | August 19, 2002 |
Updated: | January 5, 2005 |
| Description: |
"fam" (file alteration monitor) watches files and directories for changes and lets interested applications know when something happens. This package has a flaw in its group handling that blocks some legitimate operations while, at the same time, exposing the names of files that should otherwise be invisible. |
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Comments (none posted)
Foomatic: Arbitrary command execution in foomatic-rip
| Package(s): | foomatic |
CVE #(s): | CAN-2004-0801
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| Created: | September 20, 2004 |
Updated: | May 31, 2006 |
| Description: |
There is a vulnerability in the foomatic-filters package. This
vulnerability is due to insufficient checking of command-line parameters
and environment variables in the foomatic-rip filter. This vulnerability
may allow both local and remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands on
the print server with the permissions of the spooler. |
| Alerts: |
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Comments (none posted)
FreeRADIUS: denial of service
| Package(s): | freeradius |
CVE #(s): | CAN-2004-0938
CAN-2004-0960
CAN-2004-0961
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| Created: | September 22, 2004 |
Updated: | February 2, 2005 |
| Description: |
FreeRADIUS (through version 1.0.1) suffers from several denial of service vulnerabilities in its packet reception code. |
| Alerts: |
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Comments (none posted)
gaim: buffer overflow in MSN protocol
| Package(s): | gaim |
CVE #(s): | CAN-2004-0891
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| Created: | October 25, 2004 |
Updated: | February 11, 2005 |
| Description: |
A buffer overflow in the MSN protocol handler for gaim 0.79 to 1.0.1 allows
remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and
possibly execute arbitrary code via an "unexpected sequence of MSNSLP
messages" that results in an unbounded copy operation that writes to the
wrong buffer. |
| Alerts: |
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Comments (none posted)
Gallery: cross-site scripting vulnerability
| Package(s): | Gallery |
CVE #(s): | CAN-2004-1106
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| Created: | November 8, 2004 |
Updated: | January 17, 2005 |
| Description: |
Jim Paris has discovered a cross-site scripting vulnerability in
Gallery. By sending a carefully crafted URL, an attacker can inject and
execute script code in the victim's browser window, and potentially
compromise the users gallery. |
| Alerts: |
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Comments (none posted)
gtk2, gdk-pixbuf: buffer overflows
| Package(s): | gdk-pixbuf gtk2 |
CVE #(s): | CAN-2004-0753
CAN-2004-0782
CAN-2004-0783
CAN-2004-0788
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| Created: | September 15, 2004 |
Updated: | February 25, 2005 |
| Description: |
The gdk-pixbuf and gtk2 libraries contain vulnerabilities in their handling of BMP and XPM files which can lead to denial of service and, potentially, code execution attacks. |
| Alerts: |
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Comments (none posted)
gettext: Insecure temporary file handling
| Package(s): | gettext |
CVE #(s): | CAN-2004-0966
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| Created: | October 11, 2004 |
Updated: | March 1, 2006 |
| Description: |
gettext insecurely creates temporary files in world-writeable directories
with predictable names. A local attacker could create symbolic links in
the temporary files directory, pointing to a valid file somewhere on the
filesystem. When gettext is called, this would result in file access with
the rights of the user running the utility, which could be the root user. |
| Alerts: |
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Comments (1 posted)
ghostscript: symlink vulnerabilities
| Package(s): | ghostscript |
CVE #(s): | CAN-2004-0967
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| Created: | October 20, 2004 |
Updated: | September 28, 2005 |
| Description: |
The ghostscript package (prior to version 7.07.1-r7) contains several scripts which are vulnerable to symlink attacks. |
| Alerts: |
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Comments (none posted)
glibc: Information leak with LD_DEBUG
| Package(s): | glibc |
CVE #(s): | CAN-2004-1453
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| Created: | August 17, 2004 |
Updated: | May 26, 2005 |
| Description: |
Silvio Cesare discovered a potential information leak in glibc. It allows
LD_DEBUG on SUID binaries where it should not be allowed. This has various
security implications, which may be used to gain confidential information.
An attacker can gain the list of symbols a SUID application uses and their
locations and can then use a trojaned library taking precedence over those
symbols to gain information or perform further exploitation. |
| Alerts: |
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Comments (1 posted)
glibc: tempfile vulnerability in catchsegv script
| Package(s): | glibc |
CVE #(s): | CAN-2004-0968
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| Created: | October 21, 2004 |
Updated: | November 14, 2005 |
| Description: |
The catchsegv script in the glibc package has a symlink vulnerability
that may allow a local user to overwrite arbitrary
files with the permissions of the user that is running the script. |
| Alerts: |
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Comments (none posted)
gnome-vfs: backend script vulnerabilities
| Package(s): | gnome-vfs |
CVE #(s): | CAN-2004-0494
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| Created: | August 4, 2004 |
Updated: | February 21, 2005 |
| Description: |
Several scripts packaged with gnome-vfs, using its "extfs" capability, have security flaws. These scripts tend not to be used on many systems, but their presence can still be a threat. |
| Alerts: |
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Comments (none posted)
groff: insecure temp file
| Package(s): | groff |
CVE #(s): | CAN-2004-1296
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| Created: | December 20, 2004 |
Updated: | January 17, 2005 |
| Description: |
Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña discovered that the auxiliary scripts
"eqn2graph" and "pic2graph" created temporary files in an insecure
way, which allowed exploitation of a race condition to create or
overwrite files with the privileges of the user invoking the program. |
| Alerts: |
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Comments (1 posted)
groff: insecure temporary directory
| Package(s): | groff |
CVE #(s): | CAN-2004-0969
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| Created: | November 1, 2004 |
Updated: | February 9, 2006 |
| Description: |
Recently, Trustix Secure Linux discovered a vulnerability in the groff
package. The utility "groffer" created a temporary directory in an
insecure way, which allowed exploitation of a race condition to create
or overwrite files with the privileges of the user invoking the
program. |
| Alerts: |
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Comments (none posted)
gtkhtml: malformed messages cause crash
| Package(s): | gtkhtml |
CVE #(s): | CAN-2003-0133
CAN-2003-0541
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| Created: | April 14, 2003 |
Updated: | April 18, 2005 |
| Description: |
GtkHTML is the HTML rendering widget used by the Evolution mail reader.
GtkHTML supplied with versions of Evolution prior to 1.2.4 contain a bug
when handling HTML messages. Alan Cox discovered that certain malformed
messages could cause the Evolution mail component to crash. |
| Alerts: |
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Comments (none posted)
imlib: buffer overflows in image decoding
| Package(s): | imlib |
CVE #(s): | CAN-2004-1026
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| Created: | December 6, 2004 |
Updated: | January 13, 2005 |
| Description: |
Pavel Kankovsky discovered that several overflows found in the libXpm
library also applied to imlib. He also fixed a number of other potential
flaws. A remote attacker could entice a user to view a carefully-crafted
image file, which would potentially lead to execution of arbitrary code
with the rights of the user viewing the image. This affects any program
that makes use of the imlib library. |
| Alerts: |
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Comments (none posted)
imlib2: buffer overflows
| Package(s): | imlib2 |
CVE #(s): | CAN-2004-0802
CAN-2004-0817
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| Created: | September 8, 2004 |
Updated: | October 26, 2005 |
| Description: |
The imlib2 library contains buffer overflows in the BMP handling code. |
| Alerts: |
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Comments (none posted)
iptables: missing initialization
| Package(s): | iptables |
CVE #(s): | CAN-2004-0986
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| Created: | November 1, 2004 |
Updated: | February 11, 2005 |
| Description: |
Faheem Mitha noticed that the iptables command, an administration tool for
IPv4 packet filtering and NAT, did not always load the required modules on
its own as it was supposed to. This could lead to firewall rules not being
loaded on system startup. This caused a failure in connection with rules
provided by lokkit at least. |
| Alerts: |
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Comments (none posted)
kerberos5: execution of arbitrary code by authenticated user
| Package(s): | kerberos5 |
CVE #(s): | CAN-2004-1189
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| Created: | December 21, 2004 |
Updated: | February 15, 2005 |
| Description: |
There is a buffer overflow in the password history handling code of
libkadm5srv which could be exploited by an authenticated user to execute
arbitrary code on a Key Distribution Center (KDC) server. |
| Alerts: |
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Comments (none posted)
kernel: IGMP and scm_send vulnerabilities
| Package(s): | kernel |
CVE #(s): | CAN-2004-1016
CAN-2004-1137
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| Created: | December 14, 2004 |
Updated: | January 4, 2005 |
| Description: |
Paul Starzetz has discovered a new pair of kernel vulnerabilities. The IGMP code suffers from input validation and integer overflow vulnerabilities which could be remotely exploitable, and the socket function __scm_send() has a local denial of service vulnerability. |
| Alerts: |
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Comments (none posted)
kernel-utils: setuid vulnerability
| Package(s): | kernel-utils |
CVE #(s): | CAN-2003-0019
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| Created: | February 7, 2003 |
Updated: | January 21, 2005 |
| Description: |
The kernel-utils package contains several utilities that can be used to
control the kernel or machine hardware. In Red Hat Linux 8.0 this package
contains user mode linux (UML) utilities.
The uml_net utility in kernel-utils packages with Red Hat Linux 8.0 was
incorrectly shipped setuid root. This could allow local users to control
certain network interfaces, add and remove arp entries and routes, and put
interfaces in and out of promiscuous mode.
All users of the kernel-utils package should update to these packages that
contain a version of uml_net that is not setuid root.
Alternatively, as a work-around to this vulnerability issue the following
command as root:
chmod -s /usr/bin/uml_net |
| Alerts: |
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Comments (none posted)
libgd2: buffer overflows in PNG handling
| Package(s): | libgd2 |
CVE #(s): | CAN-2004-0990
CAN-2004-0941
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| Created: | October 29, 2004 |
Updated: | June 28, 2006 |
| Description: |
Several buffer overflows have been discovered in libgd's PNG handling
functions.
If an attacker tricked a user into loading a malicious PNG image, they
could leverage this into executing arbitrary code in the context of
the user opening image. Most importantly, this library is commonly
used in PHP. One possible target would be a PHP driven photo website
that lets users upload images. Therefore this vulnerability might lead
to privilege escalation to a web server's privileges.
Multiple buffer overflows in the gd graphics library (libgd) 2.0.21 and
earlier may allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via malformed
image files that trigger the overflows due to improper calls to the
gdMalloc function. |
| Alerts: |
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Comments (none posted)
libpng: multiple vulnerabilities
Comments (1 posted)
libtiff: buffer overflow
| Package(s): | libtiff |
CVE #(s): | CAN-2004-1308
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| Created: | December 22, 2004 |
Updated: | May 19, 2005 |
| Description: |
The libtiff image manipulation library contains several exploitable buffer overflows. |
| Alerts: |
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Comments (none posted)
libxml2: multiple buffer overflows
| Package(s): | libxml2 |
CVE #(s): | CAN-2004-0989
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| Created: | October 28, 2004 |
Updated: | February 28, 2005 |
| Description: |
libxml2 prior to version 2.6.14 has multiple buffer overflow
vulnerabilities, if a local user passes a specially crafted
FTP URL, arbitrary code may be executed. |
| Alerts: |
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Comments (none posted)
libxpm4: stack and integer overflows
| Package(s): | libxpm4 |
CVE #(s): | CAN-2004-0687
CAN-2004-0688
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| Created: | September 16, 2004 |
Updated: | February 14, 2005 |
| Description: |
There are several stack and integer overflow bugs in
the libXpm code of XFree86 that may be used for a denial of service. |
| Alerts: |
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Comments (none posted)
lvm10: creates insecure temporary directory
| Package(s): | lvm10 |
CVE #(s): | CAN-2004-0972
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| Created: | November 1, 2004 |
Updated: | July 25, 2005 |
| Description: |
Trustix Secure Linux discovered a vulnerability in a supplemental script of
the lvm10 package. The program "lvmcreate_initrd" created a temporary
directory in an insecure way, which could allow a symlink attack to create
or overwrite arbitrary files with the privileges of the user invoking the
program. |
| Alerts: |
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Comments (none posted)
Midnight Commander: extfs vfs vulnerability
| Package(s): | mc |
CVE #(s): | CAN-2004-0494
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| Created: | September 2, 2004 |
Updated: | January 5, 2005 |
| Description: |
Midnight Commander has a vfs vulnerability with shell quoting
in extfs perl scripts. |
| Alerts: |
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Comments (none posted)
mikmod: buffer overflow
| Package(s): | mikmod |
CVE #(s): | CAN-2003-0427
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| Created: | June 16, 2003 |
Updated: | June 16, 2005 |
| Description: |
Ingo Saitz discovered a bug in mikmod whereby a long filename inside
an archive file can overflow a buffer when the archive is being read
by mikmod. |
| Alerts: |
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Comments (none posted)
mozilla products: arbitrary code execution and other vulnerabilities
| Package(s): | mozilla firefox thunderbird |
CVE #(s): | CAN-2004-0902
CAN-2004-0903
CAN-2004-0904
CAN-2004-0905
CAN-2004-0908
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| Created: | September 20, 2004 |
Updated: | January 13, 2005 |
| Description: |
Several vulnerabilities exist in the Mozilla web browser and derived
products, the most serious of which could allow a remote attacker to
execute arbitrary code on an affected system. See the CERT advisory for details. |
| Alerts: |
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Comments (none posted)
mpg123: buffer overflow bug
| Package(s): | mpg123 |
CVE #(s): | CAN-2004-0805
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| Created: | September 16, 2004 |
Updated: | January 11, 2005 |
| Description: |
The mpg123 audio playing utility has a buffer overflow
bug that may allow arbitrary execution of code. |
| Alerts: |
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Comments (none posted)
mpg321: format string vulnerability
| Package(s): | mpg321 |
CVE #(s): | CAN-2003-0969
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| Created: | January 6, 2004 |
Updated: | March 28, 2005 |
| Description: |
A vulnerability was discovered in mpg321, a command-line mp3 player,
whereby user-supplied strings were passed to printf(3) unsafely. This
vulnerability could be exploited by a remote attacker to overwrite
memory, and possibly execute arbitrary code. In order for this
vulnerability to be exploited, mpg321 would need to play a malicious
mp3 file (including via HTTP streaming). |
| Alerts: |
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Comments (none posted)
MPlayer: multiple overflows
Comments (none posted)
mysql: several vulnerabilities
| Package(s): | mysql |
CVE #(s): | CAN-2004-0835
CAN-2004-0836
CAN-2004-0837
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| Created: | October 11, 2004 |
Updated: | April 6, 2005 |
| Description: |
Several problems have been discovered in MySQL. Oleksandr Byelkin noticed
that ALTER TABLE ... RENAME checks CREATE/INSERT rights of the old table
instead of the new one. (CAN-2004-0835) Lukasz Wojtow noticed a buffer
overrun in the mysql_real_connect function. (CAN-2004-0836) Dean Ellis
noticed that multiple threads ALTERing the same (or different) MERGE tables
to change the UNION can cause the server to crash or stall. (CAN-2004-0837) |
| Alerts: |
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Comments (none posted)
nasm: Buffer overflow vulnerability
| Package(s): | nasm |
CVE #(s): | CAN-2004-1287
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| Created: | December 20, 2004 |
Updated: | May 4, 2005 |
| Description: |
Jonathan Rockway discovered that NASM-0.98.38 has an unprotected
vsprintf() to an array in preproc.c. This code vulnerability may lead
to a buffer overflow and potential execution of arbitrary code. |
| Alerts: |
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Comments (4 posted)
netkit-telnet: invalid free pointer
| Package(s): | netkit-telnet |
CVE #(s): | CAN-2004-0911
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| Created: | October 4, 2004 |
Updated: | March 28, 2005 |
| Description: |
Michal Zalewski discovered a bug in the netkit-telnet server (telnetd)
whereby a remote attacker could cause the telnetd process to free an
invalid pointer. This causes the telnet server process to crash, leading
to a straightforward denial of service (inetd will disable the service if
telnetd is crashed repeatedly), or possibly the execution of arbitrary code
with the privileges of the telnetd process (by default, the 'telnetd'
user). |
| Alerts: |
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Comments (none posted)
netpbm: insecure temporary files
| Package(s): | netpbm |
CVE #(s): | CAN-2003-0924
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| Created: | January 19, 2004 |
Updated: | December 29, 2004 |
| Description: |
netpbm is graphics conversion toolkit made up of a large number of
single-purpose programs. Many of these programs were found to create
temporary files in an insecure manner, which could allow a local
attacker to overwrite files with the privileges of the user invoking a
vulnerable netpbm tool. |
| Alerts: |
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Comments (1 posted)
nfs-utils: denial of service
| Package(s): | nfs-utils |
CVE #(s): | CAN-2004-1014
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| Created: | December 1, 2004 |
Updated: | May 15, 2005 |
| Description: |
The NFS statd server contains a denial of service vulnerability which is easily exploited by a remote attacker. |
| Alerts: |
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Comments (none posted)
openssl: der_chop script temp file vulnerability
| Package(s): | openssl |
CVE #(s): | CAN-2004-0975
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| Created: | November 11, 2004 |
Updated: | July 19, 2005 |
| Description: |
The der_chop script in openssl has a temp file vulnerability that may allow
an attacker to overwrite arbitrary files with the permissions that
the script is running under. |
| Alerts: |
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OpenSSL: denial of service vulnerabilities
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