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Debian: 'curl' and 'curl-ssl' updates

13 October 2000

Posted by LinuxSecurity.com Team
The version of curl as distributed with Debian GNU/Linux 2.2 had a bug in the error logging code.

Debian: updated 'Boa' packages

09 October 2000

Posted by LinuxSecurity.com Team
In versions of boa before 0.94.8.3, it is possible to access files outside of the server's document root by the use of properly constructed URL requests.

Debian: 'sysklogd' vulnerability

19 September 2000

Posted by LinuxSecurity.com Team
Multiple vulnerabilities have been reported in syslogd and klogd.

Debian: Info: Phasing out support for 2.1

15 September 2000

Posted by LinuxSecurity.com Team
Debian is phasing out support for Debian 2.1 (slink) and are looking for feedback.

Debian: 'libpam-smb' vulnerability

12 September 2000

Posted by LinuxSecurity.com Team
libpam-smb contains a buffer overflow that can be used to execute arbitrary commands with root privilege.

Debian: xpdf vulnerabilities

10 September 2000

Posted by LinuxSecurity.com Team
Several vulnerabilities exist with xpdf that could allow the creation of unsafe termporary files and the running of arbitrary shell commands.