http://www.linuxsecurity.com/ The central voice for Linux and Open Source security news. en-us generate-advisory-rss.pl (1.01) http://www.linuxsecurity.com/content/view/116271?rdf (Sep 9) With few junk e-mail filters supporting a protocol for verifying the source address of digital messages, spammers have adopted it themselves as a way to appear more legitimate, according to a report released on Wednesday. . . . ... http://www.linuxsecurity.com/content/view/116271?rdf Robert Lemos, CNET News.com http://www.linuxsecurity.com/content/view/136167?rdf (Apr 15) "The Book of Wireless" by John Ross is an answer to the problem of learning about wireless networking. With the wide spread use of Wireless networks today anyone with a computer should at least know the basics of wireless. Also, with the wireless ne ... http://www.linuxsecurity.com/content/view/136167?rdf LinuxSecurity.com http://www.linuxsecurity.com/content/view/134246?rdf (Feb 12) Previous versions of the python package contain an integer overflow in the imageop module which could cause a denial-of-service (crash) or possibly leak sensitive information. http://www.linuxsecurity.com/content/view/134246?rdf LinuxSecurity.com http://www.linuxsecurity.com/content/view/134245?rdf (Feb 12) Multiple vulnerabilities have been fixed in firefox, the most serious of which is thought to allow unauthorized remote execution of abitrary code at the permission level of the user running firefox. http://www.linuxsecurity.com/content/view/134245?rdf LinuxSecurity.com http://www.linuxsecurity.com/content/view/134244?rdf (Feb 12) Previous versions of the python package contain an integer overflow in the imageop module which could cause a denial-of-service (crash) or possibly leak sensitive information. http://www.linuxsecurity.com/content/view/134244?rdf LinuxSecurity.com http://www.linuxsecurity.com/content/view/134243?rdf (Feb 12) Previous versions of nss_ldap contain a race condition that can allow nss_ldap to return the wrong information, allowing for the possibility of improper information disclosure. http://www.linuxsecurity.com/content/view/134243?rdf LinuxSecurity.com http://www.linuxsecurity.com/content/view/134242?rdf (Feb 12) Previous versions of the rsync package contain vulnerabilities in the rsync server, potentially allowing users to bypass security restrictions. Foresight Linux does not, by default, configure the rsync server to run. http://www.linuxsecurity.com/content/view/134242?rdf LinuxSecurity.com http://www.linuxsecurity.com/content/view/134241?rdf (Feb 12) Previous versions of the e2fsprogs package are vulnerable to multiple integer overflows which may be exploited via specially-crafted filesystems. The workaround for is to not run fsck on a filesystem to which an untrusted user has the ability to directly modify filesystem metadata. This is most commonly an issue when using a virtualization solution in which the root user for the guest OS is not trusted, and can convince the host's root user to run fsck on the guests's filesystem. Foresight Linux neither enables nor supports any form of virtualization in the default install. http://www.linuxsecurity.com/content/view/134241?rdf LinuxSecurity.com http://www.linuxsecurity.com/content/view/134240?rdf (Feb 12) Previous versions of the tetex package are vulnerable to multiple issues, the worst of which is believed to allow arbitrary code execution via user-assisted vectors when dvips or dviljk are run of specially-crafted files, or when loading malformed font data using t1lib. http://www.linuxsecurity.com/content/view/134240?rdf LinuxSecurity.com http://www.linuxsecurity.com/content/view/134239?rdf (Feb 12) Previous versions of the gd package are vulnerable to a possible Arbitrary Code Execution attack in which an attacker may use a maliciously crafted GIF file to trigger a buffer overflow. The libgd library is not exposed via any privileged or remote interfaces within Foresight Linux proper. http://www.linuxsecurity.com/content/view/134239?rdf LinuxSecurity.com http://www.linuxsecurity.com/content/view/130814?rdf (Nov 12) Previous versions of the perl package contain a buffer overflow in the regular expression parsing code which could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code via a program which uses perl to parse untrusted input as a regular expression. http://www.linuxsecurity.com/content/view/130814?rdf LinuxSecurity.com http://www.linuxsecurity.com/content/view/130813?rdf (Nov 12) Previous versions of the ruby package include a library, Net::HTTPS, which does not properly verify the CN (common name) field in ssl certificates, making it easier to perform a man-in-the-middle attack. http://www.linuxsecurity.com/content/view/130813?rdf LinuxSecurity.com