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+----------------------------------------------------------------------+ | LinuxSecurity.com Linux Advisory Watch | | February 26th, 2010 Volume 11, Number 9 | | | | Editorial Team: Dave Wreski | | Benjamin D. Thomas | +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ Thank you for reading the Linux Advisory Watch Security Newsletter. The purpose of this document is to provide our readers with a quick summary of each week's vendor security bulletins and pointers on methods to improve the security posture of your open source system. Vulnerabilities affect nearly every vendor virtually every week, so be sure to read through to find the updates your distributor have made available. Measuring Security IT Success ----------------------------- In a time where budgets are constrained and Internet threats are on the rise, it is important for organizations to invest in network security applications that will not only provide them with powerful functionality but also a rapid return on investment. http://www.linuxsecurity.com/content/view/118817 Buffer Overflow Basics ---------------------- A buffer overflow occurs when a program or process tries to store more data in a temporary data storage area than it was intended to hold. Since buffers are created to contain a finite amount of data, the extra information can overflow into adjacent buffers, corrupting or overwriting the valid data held in them. http://www.linuxsecurity.com/content/view/119087 --> Take advantage of the LinuxSecurity.com Quick Reference Card! http://www.linuxsecurity.com/docs/QuickRefCard.pdf <-- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ * EnGarde Secure Community 3.0.22 Now Available! (Dec 9) ------------------------------------------------------ Guardian Digital is happy to announce the release of EnGarde Secure Community 3.0.22 (Version 3.0, Release 22). This release includes many updated packages and bug fixes and some feature enhancements to the EnGarde Secure Linux Installer and the SELinux policy. http://www.linuxsecurity.com/content/view/145668 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ * Debian: Linux 2.6.18 several vulnerabilities (Feb 22) ----------------------------------------------------- Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in the Linux kernel that may lead to a denial of service or privilege escalation. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems: http://www.linuxsecurity.com/content/view/151755 * Debian: polipo denial of service (Feb 19) ----------------------------------------- Several denial of service vulnerabilities have been discovered in polipo, a small, caching web proxy. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems: http://www.linuxsecurity.com/content/view/151740 * Debian: php5 multiple vulnerabilities (Feb 19) ---------------------------------------------- Several remote vulnerabilities have been discovered in PHP 5, an hypertext preprocessor. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems: http://www.linuxsecurity.com/content/view/151739 * Debian: ffmpeg several vulnerabilities (Feb 18) ----------------------------------------------- Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in ffmpeg, a multimedia player, server and encoder, which also provides a range of multimedia libraries used in applications like MPlayer: http://www.linuxsecurity.com/content/view/151736 * Debian: xulrunner several vulnerabilities (Feb 18) -------------------------------------------------- Several remote vulnerabilities have been discovered in Xulrunner, a runtime environment for XUL applications, such as the Iceweasel web browser. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems: http://www.linuxsecurity.com/content/view/151734 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ * Mandriva: 2010:050: apache-mod_security (Feb 26) ------------------------------------------------ This release fixes several important issues to help prevent a detection bypass and denial of service attacks against ModSecurity. Quite a few small but notable bugs were fixed. The latest Core Ruleset (2.0.5) is included. [More...] http://www.linuxsecurity.com/content/view/151785 * Mandriva: 2010:049: sudo (Feb 25) --------------------------------- A vulnerabilitiy has been found and corrected in sudo: sudo 1.6.x before 1.6.9p21 and 1.7.x before 1.7.2p4, when a pseudo-command is enabled, permits a match between the name of the pseudo-command and the name of an executable file in an arbitrary [More...] http://www.linuxsecurity.com/content/view/151781 * Mandriva: 2010:048: roundcubemail (Feb 25) ------------------------------------------ Roundcube 0.3.1 and earlier does not request that the web browser avoid DNS prefetching of domain names contained in e-mail messages, which makes it easier for remote attackers to determine the network location of the webmail user by logging DNS requests (CVE-2010-0464). [More...] http://www.linuxsecurity.com/content/view/151780 * Mandriva: 2010:047: fuse (Feb 23) --------------------------------- A race condition has been found in fuse that could escalate privileges for local users and lead to a DoS (Denial of Service) (CVE-2009-3297). The updated packages have been patched to correct this issue. [More...] http://www.linuxsecurity.com/content/view/151766 * Mandriva: 2010:046: ncpfs (Feb 23) ---------------------------------- A vulnerability has been found in ncpfs which can be exploited by local users to disclose potentially sensitive information, cause a DoS (Denial of Service), and potentially gain escalated privileges (CVE-2009-3297). [More...] http://www.linuxsecurity.com/content/view/151765 * Mandriva: 2010:045: php (Feb 23) -------------------------------- A vulnerability has been found and corrected in php: PHP before 5.2.12 does not properly handle session data, which has unspecified impact and attack vectors related to (1) interrupt corruption of the SESSION superglobal array and (2) the [More...] http://www.linuxsecurity.com/content/view/151758 * Mandriva: mysql (Feb 19) ------------------------ A vulnerabilitiy has been found and corrected in mysql: MySQL is vulnerable to a symbolic link attack when the data home directory contains a symlink to a different filesystem which allows remote authenticated users to bypass intended access restrictions http://www.linuxsecurity.com/content/view/151748 * Mandriva: blogtk (Feb 19) ------------------------- The blogtk package in 2010.0 was crashing on start. This update fixes the problem by updating blogtk to the latest version. Additionally the python-gdata packages are being provided as well due to requirements. http://www.linuxsecurity.com/content/view/151747 * Mandriva: libtheora (Feb 19) ---------------------------- A vulnerability have been discovered and corrected in libtheora: Integer overflow in libtheora in Xiph.Org Theora before 1.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a video with large dimensions http://www.linuxsecurity.com/content/view/151746 * Mandriva: firefox (Feb 19) -------------------------- Security issues were identified and fixed in firefox 3.0.x and 3.5.x: Mozilla developers identified and fixed several stability bugs in the browser engine used in Firefox and other Mozilla-based products. Some of these crashes showed evidence of memory corruption under certain http://www.linuxsecurity.com/content/view/151741 * Mandriva: xdg-utils (Feb 18) ---------------------------- This update enables files to be properly attached when xdg-email is used with Thunderbird as the default mail client. http://www.linuxsecurity.com/content/view/151735 * Mandriva: dhcp (Feb 18) ----------------------- The DHCP client ignores the interface-mtu option set by server. This update fixes the issue. http://www.linuxsecurity.com/content/view/151733 * Mandriva: kernel (Feb 18) ------------------------- Some vulnerabilities were discovered and corrected in the Linux 2.6 kernel: Array index error in the gdth_read_event function in drivers/scsi/gdth.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.32-rc8 allows local users to cause a denial of service or possibly gain privileges http://www.linuxsecurity.com/content/view/151732 * Mandriva: mdkonline (Feb 18) ---------------------------- The new mdkonline packages adds the extended maintenance support to mdkonline. Packages for 2008.0 are provided for Corporate Desktop 2008.0 customers as well as for official 2008.0 updates. http://www.linuxsecurity.com/content/view/151731 * Mandriva: kernel (Feb 18) ------------------------- Some vulnerabilities were discovered and corrected in the Linux 2.6 kernel: Array index error in the gdth_read_event function in drivers/scsi/gdth.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.32-rc8 allows http://www.linuxsecurity.com/content/view/151728 * Mandriva: pidgin (Feb 18) ------------------------- Multiple security vulnerabilities has been identified and fixed in pidgin: Certain malformed SLP messages can trigger a crash because the MSN protocol plugin fails to check that all pieces of the message are set correctly (CVE-2010-0277). In a user in a multi-user chat http://www.linuxsecurity.com/content/view/151727 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ * RedHat: sudo (Feb 26) --------------------- An updated sudo package that fixes two security issues is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5. This update has been rated as having important security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team. http://www.linuxsecurity.com/content/view/151784 * RedHat: acroread security and bug fix update (Feb 18) ----------------------------------------------------- Updated acroread packages that fix two security issues and a bug are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 Extras and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Supplementary. This update has been rated as having critical security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team. http://www.linuxsecurity.com/content/view/151729 * RedHat: pidgin (Feb 18) ----------------------- Updated pidgin packages that fix three security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 and 5. This update has been rated as having moderate security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team. http://www.linuxsecurity.com/content/view/151730 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ * SuSE: Linux kernel (Feb 18) --------------------------- http://www.linuxsecurity.com/content/view/151737 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ * Ubuntu: 903-1: OpenOffice.org vulnerabilities (Feb 24) ------------------------------------------------------ It was discovered that the XML HMAC signature system did not correctly check certain lengths. If an attacker sent a truncated HMAC, it could bypass authentication, leading to potential privilege escalation. (CVE-2009-0217) [More...] http://www.linuxsecurity.com/content/view/151767 * Ubuntu: Pidgin vulnerabilities (Feb 22) ---------------------------------------- Fabian Yamaguchi discovered that Pidgin incorrectly validated all fields of an incoming message in the MSN protocol handler. A remote attacker could send a specially crafted message and cause Pidgin to crash, leading to a denial of service. (CVE-2010-0277) http://www.linuxsecurity.com/content/view/151750 * Ubuntu: XML-RPC for C and C++ vulnerabilities (Feb 18) ------------------------------------------------------- USN-890-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Expat. This update provides the corresponding updates for XML-RPC for C and C++. Original advisory details: Jukka Taimisto, Tero Rontti and Rauli Kaksonen discovered that Expat did not properly process malformed XML. If a user or http://www.linuxsecurity.com/content/view/151738 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ * Pardus: Kernel: Multiple Vulnerabilities (Feb 24) ------------------------------------------------- Multiple vulnerabilities have been fixed in kernel, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause denial of service, or possibly arbitrary code execution. http://www.linuxsecurity.com/content/view/151776 * Pardus: Flashplugin: Multiple (Feb 24) -------------------------------------- Multiple vulnerabilities have been fixed in Flashplugin, which can be used by malicious people to possibly 1) cause denial of service 2) make cross domain requests http://www.linuxsecurity.com/content/view/151777 * Pardus: Alsa: Denial of Service (Feb 24) ---------------------------------------- A vulnerability has been fixed in Kernel, which can be exploited by malicious people to crash kernel due to divide by zero in azx_position_ok http://www.linuxsecurity.com/content/view/151778 * Pardus: Pidgin: Multiple Vulnerabilities (Feb 24) ------------------------------------------------- Multiple vulnerabilities have been fixed in Pidgin, which can be used by malicious people to cause denial of service. http://www.linuxsecurity.com/content/view/151779 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Distributed by: Guardian Digital, Inc. 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