Linux Advisory Watch: December 2nd, 2011
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| LinuxSecurity.com Linux Advisory Watch |
| December 2nd, 2011 Volume 12, Number 49 |
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| Editorial Team: Dave Wreski <dwreski@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> |
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Thank you for reading the Linux Advisory Watch Security Newsletter. The
purpose of this document is to provide our readers with a quick summary of
each week's vendor security bulletins and pointers on methods to improve
the security posture of your open source system.
Vulnerabilities affect nearly every vendor virtually every week, so be
sure to read through to find the updates your distributor have made
available.
Squid and Digest Authentication
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Digest AuthenticationDigest Authentication hashes the password before
transmitting over the wire. Essentially it sends a message digest
generated from multiple items including username, realm and nonce
value. If you want to know more see (RFC 2617).
http://www.linuxsecurity.com/content/view/156334
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* Debian: 2356-1: openjdk-6: Multiple vulnerabilities (Dec 1)
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Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in OpenJDK, an
implementation of the Java platform: CVE-2011-3389 [More...]
http://www.linuxsecurity.com/content/view/156335
* Debian: 2355-1: clearsilver: format string vulnerability (Nov 30)
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Leo Iannacone and Colin Watson discovered a format string
vulnerability in the Python bindings for the Clearsilver HTML
template system, which may lead to denial of service or the execution
of arbitrary code. [More...]
http://www.linuxsecurity.com/content/view/156326
* Debian: 2354-1: cups: Multiple vulnerabilities (Nov 30)
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Petr Sklenar and Tomas Hoger discovered that missing input sanitising
in the GIF decoder inside the Cups printing system could lead to
denial of service or potentially arbitrary code execution through
crafted GIF files. [More...]
http://www.linuxsecurity.com/content/view/156325
* Debian: 2353-1: ldns: buffer overflow (Nov 24)
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David Wheeler discovered a buffer overflow in ldns's code to parse RR
records, which could lead to the execution of arbitrary code. For the
oldstable distribution (lenny), this problem has been fixed in
[More...]
http://www.linuxsecurity.com/content/view/156304
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* Mandriva: 2011:179: glibc (Nov 25)
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Multiple vulnerabilities was discovered and fixed in glibc: The
addmntent function in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) 2.13 and
earlier does not report an error status for failed attempts to write
to the /etc/mtab file, which makes it easier for local users
[More...]
http://www.linuxsecurity.com/content/view/156306
* Mandriva: 2011:178: glibc (Nov 25)
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Multiple vulnerabilities was discovered and fixed in glibc: Multiple
untrusted search path vulnerabilities in elf/dl-object.c in certain
modified versions of the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6),
including glibc-2.5-49.el5_5.6 and glibc-2.12-1.7.el6_0.3 in Red Hat
[More...]
http://www.linuxsecurity.com/content/view/156305
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* Red Hat: 2011:1507-01: libarchive: Moderate Advisory (Dec 1)
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Updated libarchive packages that fix two security issues are now
available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6. The Red Hat Security
Response Team has rated this update as having moderate [More...]
http://www.linuxsecurity.com/content/view/156332
* Red Hat: 2011:1508-01: cyrus-imapd: Moderate Advisory (Dec 1)
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Updated cyrus-imapd packages that fix two security issues are now
available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4, 5, and 6. The Red Hat
Security Response Team has rated this update as having moderate
[More...]
http://www.linuxsecurity.com/content/view/156331
* Red Hat: 2011:1496-01: bind: Important Advisory (Nov 29)
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Updated bind packages that fix one security issue are now available
for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4. The Red Hat Security Response Team
has rated this update as having [More...]
http://www.linuxsecurity.com/content/view/156318
* Red Hat: 2011:1479-01: kernel: Important Advisory (Nov 29)
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Updated kernel packages that fix multiple security issues, several
bugs, and add one enhancement are now available for Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 5. The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this
update as having [More...]
http://www.linuxsecurity.com/content/view/156317
* Red Hat: 2011:1478-01: java-1.5.0-ibm: Critical Advisory (Nov 24)
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Updated java-1.5.0-ibm packages that fix several security issues are
now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 Extras, and Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 5 and 6 Supplementary. [More...]
http://www.linuxsecurity.com/content/view/156303
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* Ubuntu: 1285-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities (Nov 29)
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Several security issues were fixed in the kernel.
http://www.linuxsecurity.com/content/view/156319
* Ubuntu: 1283-1: APT vulnerability (Nov 28)
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APT could be made to expose sensitive information over the network.
http://www.linuxsecurity.com/content/view/156314
* Ubuntu: 1282-1: Thunderbird vulnerabilities (Nov 28)
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Multiple vulnerabilities have been fixed in Thunderbird.
http://www.linuxsecurity.com/content/view/156308
* Ubuntu: 1281-1: Linux (OMAP4) vulnerabilities (Nov 24)
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Several security issues were fixed in the kernel.
http://www.linuxsecurity.com/content/view/156302
* Ubuntu: 1280-1: Linux (OMAP4) vulnerabilities (Nov 24)
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Several security issues were fixed in the kernel.
http://www.linuxsecurity.com/content/view/156300
* Ubuntu: 1279-1: Linux (Natty backport) vulnerabilities (Nov 24)
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Several security issues were fixed in the kernel.
http://www.linuxsecurity.com/content/view/156299
* Ubuntu: 1278-1: Linux (Maverick backport) vulnerabilities (Nov 24)
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Several security issues were fixed in the kernel.
http://www.linuxsecurity.com/content/view/156298
* Ubuntu: 1269-1: Linux kernel (EC2) vulnerabilities (Nov 24)
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Several security issues were fixed in the kernel.
http://www.linuxsecurity.com/content/view/156297
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