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The networking hash vulnerability
Most Linux kernels have a slightly different sort of vulnerability in the
networking subsystem. For most users, the new problem is nothing to be
particularly worried about. For systems that export important services to
the net (i.e. web servers), however, this one is worth paying attention to.
The networking code maintains a number of internal hash tables to speed
lookups. In the networking code, for example, one table is used to quickly
find the route to a remote system; another is used in the netfilter
connection tracking code. The problem is that the hashing function used
for these tables is predictable and can be influenced by outsiders. In
particular, a suitably clever attacker can, through careful choices of
(false) source packet addresses, create a great many entries in a single
hash chain.
Once the chain gets long, the kernel will begin to take a long time to look
up each packet which hashes to that chain. This behavior enables a simple
denial of service attack: send a bunch of packets with the right addresses
and watch the target system slow to a crawl. By exploiting this
vulnerability, an attacker can get many of the effects of a large,
distributed denial of service attack without having to arrange the
"distributed" part - a single system will do.
Fixing the problem is a simple matter of picking a better hash function
which does not have such predictable behavior. Patches are available for
the 2.4 kernel, though, as of this writing, few vendors have released
updates; this LWN vulnerability entry
will track the updates as they are received. The 2.4.21-rc2 and 2.5.69
kernels also contain the fix - but nobody should be running important
services on either of those.
Comments (5 posted)
May CRYPTO-GRAM newsletter
Bruce Schneier's CRYPTO-GRAM newsletter for May is out; it looks at
encryption and wiretapping, using unique email addresses for spam
avoidance, and cash register receipts. " This wiretapping report
provides hard evidence that a closed security design methodology -- the
'trust us because we know these things' way of building security
products -- doesn't work. The U.S. government hasn't encountered a
telephone encryption product that they couldn't easily break."
Full Story (comments: 1)
Oops
Two weeks ago, this page
reported that OpenBSD does not yet have executable stack protection on the
x86 architecture. That statement, as it turns out, aligns poorly with
reality. OpenBSD has had non-executable stacks since 3.2; what it does not
(yet) have is protection for the other data areas - that is the protection
offered by the "W^X" technology in OpenBSD 3.3, but which will not be
available for x86 until the 3.4 release. We blew it, and we regret the
error.
Comments (2 posted)
New vulnerabilities
cdrecord: format string vulnerability
| Package(s): | cdrecord |
CVE #(s): | CAN-2003-0289
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| Created: | May 15, 2003 |
Updated: | May 21, 2003 |
| Description: |
A format string vulnerability in scsiopen.c of the cdrecord program in
cdrtools 2.0 allows local users to gain privileges via format string
specifiers in the "dev" parameter. |
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Comments (none posted)
gnupg: key validation
| Package(s): | gnupg |
CVE #(s): | CAN-2003-0255
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| Created: | May 15, 2003 |
Updated: | November 17, 2003 |
| Description: |
A key validation bug was discovered in the GNU Privacy Guard (GPG) which
would cause keys with more then one user ID to trust all user ID's with the
amount of trust given to the most-valid user ID. |
| Alerts: |
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Comments (none posted)
lv: privilege escalation
| Package(s): | lv |
CVE #(s): | CAN-2003-0188
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| Created: | May 15, 2003 |
Updated: | June 4, 2003 |
| Description: |
Leonard Stiles discovered that lv, a multilingual file viewer, would
read options from a configuration file in the current directory.
Because such a file could be placed there by a malicious user, and lv
configuration options can be used to execute commands, this
represented a security vulnerability. An attacker could gain the
privileges of the user invoking lv, including root. |
| Alerts: |
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Comments (none posted)
sendmail: insecure temporary files
| Package(s): | sendmail |
CVE #(s): | |
| Created: | May 16, 2003 |
Updated: | May 20, 2003 |
| Description: |
Paul Szabo discovered bugs in three scripts included in the sendmail
package where temporary files were created insecurely (expn, checksendmail
and doublebounce.pl). These bugs could allow an attacker to gain the
privileges of a user invoking the script (including root). |
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Comments (none posted)
Updated vulnerabilities
Heap corruption vulnerability in at
| Package(s): | at at, sudo, xchat |
CVE #(s): | CAN-2002-0004
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| Created: | May 20, 2002 |
Updated: | May 15, 2003 |
| Description: |
The at command has a
potentially exploitable heap corruption bug.
(First LWN report: January 17th).
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Comments (none posted)
bind buffer overflow vulnerability in DNS resolver libraries
| Package(s): | bind glibc |
CVE #(s): | CAN-2002-0651
CAN-2002-0684
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| Created: | July 8, 2002 |
Updated: | September 30, 2003 |
| Description: |
The BIND 4.9.8-OW2 patch and BIND 4.9.9 release (and thus 4.9.9-OW1)
include fixes for a libc related vulnerability which does not
affect Linux. Updates from
the Internet Software Consortium (ISC)
are available from here.
No release or branch of Openwall GNU/*/Linux (Owl) is known to be
affected, due to Olaf Kirch's fixes for this problem getting into the
GNU C library more than two years ago.
Unfortunatly that does not mean that Linux systems are not vulnerable.
Similar code, without Olaf Firch's fixes,
is in the glibc getnetbyXXX functions.
These functions are described in the SuSE alert as
"
used by very few applications only, such as ifconfig and ifuser,
which makes exploits less likely."
CERT Advisory: CA-2002-19
Buffer Overflow in Multiple DNS Resolver Libraries
CAN-2002-0651
CAN-2002-0684 |
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Comments (1 posted)
BitchX - denial of service
| Package(s): | BitchX |
CVE #(s): | |
| Created: | February 20, 2003 |
Updated: | May 26, 2003 |
| Description: |
From this Bugtraq posting:
A denial of service vulnerability exists in BitchX. Sending a malformed
RPL_NAMREPLY numeric 353 causes BitchX to segfault. This problem was
reported to panasync@efnet#bitchx on Jan 30 2003, as of this writing we are
unaware of any patches or workarounds provided by panasync and or any
members of #bitchx |
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Comments (none posted)
Bugzilla: several vulnerabilities.
| Package(s): | bugzilla |
CVE #(s): | |
| Created: | April 30, 2003 |
Updated: | May 21, 2003 |
| Description: |
The Bugzilla bug tracking system has a new set of vulnerabilities which can
lead to cross-site scripting and symlink attacks. Versions 2.16.3 and
2.17.4 contain the necessary fixes; see this
advisory for the details. |
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Comments (none posted)
Canna server: exploitable buffer overrun
| Package(s): | canna |
CVE #(s): | CAN-2002-1158
CAN-2002-1159
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| Created: | December 10, 2002 |
Updated: | September 30, 2003 |
| Description: |
Canna is a kana-kanji conversion server which is necessary for Japanese
language character input.
A buffer overflow bug in the Canna server up to and including version 3.5b2
allows a local user to gain the privileges of the user 'bin' which could
lead to further exploits. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project
(cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CAN-2002-1158 to this issue.
A lack of validation of requests has been found that affects Canna version
3.6 and earlier. A malicious remote user could exploit this vulnerability
to leak information, or cause a denial of service attack. (CAN-2002-1159)
See also
http://canna.sourceforge.jp/sec/Canna-2002-01.txt
CAN-2002-1158
CAN-2002-1159 |
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Comments (none posted)
dvips: command execution vulnerability
| Package(s): | dvips |
CVE #(s): | CAN-2002-0836
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| Created: | October 16, 2002 |
Updated: | June 10, 2003 |
| Description: |
The dvips utility uses the system() function improperly when managing fonts. An attacker who can craft the right sort of print job can use this vulnerability to execute commands under the UID used by the print system. |
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Comments (none posted)
epic4: buffer overflows and arbitrary code execution
| Package(s): | epic4 |
CVE #(s): | |
| Created: | May 2, 2003 |
Updated: | May 22, 2003 |
| Description: |
Timo Sirainen discovered several problems in EPIC4, a popular client for
Internet Relay Chat (IRC). A malicious server could craft special reply
strings, triggering the client to write beyond buffer boundaries. This
could lead to a denial of service if the client only crashes, but may also
lead to executing of arbitrary code under the user id of the chatting user. |
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Comments (none posted)
ethereal - format string vulnerability
| Package(s): | ethereal |
CVE #(s): | CAN-2003-0081
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| Created: | March 10, 2003 |
Updated: | June 12, 2003 |
| Description: |
The SOCKS dissector in Ethereal 0.9.9 is susceptible to a format string
overflow. This vulnerability has been present in Ethereal since the SOCKS
dissector was introduced in version 0.8.7. It was discovered by Georgi
Guninski. Additionally, the NTLMSSP code is susceptible to a heap
overflow. All users of Ethereal 0.9.9 and below are encouraged to upgrade.
See the full
advisory for additional information. |
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Comments (none posted)
evolution: multiple vulnerabilities
| Package(s): | Evolution |
CVE #(s): | CAN-2003-0128
CAN-2003-0129
CAN-2003-0130
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| Created: | March 21, 2003 |
Updated: | May 14, 2003 |
| Description: |
Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Ximian's Evolution Mail User
Agent, according to this
CoreLabs advisory.
"Three vulnerabilities were found that could lead to various forms of
exploitation ranging from denying to users the ability to read email,
provoke system unstability, bypassing security context checks for email
content and possibly execution of arbitrary commands on vulnerable
systems."
Ximian Evolution is a personal and
workgroup information management solution for Linux and UNIX-based
systems. The software integrates email, calendaring, meeting scheduling,
contact management, and task lists, in one application. |
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Comments (1 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)
fetchmail: buffer overflow
| Package(s): | fetchmail |
CVE #(s): | CAN-2002-1365
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| Created: | December 17, 2002 |
Updated: | October 20, 2003 |
| Description: |
Versions of fetchmail prior to 6.2.0 have (yet another) buffer overflow vulnerability which can be exploited remotely via a suitably crafted message. See this advisory for details. |
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Comments (3 posted)
file - memory allocation problem, stack overflow
| Package(s): | file |
CVE #(s): | CAN-2003-0102
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| Created: | March 4, 2003 |
Updated: | June 4, 2003 |
| Description: |
Jeff Johnson found a memory allocation problem and David Endler found a
stack overflow corruption problem in the file "Automatic File Content
Type Recognition Tool" version 3.41. Nalin Dahyabhai improved ELF section
and program header handling in file version 3.40. The folks at OpenPKG
believe that file versions without those modifications are vulnerable to
memory allocation and stack overflow problems which put security at risk. |
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Comments (none posted)
GNU fileutils race condition
| Package(s): | fileutils ucdsnmp |
CVE #(s): | CAN-2002-0435
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| Created: | May 20, 2002 |
Updated: | May 16, 2003 |
| Description: |
A race
condition in rm may cause the root user to delete the whole filesystem.
The problem exists in the version of rm in
fileutils
4.1 stable and 4.1.6 development version. A patch
is available.
(First LWN
report: May 2).
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Comments (none posted)
Potential remote root exploit in glibc
| Package(s): | glibc |
CVE #(s): | CAN-2002-0391
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| Created: | August 14, 2002 |
Updated: | June 29, 2003 |
| Description: |
Felix von Leitner, discovered a
potential division by zero bug in
code derived from the SunRPC library which is used in glibc.This bug could be
exploited to gain unauthorized root access to software linking to glibc.
Updating as soon as practical is a good idea.
Because SunRPC-derived XDR libraries are used by a variety of vendors in a variety of applications, this defect may lead to a number of differing security problems. Exploiting this vulnerability will lead to denial of service, execution of arbitrary code, or the disclosure of sensitive information.
CERT/CC Vulnerability Note VU#192995 Integer
overflow in xdr_array() function when deserializing the XDR stream
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Comments (none posted)
glibc: DNS stub resolvers contain buffer overflow vulnerability
| Package(s): | glibc |
CVE #(s): | CAN-2002-1146
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| Created: | November 7, 2002 |
Updated: | February 5, 2004 |
| Description: |
DNS stub resolvers from multiple vendors contain a buffer overflow
vulnerability. The impact of this vulnerability appears to be limited to
denial of service. (See CERT Vulnerability Note
VU#738331)
The BIND 4 and BIND 8.2.x stub resolver libraries, and other libraries such
as glibc 2.2.5 and earlier, libc, and libresolv, uses the maximum buffer
size instead of the actual size when processing a DNS response, which
causes the stub resolvers to read past the actual boundary ("read buffer
overflow"), allowing remote attackers to cause a denial of service
(crash).
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Comments (none posted)
glibc: integer overflow in the xdrmem_getbytes() function
| Package(s): | glibc krb5 dietlibc |
CVE #(s): | CAN-2003-0028
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| Created: | March 21, 2003 |
Updated: | May 27, 2003 |
| Description: |
An integer overflow in the xdrmem_getbytes() function, and possibly other
functions, of XDR (external data representation) libraries derived from
SunRPC, including libnsl, libc, and glibc, allows remote attackers to
execute arbitrary code via certain integer values in length fields
See
CAN-2003-0028 and CERT advisory
CA-2003-10 for more information. |
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Comments (3 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)
IMP - SQL injection vulnerability
| Package(s): | imp |
CVE #(s): | CAN-2003-0025
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| Created: | January 15, 2003 |
Updated: | July 8, 2003 |
| Description: |
The IMP IMAP server, versions 2.2.8 and prior, is vulnerable to SQL
injection; see this advisory for details.
Version 3.x is not vulnerable to this problem. |
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Comments (1 posted)
kde: arbitrary code execution
| Package(s): | kde |
CVE #(s): | CAN-2003-0204
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| Created: | April 10, 2003 |
Updated: | June 30, 2003 |
| Description: |
The KDE Security team has issued an advisory
on a vulnerability present in all versions of KDE that allow a remote
attacker to execute arbitrary commands under your account. KDE 3.0.5b and
KDE 3.1.1a have been released to address this problem. For KDE 2.2.2
patches to the KDE 2.2.2 sources have been made available.
KDE uses Ghostscript software for processing of PostScript (PS) and PDF
files in a way that allows for the execution of arbitrary commands that can
be contained in such files.
An attacker can prepare a malicious PostScript or PDF file which will
provide the attacker with access to the victim's account and privileges
when the victim opens this malicious file for viewing or when the victim
browses a directory containing such malicious file and has file previews
enabled.
An attacker can provide malicious files remotely to a victim in an e-mail,
as part of a webpage, via an ftp server and possible other means. |
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Comments (none posted)
kerberos - cryptographic weakness
| Package(s): | kerberos, heimdal, openafs |
CVE #(s): | CAN-2003-0138
CAN-2003-0139
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| Created: | March 26, 2003 |
Updated: | May 27, 2003 |
| Description: |
Version 4 of the Kerberos protocol contains a cryptographic weakness which enables a chosen-plaintext attack. A suitably equipped attacker can impersonate any principal in the realm. Another weakness allows the creation of false Kerberos tickets. Given the weaknesses in the cryptography, cross-realm authentication cannot be performed in a secure way.
OpenAFS
kaserver implements version 4 of the Kerberos protocol, and therefore
is also vulnerable. |
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Comments (none posted)
kernel - ptrace-related vulnerability
| Package(s): | kernel |
CVE #(s): | CAN-2003-0127
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| Created: | March 17, 2003 |
Updated: | June 30, 2003 |
| Description: |
Versions 2.2.x and 2.4.x of the Linux kernel contain a vulnerability in
ptrace() which may be exploited by a local user to obtain root
access. This announcement contains the
details and a patch for 2.4.20. For 2.2 users, 2.2.25 has been released
which contains the fix. |
| Alerts: |
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Comments (none posted)
kernel 2.4 - two new vulnerabilities
| Package(s): | kernel |
CVE #(s): | CAN-2003-0244
CAN-2003-0246
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| Created: | May 14, 2003 |
Updated: | July 25, 2003 |
| Description: |
The 2.4.20 (and prior) kernel contains a couple of vulnerabilities that are worth fixing.
- The ioperm() system call doesn't perform proper checking,
allowing a local user to manipulate arbitrary I/O ports.
- The networking code contains a remotely exploitable denial of
service condition; see the May 24 Security Page for details.
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Comments (2 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)
kopete: vulnerabiliy in GnuPG plugin
| Package(s): | kopete |
CVE #(s): | CAN-2003-0256
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| Created: | May 8, 2003 |
Updated: | June 27, 2003 |
| Description: |
A vulnerability was discovered in versions of kopete
prior to 0.6.2. Kopete is a KDE instant messenger client. This
vulnerabiliy is in the GnuPG plugin that allows for users to send each
other GPG-encrypted instant messages. The plugin passes encrypted messages
to gpg, but does no checking to sanitize the commandline passed to gpg.
This can allow remote users to execute arbitrary code, with the permissions
of the user running kopete, on the local system. |
| Alerts: |
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Comments (none posted)
libpng, libpng3: buffer overflow
| Package(s): | libpng, libpng3 |
CVE #(s): | CAN-2002-1363
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| Created: | December 19, 2002 |
Updated: | July 14, 2004 |
| Description: |
Glenn Randers-Pehrson discovered a problem in connection with 16-bit
samples from libpng, an interface for reading and writing PNG
(Portable Network Graphics) format files. The starting offsets for
the loops are calculated incorrectly which causes a buffer overrun
beyond the beginning of the row buffer. |
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Comments (none posted)
LPRng: insecure temporary file
| Package(s): | LPRng |
CVE #(s): | CAN-2003-0136
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| Created: | April 14, 2003 |
Updated: | June 16, 2003 |
| Description: |
Karol Lewandowski discovered that psbanner, a printer filter that
creates a PostScript format banner and is part of LPRng, insecurely
creates a temporary file for debugging purpose when it is configured
as filter. The program does not check whether this file already
exists or is linked to another place writes its current environment
and called arguments to the file unconditionally with the user id
daemon. |
| Alerts: |
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Comments (none posted)
lprold - buffer overflow in lprm
| Package(s): | lprold lpd |
CVE #(s): | CAN-2003-0144
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| Created: | March 13, 2003 |
Updated: | May 28, 2003 |
| Description: |
The lprm command of the printing package lprold contains a buffer
overflow. This buffer overflow can be exploited by a local user, if the
printer system is set up correctly, to gain root privileges. |
| Alerts: |
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Comments (none posted)
lynx: CRLF injection vulnerability
| Package(s): | lynx |
CVE #(s): | CAN-2002-1405
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| Created: | November 19, 2002 |
Updated: | September 30, 2003 |
| Description: |
If lynx is given a url with some special characters on the command line, it
will include faked headers in the HTTP query. This feature can be used to
force scripts (that use Lynx for downloading files) to access the wrong
site on a web server with multiple virtual hosts.
CAN-2002-1405 |
| Alerts: |
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Comments (none posted)
perl-MailTools: remote command execution
| Package(s): | MailTools |
CVE #(s): | CAN-2002-1271
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| Created: | November 5, 2002 |
Updated: | September 19, 2003 |
| Description: |
The SuSE Security Team reviewed critical Perl modules, including the
Mail::Mailer package. This package contains a security hole which allows
remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands in certain circumstances.
This is due to the usage of mailx as default mailer which allows commands
to be embedded in the mail body.
Note that mail processing programs which use this package can be affected by this vulnerability; in particular, SpamAssassin is vulnerable if you use the -r or -w flags.
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Comments (none posted)
mysql - configuration file vulnerability
| Package(s): | mysql mysqld |
CVE #(s): | CAN-2003-0150
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| Created: | March 18, 2003 |
Updated: | May 16, 2003 |
| Description: |
According to a
report on BugTraq, a vulnerability exists in
version 3.23.55 and earlier versions of the MySQL server. If the MySQL server is
launched by root, as it is often done by system startup scripts, any
database users with the "FILE" privilege can write a configuration file
(usually my.cnf) that causes the MySQL server to run under an arbitrary
user id, including the user id of the super-user, on the next restart. |
| Alerts: |
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Comments (none posted)
nethack: buffer overflow
| Package(s): | nethack, slashem, falconseye |
CVE #(s): | CAN-2003-0358
CAN-2003-0359
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| Created: | February 18, 2003 |
Updated: | July 15, 2003 |
| Description: |
Overflowing a buffer in nethack may lead to privilege escalation to games
uid.
Read the the full advisory for the details.
Note that falconseye does not contain the file permission error
CAN-2003-0359 which affected some other nethack packages. |
| Alerts: |
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Comments (none posted)
NetPBM: math overflow errors
| Package(s): | NetPBM |
CVE #(s): | CAN-2003-0146
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| Created: | March 17, 2003 |
Updated: | May 27, 2003 |
| Description: |
Al Viro and Alan Cox discovered several maths overflow errors in
NetPBM, a set of graphics conversion tools. These programs are not
installed setuid root but are often installed to prepare data for
processing. These vulnerabilities may allow remote attackers to cause
a denial of service or execute arbitrary code. |
| Alerts: |
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Comments (none posted)
netscape-flash: buffer overflow
| Package(s): | netscape-flash |
CVE #(s): | |
| Created: | March 10, 2003 |
Updated: | June 20, 2003 |
| Description: |
Potentially exploitable buffer overflows exist in the Macromedia Flash
Player. The full advisory is here.
"The cumulative security patch is available today and addresses the
potential for exploits surrounding buffer overflows (read/write) and
sandbox integrity within the player, which might allow malicious users to
gain access to a user's computer. The possibility of running native code on
a users machine is a theoretical exploit, and extremely difficult to
execute in practice. There are no known examples of running such native
code from Macromedia Flash movies; however, even though this issue is
difficult and theoretical in nature only, we are encouraging users to
upgrade." |
| Alerts: |
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Comments (none posted)
net-snmp: denial of service vulnerability
| Package(s): | net-snmp |
CVE #(s): | CAN-2002-1170
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| Created: | December 17, 2002 |
Updated: | November 7, 2003 |
| Description: |
The SNMP daemon included in the Net-SNMP package versions 5.0.1 through
5.0.4 can be caused to crash if it is sent a specially crafted packet. |
| Alerts: |
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Comments (none posted)
openssh: timing attack leads to information disclosure
| Package(s): | openssh |
CVE #(s): | CAN-2003-0190
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| Created: | May 2, 2003 |
Updated: | November 30, 2004 |
| Description: |
From the advisory:
"During a pen-test we stumbled across a nasty bug in OpenSSH-portable
with PAM support enabled (via the --with-pam configure script switch). This
bug allows a remote attacker to identify valid users on vulnerable systems,
through a simple timing attack. The vulnerability is easy to exploit and
may have high severity, if combined with poor password policies and other
security problems that allow local privilege escalation." |
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Comments (1 posted)
openssl: local and remote extraction of RSA private key
| Package(s): | openssl, apache, mod_ssl |
CVE #(s): | CAN-2003-0147
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| Created: | March 18, 2003 |
Updated: | May 22, 2003 |
| Description: |
David Brumley and Dan Boneh of Stanford University have researched and
documented a timing attack on OpenSSL which allows local and remote
attackers to extract the RSA private key of a server. The OpenSSL RSA
implementation is generally vulnerable to these type of attacks unless RSA
blinding has been turned on. See this
paper (pdf format) for additional details.
Typically, RSA blinding is not enabled by OpenSSL based applications,
mainly because it is not obvious how to do so when using OpenSSL to provide
SSL/TLS. This problem affects mostly all applications using OpenSSL and
have to be rebuilded against the fixed OpenSSL version (where RSA blinding
is now enabled by default) or have to enable RSA blinding explicitly their
own.
The performance impact of RSA blinding appears to be small (a few percent
only) and the RSA functionality is still fully compatible. The Common
Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) project assigned the id
CAN-2003-0147 to the problem. |
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pam_xauth: root exploit
| Package(s): | pam_xauth |
CVE #(s): | CAN-2002-1160
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| Created: | February 13, 2003 |
Updated: | July 10, 2003 |
| Description: |
The pam_xauth module is used to forward xauth information from user to user
in applications such as 'su'.
Andreas Beck discovered that versions of pam_xauth supplied with Red Hat
Linux since version 7.1 would forward authorization information from the
root account to unprivileged users. This could be used by a local attacker
to gain access to an administrator's X session. In order to exploit this
vulnerability, the attacker would have to get the administrator, as root,
to use su to the account belonging to the attacker. |
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PHP: vulnerability in mail function
| Package(s): | php |
CVE #(s): | CAN-2002-0985
CAN-2002-0986
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| Created: | November 13, 2002 |
Updated: | September 30, 2003 |
| Description: |
Two vulnerabilities exists in the mail() PHP function. The first one allows
the execution of any program/script bypassing safe_mode restriction, the
second one may give an open-relay script if the mail() function is not
carefully used in PHP scripts. See this Bugtraq
report for more details. Note that this is a different vulnerability than the previous PHP mail() problem, which affected versions through 4.1.0.
CAN-2002-0985
CAN-2002-0986 |
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PostgreSQL - more buffer overflows
| Package(s): | postgresql |
CVE #(s): | |
| Created: | February 12, 2003 |
Updated: | November 7, 2003 |
| Description: |
A new set of buffer overflows has been discovered in PostgreSQL 7.2.2; they affect the circle_poly(), path_encode(), and path_addr() functions. Exploiting these overflows requires that the attacker first obtain a connection to the PostgreSQL server. |
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Comments (1 posted)
PoPTop: remotely exploitable buffer overflow
| Package(s): | pptpd |
CVE #(s): | CAN-2003-0213
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| Created: | April 28, 2003 |
Updated: | June 6, 2003 |
| Description: |
The PoPToP PPTP server contains a remotely exploitable buffer overflow;
read the full
advisory for more information. |
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Comments (none posted)
Local arbitrary code execution vulnerability in Python
| Package(s): | python |
CVE #(s): | CAN-2002-1119
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| Created: | August 28, 2002 |
Updated: | September 30, 2003 |
| Description: |
Zack Weinberg discovered that
os._execvpe from os.py uses a predictable name which could lead
to execution of arbitrary code. According to the Debian
advisory, the problem
was present in Python versions 1.5, 2.1 and 2.2.
CAN-2002-1119 |
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Comments (none posted)
Multiple-use vulnerability in Safe.pm
| Package(s): | Safe.pm |
CVE #(s): | CAN-2002-1323
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| Created: | October 9, 2002 |
Updated: | February 20, 2004 |
| Description: |
usePerl has a
description of a vulnerability in the Safe.pm Perl module. It seems
that if a Safe compartment is used more than once, it ceases to be safe.
The problem is fixed in Safe 2.08. |
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Comments (none posted)
squirrelmail: more cross-site scripting vulnerabilities
| Package(s): | squirrelmail |
CVE #(s): | CAN-2003-0160
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| Created: | April 24, 2003 |
Updated: | June 4, 2003 |
| Description: |
SquirrelMail is a webmail package written in PHP. Multiple vulnerabilities
have been found which affect versions of SquirrelMail shipped with Red Hat
Linux 8.0 and Red Hat Linux 9.
Cross-site scripting vulnerabilities in SquirrelMail version 1.2.10 and
earlier allow remote attackers to execute script as other Web users via
mailbox displays, message displays, or search results displays. The Common
Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name
CAN-2003-0160 to these issues.
All users are advised to upgrade to these errata packages containing
SquirrelMail version 1.2.11, which is not vulnerable to these issues. |
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Comments (none posted)
File overwrite vulnerability in tar and unzip
| Package(s): | tar unzip |
CVE #(s): | CAN-2001-1267
CAN-2001-1268
CAN-2001-1269
CAN-2002-0399
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| Created: | October 1, 2002 |
Updated: | April 9, 2006 |
| Description: |
The tar utility does not properly filter file names containing
"../", meaning that a hostile archive can, if unpacked by an
unsuspecting user, overwrite any file that is writable by that user. GNU
tar versions 1.13.19 and earlier are vulnerable; unzip through version 5.42
has the same vulnerability. |
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Comments (1 posted)
TCP/IP: inconsistent flag handling
| Package(s): | TCP/IP |
CVE #(s): | |
| Created: | May 5, 2003 |
Updated: | May 20, 2003 |
| Description: |
Various vendors' TCP/IP implementations handle packets containing unusual
flag combinations in different ways, which may lead to a violation of
implicit or explicit security policies.
See CERT VU#464113 and
this BugTraq post for more information. |
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Comments (none posted)
Multiple vendor telnetd vulnerability
| Package(s): | telnet Telnet netkit-telnet-ssl kerberos telnetd netkit-telnet nkitb/nkitserv/telnetd krb5 |
CVE #(s): | |
| Created: | May 20, 2002 |
Updated: | October 5, 2004 |
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