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Kernel Summit: Security
The Kernel Summit had a session on security
which should be interest to readers of this page, even if you don't usually follow the kernel page. James Morris led the session and noted that a great many security features have found their way into 2.6; including the Linux security module mechanism, the crypto API, the dm-crypt target, IPSec,
SELinux, NX bit support, the audit framework, and more.
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July CRYPTO-GRAM newsletter
Bruce Scheier's CRYPTO-GRAM newsletter for July is out; this month's topics
include due process and security, cryptographers and U.S. immigration,
threatening Coca-Cola cans, the CLEAR act, and the threat of portable
storage devices. " Regarding the former, banning iPods and USB devices doesn't do any
good...because the thief will ignore the ban. USB thumb drives are tiny.
What are you going to do, strip search everyone who goes in and out of the
building? The ban is a silly countermeasure that annoys all your innocent
employees and doesn't faze the potentially guilty ones."
Full Story (comments: none)
Novell Previews Liberty-based Identity Federation Solution
Novell, Inc. has announced
a new Liberty-certified technology, code-named "Odyssey," that will enable
organizations to federate identity information among business partners
while maintaining users' privacy.
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New vulnerabilities
apache mod_ssl format string vulnerability
| Package(s): | apache mod_ssl |
CVE #(s): | |
| Created: | July 16, 2004 |
Updated: | August 6, 2004 |
| Description: |
Triggered by a report to Packet Storm from Virulent, a format string
vulnerability was found in mod_ssl, the Apache SSL/TLS interface to
OpenSSL, version (up to and including) 2.8.18 for Apache 1.3. The mod_ssl
in Apache 2.x is not affected. The vulnerability could be exploitable if
Apache is used as a proxy for HTTPS URLs and the attacker established a own
specially prepared DNS and origin server environment. |
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l2tpd buffer overflow
| Package(s): | l2tpd |
CVE #(s): | CAN-2004-0649
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| Created: | July 18, 2004 |
Updated: | July 22, 2004 |
| Description: |
Thomas Walpuski reported a buffer overflow in l2tpd, an implementation
of the layer 2 tunneling protocol, whereby a remote attacker could
potentially cause arbitrary code to be executed by transmitting a
specially crafted packet. The exploitability of this vulnerability
has not been verified. |
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Comments (none posted)
netkit-telnet-ssl format string vulnerability
| Package(s): | netkit-telnet-ssl |
CVE #(s): | CAN-2004-0640
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| Created: | July 18, 2004 |
Updated: | July 21, 2004 |
| Description: |
b0f discovered a format string vulnerability in netkit-telnet-ssl
which could potentially allow a remote attacker to cause the execution
of arbitrary code with the privileges of the telnet daemon (the
'telnetd' user by default). |
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Opera: Multiple spoofing vulnerabilities
| Package(s): | opera |
CVE #(s): | |
| Created: | July 20, 2004 |
Updated: | July 21, 2004 |
| Description: |
Opera fails to remove illegal characters from an URI of a link and to check
that the target frame of a link belongs to the same website as the
link. Opera also updates the address bar before loading a page.
Additionally, Opera contains a certificate verification problem.
These vulnerabilities could allow an attacker to impersonate legitimate
websites to steal sensitive information from users. This could be done by
obfuscating the real URI of a link or by injecting a malicious frame into
an arbitrary frame of another browser window. |
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Updated vulnerabilities
ut2003: Unreal Tournament 2003/2004 buffer overflow in 'secure' queries
| Package(s): | ut2003 |
CVE #(s): | |
| Created: | July 19, 2004 |
Updated: | July 21, 2004 |
| Description: |
The Unreal-based game servers support a specific type of query called
'secure'. Part of the Gamespy protocol, this query is used to ask if the
game server is able to calculate an exact response using a provided
string. Luigi Auriemma found that sending a long 'secure' query triggers a
buffer overflow in the game server. By sending a malicious UDP-based
'secure' query, an attacker could execute arbitrary code on the game
server. |
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Apache mod_proxy: denial of service
| Package(s): | apache |
CVE #(s): | CAN-2004-0492
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| Created: | June 11, 2004 |
Updated: | October 14, 2004 |
| Description: |
A buffer overflow vulnerability in the apache mod_proxy module
can be exploited to create a denial of service. |
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apache2: stack-based buffer overflow in ssl_util.c
| Package(s): | apache2 |
CVE #(s): | CAN-2004-0488
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| Created: | June 1, 2004 |
Updated: | October 14, 2004 |
| Description: |
A stack-based buffer overflow exists in the ssl_util_uuencode_binary
function in ssl_util.c in Apache. When mod_ssl is configured to trust the
issuing CA, a remote attacker may be able to execute arbitrary code via a
client certificate with a long subject DN. |
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Apache: denial of service
| Package(s): | apache2 |
CVE #(s): | CAN-2004-0493
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| Created: | June 30, 2004 |
Updated: | July 19, 2004 |
| Description: |
Versions of apache 2.0 through 2.0.49 fail to defend against arbitrarily long header lines; this bug can be exploited to cause the server to use arbitrarily large amounts of memory. See this advisory from Georgi Guninski for details. |
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aspell: bounds checking problem
| Package(s): | aspell |
CVE #(s): | CAN-2004-0548
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| Created: | June 17, 2004 |
Updated: | December 20, 2004 |
| Description: |
Aspell's word-list-compress utility fails to properly check bounds
when dealing with words that are more than 256 bytes long.
This can lead to arbitrary code execution by an attacker. |
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dhcp: buffer overflows
| Package(s): | dhcp |
CVE #(s): | CAN-2004-0460
CAN-2004-0461
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| Created: | June 23, 2004 |
Updated: | July 14, 2004 |
| Description: |
Two separate buffer overflows have been found in versions 3.0.1rc12 and 3.0.1rc13 of the ISC DHCP server. These overflows can be exploited by a remote attacker to cause a denial of service, or, potentially, to execute arbitrary code. DHCP servers should not be exposed to the Internet, but this problem is worth fixing regardless. See this CERT advisory for more information. |
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Ethereal: Multiple security problems
| Package(s): | ethereal |
CVE #(s): | CAN-2004-0633
CAN-2004-0634
CAN-2004-0635
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| Created: | July 9, 2004 |
Updated: | August 19, 2004 |
| Description: |
There are multiple vulnerabilities in versions of Ethereal earlier than
0.10.5, including:
* In some cases the iSNS dissector could cause Ethereal to abort.
* If there was no policy name for a handle for SMB SID snooping it
could cause a crash.
* A malformed or missing community string could cause the SNMP
dissector to crash.
See this
advisory for more information. |
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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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flim: insecure file creation
| Package(s): | flim |
CVE #(s): | CAN-2004-0422
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| Created: | May 5, 2004 |
Updated: | December 16, 2004 |
| Description: |
The emacs "flim" mode creates temporary files in an insecure fashion, possibly allowing a local attacker to overwrite files. |
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FreeS/WAN, Openswan, strongSwan: Vulnerabilities in certificate handling
| Package(s): | freeswan |
CVE #(s): | |
| Created: | June 25, 2004 |
Updated: | July 15, 2004 |
| Description: |
FreeS/WAN, Openswan, strongSwan and Super-FreeS/WAN contain two bugs
when authenticating PKCS#7 certificates. This could allow an attacker
to authenticate with a fake certificate. All these IPsec implementations
have several bugs in the verify_x509cert() function, which performs
certificate validation, that make them vulnerable to malicious PKCS#7
wrapped objects. With a carefully crafted certificate payload an attacker
can successfully authenticate against FreeS/WAN, Openswan, strongSwan or
Super-FreeS/WAN, or make the daemon go into an endless loop. |
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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. |
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Horde-IMP: improper input validation
| Package(s): | Horde-IMP |
CVE #(s): | |
| Created: | June 16, 2004 |
Updated: | August 10, 2004 |
| Description: |
An input validation error exists in Horde-IMP through version 3.2.4; a specially crafted message could be used to run scripts in the context of the target's browser. |
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iproute: local denial of service
| Package(s): | iproute net-tools |
CVE #(s): | CAN-2003-0856
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| Created: | November 25, 2003 |
Updated: | December 14, 2004 |
| Description: |
The iproute utility is susceptible to spoofed netlink messages sent by local users, with the result that denial of service attacks are possible. |
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racoon: failure to verify signatures
| Package(s): | ipsec-tools racoon |
CVE #(s): | CAN-2004-0155
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| Created: | April 7, 2004 |
Updated: | August 19, 2004 |
| Description: |
Versions of ipsec-tools prior to 0.2.5 contain a vulnerability wherein the racoon utility fails to verify digital signatures on some packets. This hole can lead to unauthorized connections or man-in-the-middle attacks. See this advisory for details. |
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racoon: denial of service vulnerability
| Package(s): | ipsec-tools racoon iputils |
CVE #(s): | CAN-2004-0403
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| Created: | April 26, 2004 |
Updated: | July 29, 2004 |
| Description: |
racoon does not check the length of ISAKMP headers. Attackers may be able
to craft an ISAKMP header of sufficient length to consume all available
system resources, causing a Denial of Service. This advisory contains additional
details. |
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kdelibs: cookie disclosure
| Package(s): | kdelibs |
CVE #(s): | CAN-2003-0592
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| Created: | March 10, 2004 |
Updated: | August 24, 2004 |
| Description: |
kdelibs (and, thus, Konqueror) has a vulnerability where a hostile server can force the disclosure of cookies that should not be presented to it. KDE versions 3.1.3 and later contain a fix. |
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kernel: symlink overflow in the iso9660 filessytem
| Package(s): | kernel |
CVE #(s): | CAN-2004-0109
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| Created: | April 14, 2004 |
Updated: | July 15, 2004 |
| Description: |
The 2.4 and 2.6 kernels contain a
vulnerability in the iso9660 (CDROM) filesystem which can be used by a
local attacker to obtain root privileges. The exploit requires creating a
specially-crafted filesystem and getting the kernel to mount it. Many
systems are configured to automatically mount CDs on insertion, however, so
the possibility of this vulnerability being exploited by users with
physical access to the system is real. The 2.4.26 kernel contains the fix,
which will also be merged into the upcoming 2.6.6 release. |
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kernel allows unauthorized changes to the group ID
| Package(s): | kernel |
CVE #(s): | CAN-2004-0497
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| Created: | July 2, 2004 |
Updated: | September 27, 2004 |
| Description: |
During an audit of the Linux kernel, SUSE discovered a flaw that allowed
a user to make unauthorized changes to the group ID of files in certain
circumstances - such as when the files are exported via NFS. |
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kernel: netfilter denial of service
| Package(s): | kernel |
CVE #(s): | |
| Created: | June 30, 2004 |
Updated: | July 28, 2004 |
| Description: |
The netfilter code in 2.6 kernels through 2.6.7 is vulnerable to a remote denial of service attack - but only if filtering on the TCP options field has been enabled. See this advisory for details. |
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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 |
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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)
libxml2 - arbitrary code execution
| Package(s): | libxml2 |
CVE #(s): | CAN-2004-0110
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| Created: | February 26, 2004 |
Updated: | July 21, 2004 |
| Description: |
Yuuichi Teranishi discovered a flaw in libxml2 versions prior to 2.6.6.
When fetching a remote resource via FTP or HTTP, libxml2 uses special
parsing routines. These routines can overflow a buffer if passed a very
long URL. If an attacker is able to find an application using libxml2 that
parses remote resources and allows them to influence the URL, then this
flaw could be used to execute arbitrary code. |
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logcheck: symlink vulnerability
| Package(s): | logcheck |
CVE #(s): | CAN-2004-0404
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| Created: | April 21, 2004 |
Updated: | December 22, 2004 |
| Description: |
The logcheck utility handles temporary files in an unsafe way, possibly allowing local attackers to overwrite files. |
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mailman: password disclosure
| Package(s): | mailman |
CVE #(s): | CAN-2004-0412
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| Created: | May 27, 2004 |
Updated: | July 20, 2004 |
| Description: |
In mailman versions above 2.1, third parties can retrieve
member passwords from the server. |
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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. |
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Comments (none posted)
mod_python: denial of service vulnerability
| Package(s): | mod_python |
CVE #(s): | CAN-2003-0973
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| Created: | January 27, 2004 |
Updated: | October 4, 2004 |
| Description: |
Apache's mod_python module could crash the httpd process if a specific,
malformed query string was sent.
The Apache Foundation has reported that mod_python may be prone to
Denial of Service attacks when handling a malformed query. Mod_python
2.7.9 was released to fix the vulnerability, however, because the
vulnerability has not been fully fixed, version 2.7.10 has been released.
Users of mod_python 3.0.4 are not affected by this vulnerability. |
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MoinMoin Group ACL Bypass
| Package(s): | moinmoin |
CVE #(s): | |
| Created: | July 12, 2004 |
Updated: | August 26, 2004 |
| Description: |
MoinMoin contains a flaw that may allow a malicious user to gain access to
unauthorized privileges. The issue is triggered when an attacker creates a
user with the same name as an administrative group. This flaw may lead to a
loss of integrity. See this osvdb
entry for additional information. |
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Comments (none posted)
mozilla: multiple vulnerabilties
| Package(s): | mozilla |
CVE #(s): | CAN-2003-0594
CAN-2003-0564
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| Created: | March 10, 2004 |
Updated: | August 19, 2004 |
| Description: |
Mozilla 1.4 contains a few vulnerabilities, including disclosure of cookies to the wrong server, a scripting vulnerability which can allow an attacker to run arbitrary code, and an S/MIME vulnerability which can lead to remote denial of service or code execution attacks. |
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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). |
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MySQL: temporary file vulnerabilities
| Package(s): | mysql |
CVE #(s): | CAN-2004-0381
CAN-2004-0388
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| Created: | April 14, 2004 |
Updated: | August 18, 2004 |
| Description: |
The mysqlbug and mysqld_multi scripts contain temporary file vulnerabilities which could be used by a local attacker to overwrite files on the system. |
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neon: buffer overflow
| Package(s): | neon |
CVE #(s): | CAN-2004-0398
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| Created: | May 19, 2004 |
Updated: | September 30, 2004 |
| Description: |
The neon library (through version 0.24.5) contains a buffer overflow in its date parsing code, allowing arbitrary code execution when connecting to a hostile server. See this advisory for details. This vulnerability also affects related applications (such as cadaver). |
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Nessus NASL scripting engine security issues
| Package(s): | nessus |
CVE #(s): | |
| Created: | May 27, 2003 |
Updated: | August 12, 2004 |
| Description: |
Some some vulnerabilities exsist in the Nessus NASL scripting engine. To
exploit these flaws, an attacker would need to have a valid Nessus account
as well as the ability to upload arbitrary Nessus plugins in the Nessus
server (this option is disabled by default) or he/she would need to trick a
user somehow into running a specially crafted nasl script. Read the full
advisory for additional information. |
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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. |
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Comments (1 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: denial of service vulnerabilities
Comments (1 posted)
pavuk: buffer overflow
| Package(s): | pavuk |
CVE #(s): | CAN-2004-0456
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| Created: | June 30, 2004 |
Updated: | November 11, 2004 |
| Description: |
Versions of the pavuk web spider through 0.9.28-r1 contain a buffer overflow which could be exploited by a hostile server. |
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php: remotely exploitable memory errors
| Package(s): | php |
CVE #(s): | CAN-2004-0594
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| Created: | July 14, 2004 |
Updated: | February 7, 2005 |
| Description: |
Stefan Esser has issued an advisory regarding a
remotely exploitable hole in PHP (through version 4.3.7). If the
memory_limit feature is in use (as it should be, to prevent denial
of service attacks), allocation failures can be forced at highly
inopportune times, and those failures can be exploited to execute arbitrary
code. The exploit is described as "quite easy," and it can be done
regardless of whether Apache1 or Apache2 is in use. Upgrading to PHP 4.3.8 fixes the
problem; yesterday's PHP 5.0 release also contains the fix (but the
final release candidate did not). |
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postgresql buffer overflow in ODBC driver
| Package(s): | postgresql |
CVE #(s): | |
| Created: | June 7, 2004 |
Updated: | July 28, 2004 |
| Description: |
A buffer overflow has been discovered in the ODBC driver of PostgreSQL,
an object-relational SQL database, descended from POSTGRES. It possible
to exploit this problem and crash the surrounding application. Hence, a
PHP script using php4-odbc can be utilized to crash the surrounding
Apache webserver. Other parts of postgresql are not affected. |
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python: buffer overflow
| Package(s): | python |
CVE #(s): | CAN-2004-0150
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| Created: | March 10, 2004 |
Updated: | October 11, 2004 |
| Description: |
Python (versions 2.2 and 2.2.1 only) has a buffer overflow in the getaddrinfo() function which can be exploited by a malformed IPv6 address. |
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squid: buffer overflow
| Package(s): | squid |
CVE #(s): | CAN-2004-0541
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| Created: | June 9, 2004 |
Updated: | September 30, 2004 |
| Description: |
The NTLM authentication helper used by the squid proxy contains a buffer overflow vulnerability; an overly-long password may be used to run arbitrary code. Sites not using NTLM authentication are not vulnerable. |
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SquirrelMail cross site scripting vulnerabilities
| Package(s): | squirrelmail |
CVE #(s): | CAN-2004-0519
CAN-2004-0520
CAN-2004-0521
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| Created: | May 21, 2004 |
Updated: | October 4, 2004 |
| Description: |
Several unspecified cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities and a well
hidden SQL injection vulnerability were found in SquirrelMail versions
1.4.2 and lower. An XSS attack allows an attacker to insert malicious code
into a web-based application. SquirrelMail does not check for code when
parsing variables received via the URL query string. |
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Comments (none posted)
Subversion: Remote heap overflow
| Package(s): | subversion |
CVE #(s): | CAN-2004-0413
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| Created: | June 11, 2004 |
Updated: | March 7, 2005 |
| Description: |
Subversion has a remote Denial of Service vulnerability
that may allow a server that runs svnserve to execute
arbitrary code. See this advisory for more information. |
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Comments (none posted)
sysstat: temporary file vulnerability
| Package(s): | sysstat |
CVE #(s): | CAN-2004-0107
CAN-2004-0108
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| Created: | March 10, 2004 |
Updated: | October 4, 2004 |
| Description: |
The sysstat utility has a temporary file vulnerability which can be exploited by a local attacker to overwrite system files. |
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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)
tcpdump: ISAKMP payload handling denial-of-service vulnerabilities
| Package(s): | tcpdump |
CVE #(s): | CAN-2004-0183
CAN-2004-0184
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| Created: | March 30, 2004 |
Updated: | September 30, 2004 |
| Description: |
TCPDUMP v3.8.1 and earlier versions contain multiple flaws in the packet
display functions for the ISAKMP protocol. Upon receiving specially
crafted ISAKMP packets, TCPDUMP will try to read beyond the end of the
packet capture buffer and crash. More information is available in this Rapid7 advisory. |
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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 |
| Description: |
This vulnerability,
originally thought to be confined to BSD-derived systems, was first covered
in the July 26th Security
Summary. It is now known that Linux telnet daemons are vulnerable as
well.
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webmin: denial of service
| Package(s): | webmin |
CVE #(s): | CAN-2004-0582
CAN-2004-0583
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| Created: | June 16, 2004 |
Updated: | July 28, 2004 |
| Description: |
Versions of webmin prior to 1.150 suffer from denial of service and information disclosure vulnerabilities. See advisories for the disclosure and lockout problems for more information. |
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wv: buffer overflow
| Package(s): | wv |
CVE #(s): | CAN-2004-0645
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| Created: | July 14, 2004 |
Updated: | February 10, 2005 |
| Description: |
wv, a viewer for MS Word files, contains a buffer overflow which may be exploited by a suitably-crafted file. Version 1.0.0-r1 fixes the problem. |
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XChat 2.0.x SOCKS5 Vulnerability
| Package(s): | xchat |
CVE #(s): | CAN-2004-0409
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| Created: | April 19, 2004 |
Updated: | November 14, 2005 |
| Description: |
XChat is vulnerable to a stack overflow that may allow a remote attacker to
run arbitrary code. The SOCKS 5 proxy code in XChat is vulnerable to a
remote exploit. Users would have to be using XChat through a SOCKS 5
server, enable SOCKS 5 traversal which is disabled by default and also
connect to an attacker's custom proxy server. This vulnerability may allow
an attacker to run arbitrary code within the context of the user ID of the
XChat client. |
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XFree86, X.org: XDM ignores requestPort setting
| Package(s): | XFree86 X.org |
CVE #(s): | CAN-2004-0419
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| Created: | July 5, 2004 |
Updated: | July 28, 2004 |
| Description: |
XDM will open TCP sockets for its chooser, even if the
DisplayManager.requestPort setting is set to 0. This may allow
authorized users to access a machine remotely via X, even if the
administrator has configured XDM to refuse such connections. See this XFree86 bug report. |
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xine-ui - insecure temporary file creation
| Package(s): | xine-ui |
CVE #(s): | CAN-2004-0372
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| Created: | April 6, 2004 |
Updated: | April 27, 2006 |
| Description: |
Shaun Colley discovered a problem in xine-ui, the xine video player
user interface. A script contained in the package to possibly remedy
a problem or report a bug does not create temporary files in a secure
fashion. This could allow a local attacker to overwrite files with
the privileges of the user invoking xine. |
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Resources
Users Negligence is Biggest Threat to Security
Evans Data Corporation has
announced the results of its new Security Development Survey. " A
quarter of developers found social engineering and lack of adherence to
policies to be the biggest problem, while another 15% cite lack of
qualified personnel. However, only 11% of developers felt the solutions
were too complex or difficult for users. "As with any other security
concern, the best technology in the world can be undone by untrained or
inattentive end users, the same holds true for the develop |
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