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Posted by Benjamin D. Thomas
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Miles Egan discovered that mod_python, when used in output filter mode, did not handle output larger than 16384 bytes, and would display freed memory, possibly disclosing private data. Thanks to Jim Garrison of the Software Freedom Law Center for identifying the original bug as a security vulnerability.
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Posted by Benjamin D. Thomas
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Moritz Jodeit discovered that tcpdump had an overflow in the 802.11 packet parser. Remote attackers could send specially crafted packets, crashing tcpdump, possibly leading to a denial of service.
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Posted by Benjamin D. Thomas
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USN-428-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Firefox 1.5. However, changes to
library paths caused applications depending on libnss3 to fail to start
up. This update fixes the problem.
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Posted by Benjamin D. Thomas
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USN-416-1 fixed various vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel. Unfortunately that update caused the 'nvidia-glx-config' script to not
work any more. The new version fixes the problem. We apologize for the inconvenience.
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Posted by Benjamin D. Thomas
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Several flaws have been found in Firefox that could be used to perform Cross-site scripting attacks.
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Posted by Benjamin D. Thomas
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Mikhail Markin reported that enigmail incorrectly handled memory allocations for certain large encrypted attachments. This caused Thunderbird to crash and thus caused the entire message to be inaccessible.
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Posted by Benjamin D. Thomas
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Mu Security discovered a format string vulnerability in Ekiga. If a user was running Ekiga and listening for incoming calls, a remote attacker could send a crafted call request, and execute arbitrary code with the user's privileges. |
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