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Linux Advisory Watch: September 26th, 2008 Print E-mail
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Source: LinuxSecurity.com Contributors - Posted by Benjamin D. Thomas   
Linux Advisory Watch This week, advisories were released for python, wordnet, horde3, phpmyadmin, twiki, ed, bypass, mantis, postfix, blender, awstats, phpmyadmin, pan, wireshark, ubuntu, xulrunner, and rdesktop. The distributors include Debian, Gentoo, Mandriva, Red Hat, and Ubuntu.

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  EnGarde Secure Community 3.0.20 Now Available (Aug 19)
 

Guardian Digital is happy to announce the release of EnGarde Secure Community 3.0.20 (Version 3.0, Release 20). This release includes many updated packages and bug fixes and some feature enhancements to the EnGarde Secure Linux Installer and the SELinux policy.

In distribution since 2001, EnGarde Secure Community was one of the very first security platforms developed entirely from open source, and has been engineered from the ground-up to provide users and organizations with complete, secure Web functionality, DNS, database, e-mail security and even e-commerce.

http://www.linuxsecurity.com/content/view/141173

  Debian: New python-dns package fixes regression (Sep 22)
 

In DSA-1619-1, an update was announced for DNS response spoofing vulnerabilities in python-dns. The fix introduced a regression in the library breaking the resolution of UTF-8 encoded record names. An updated release is available which corrects this problem. For reference, the original advisory text follows.

http://www.linuxsecurity.com/content/view/142242
  Debian: New wordnet packages fix regression (Sep 20)
 

A regression was discovered in the original patch addressing this issue for WordNet, which this update fixes. For reference the text of the original advisory follows.

http://www.linuxsecurity.com/content/view/142238
  Debian: New horde3 packages fix cross site scripting (Sep 20)
 

Will Drewry discovered that the Horde, allows remote attackers to send an email with a crafted MIME attachment filename attribute to perform cross site scripting.

http://www.linuxsecurity.com/content/view/142237
  Debian: New phpmyadmin packages fix several issues (Sep 20)
 

Several remote vulnerabilities have been discovered in phpMyAdmin, a tool to administrate MySQL databases over the web. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems:

http://www.linuxsecurity.com/content/view/142236
  Debian: New python-django packages fix cross site request forgery (Sep 20)
 

Simon Willison discovered that in Django, a Python web framework, the feature to retain HTTP POST data during user reauthentication allowed a remote attacker to perform unauthorized modification of data through cross site request forgery. The is possible regardless of the Django plugin to prevent cross site request forgery being enabled. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies this issue as

http://www.linuxsecurity.com/content/view/142235
  Debian: New twiki packages execution of arbitrary code (Sep 19)
 

It was discovered that twiki, a web based collaboration platform, didn't properly sanitize the image parameter in its configuration script. This could allow remote users to execute arbitrary commands upon the system, or read any files which were readable by the webserver user.

http://www.linuxsecurity.com/content/view/142232

  Gentoo: GNU ed User-assisted execution of arbitrary code (Sep 23)
 

A buffer overflow vulnerability in ed may allow for the remote execution of arbitrary code.

http://www.linuxsecurity.com/content/view/142256
  Gentoo: BitlBee Security bypass (Sep 23)
 

Multiple vulnerabilities in Bitlbee may allow to bypass security restrictions and hijack accounts.

http://www.linuxsecurity.com/content/view/142255
  Gentoo: R Insecure temporary file creation (Sep 22)
 

R is vulnerable to symlink attacks due to an insecure usage of temporary files.

http://www.linuxsecurity.com/content/view/142247
  Gentoo: Newsbeuter User-assisted execution of arbitrary (Sep 22)
 

Insufficient input validation in newsbeuter may allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary shell commands.

http://www.linuxsecurity.com/content/view/142245
  Gentoo: HAVP Denial of Service (Sep 21)
 

A Denial of Service vulnerability has been reported in HAVP.

http://www.linuxsecurity.com/content/view/142240
  Gentoo: Mantis Multiple vulnerabilities (Sep 21)
 

Multiple vulnerabilities have been reported in Mantis.

http://www.linuxsecurity.com/content/view/142239
  Gentoo: Postfix Denial of Service (Sep 19)
 

A memory leak in Postfix might allow local users to cause a Denial of Service.

http://www.linuxsecurity.com/content/view/142233

  Mandriva: Subject: [Security Announce] [ MDVSA-2008:204 ] blender (Sep 24)
 

Stefan Cornelius of Secunia Research reported a boundary error when Blender processed RGBE images which could be used to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running Blender if a specially crafted .hdr or .blend file were opened(CVE-2008-1102). As well, multiple vulnerabilities involving insecure usage of temporary files had also been reported (CVE-2008-1103). The updated packages have been patched to prevent these issues.

http://www.linuxsecurity.com/content/view/142262
  Mandriva: Subject: [Security Announce] [ MDVSA-2008:203 ] awstats (Sep 23)
 

A cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability was found in AWStats that allowed remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the query_string (CVE-2008-3714).

http://www.linuxsecurity.com/content/view/142253
  Mandriva: Subject: [Security Announce] [ MDVSA-2008:202 ] phpMyAdmin (Sep 23)
 

A few vulnerabilities and security-related issues have been fixed in phpMyAdmin since the 2.11.7 release. This update provides version 2.11.9.2 which is the latest stable release of phpMyAdmin and fixes CVE-2008-3197, CVE-2008-3456, CVE-2008-3457, and CVE-2008-4096.

http://www.linuxsecurity.com/content/view/142252
  Mandriva: Subject: [Security Announce] [ MDVSA-2008:201 ] pan (Sep 22)
 

Pavel Polischouk found a boundary error in the PartsBatch class in the Pan newsreader when processing .nzb files, which could allow remote attackers to cause a denial of serice (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted .nzb file (CVE-2008-2363). The updated packages have been patched to prevent this issue.

http://www.linuxsecurity.com/content/view/142249
  Mandriva: Subject: [Security Announce] [ MDVSA-2008:200 ] ed (Sep 22)
 

A heap-based buffer overflow was found in GNU ed that allowed context-dependent or user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long filename (CVE-2008-3916). This update provides GNU ed 1.0, which is not vulnerable to this issue.

http://www.linuxsecurity.com/content/view/142248
  Mandriva: Subject: [Security Announce] [ MDVSA-2008:199 ] wireshark (Sep 19)
 

A number of vulnerabilities were discovered in Wireshark that could cause it to crash while processing malicious packets (CVE-2008-3146, CVE-2008-3932, CVE-2008-3933, CVE-2008-3934). This update provides Wireshark 1.0.3, which is not vulnerable to these issues.

http://www.linuxsecurity.com/content/view/142234
  Mandriva: Subject: [Security Announce] [ MDVA-2008:128 ] xdm (Sep 18)
 

Trying to establish an XDMCP session to a machine running xdm would result in a blue screen and an X cursor that could be moved with the mouse but no login greeter. After 2 to 3 minutes, the launching tty would say XDM: too many retransmissions, declaring session dead. This update fixes the issue.

http://www.linuxsecurity.com/content/view/142228

  RedHat: Important: kernel security and bug fix update (Sep 24)
 

Updated kernel packages that fix various security issues and several bugs are 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/142261
  RedHat: Critical: firefox security update (Sep 23)
 

An updated firefox package that fixes various security issues is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 and 5. This update has been rated as having critical security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team.

http://www.linuxsecurity.com/content/view/142257
  RedHat: Critical: seamonkey security update (Sep 23)
 

Updated seamonkey packages that fix a security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4. This update has been rated as having critical security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team.

http://www.linuxsecurity.com/content/view/142258

  Ubuntu: Firefox vulnerabilities (Sep 24)
 

USN-645-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Firefox and xulrunner for Ubuntu 7.04, 7.10 and 8.04 LTS. This provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 6.06 LTS.

http://www.linuxsecurity.com/content/view/142260
  Ubuntu: Firefox and xulrunner vulnerabilities (Sep 24)
 

Justin Schuh, Tom Cross and Peter Williams discovered errors in the Firefox URL parsing routines. If a user were tricked into opening a crafted hyperlink, an attacker could overflow a stack buffer and execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2008-0016)

http://www.linuxsecurity.com/content/view/142259
  Ubuntu: rdesktop vulnerabilities (Sep 18)
 

It was discovered that rdesktop did not properly validate the length of packet headers when processing RDP requests. If a user were tricked into connecting to a malicious server, an attacker could cause a denial of service or possible execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user. (CVE-2008-1801)

http://www.linuxsecurity.com/content/view/142229

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