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vendion Gear
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PostPosted: Mon Jul 13, 2009 11:02 am


A buffer overflow in Cyrus-SASL might allow for the execution of arbitrary code in applications or daemons that authenticate using SASL.

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Severity: High
Title: Cyrus-SASL: Execution of arbitrary code
Date: July 12, 2009
Bugs: #270261
ID: 200907-09

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Synopsis
========

A buffer overflow in Cyrus-SASL might allow for the execution of
arbitrary code in applications or daemons that authenticate using SASL.

Background
==========

Cyrus-SASL is an implementation of the Simple Authentication and
Security Layer.

Affected packages
=================

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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 dev-libs/cyrus-sasl < 2.1.23 >= 2.1.23

Description
===========

James Ralston reported that in certain situations, Cyrus-SASL does not
properly terminate strings which can result in buffer overflows when
performing Base64 encoding.

Impact
======

A remote unauthenticated user might send specially crafted packets to a
daemon using Cyrus-SASL, possibly resulting in the execution of
arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running the daemon or a
Denial of Service.

Workaround
==========

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution
==========

All Cyrus-SASL users should upgrade to the latest version:

# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-libs/cyrus-sasl-2.1.23"

References
==========

[ 1 ] CVE-2009-0688
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-0688

Availability
============

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200907-09.xml

Concerns?
=========

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost
importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at
http://bugs.gentoo.org.

License
=======

Copyright 2009 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).

The contents of this document are licensed under the
Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5
PostPosted: Mon Jul 13, 2009 11:03 am


Syslog-ng does not properly initialize its chroot jail allowing for an escape if a separate vulnerability in Syslog-ng is exploited.

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Severity: Low
Title: Syslog-ng: Chroot escape
Date: July 12, 2009
Bugs: #247278
ID: 200907-10

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Synopsis
========

Syslog-ng does not properly initialize its chroot jail allowing for an
escape if a separate vulnerability in Syslog-ng is exploited.

Background
==========

Syslog-ng is a flexible and scalable system logger.

Affected packages
=================

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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 app-admin/syslog-ng < 2.1.3 *>= 2.0.10
>= 2.1.3

Description
===========

Florian Grandel reported that Syslog-ng does not call chdir() before
chroot() which leads to an inherited file descriptor to the current
working directory.

Impact
======

A local attacker might exploit a separate vulnerability in Syslog-ng
and use this vulnerability to escape the chroot jail.

Workaround
==========

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution
==========

All Syslog-ng 2.0 users should upgrade to the latest version:

# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-admin/syslog-ng-2.0.10"

All Syslog-ng 2.1 users should upgrade to the latest version:

# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-admin/syslog-ng-2.1.3"

References
==========

[ 1 ] CVE-2008-5110
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-5110

Availability
============

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200907-10.xml

Concerns?
=========

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost
importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at
http://bugs.gentoo.org.

License
=======

Copyright 2009 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).

The contents of this document are licensed under the
Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5

vendion Gear
Captain


vendion Gear
Captain

PostPosted: Mon Jul 13, 2009 11:04 am


Multiple vulnerabilities in multiple GStreamer plug-ins might allow for the execution of arbitrary code.

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Severity: Normal
Title: GStreamer plug-ins: User-assisted execution of arbitrary
code
Date: July 12, 2009
Bugs: #256096, #261594, #272972
ID: 200907-11

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Synopsis
========

Multiple vulnerabilities in multiple GStreamer plug-ins might allow for
the execution of arbitrary code.

Background
==========

The GStreamer plug-ins provide decoders to the GStreamer open source
media framework.

Affected packages
=================

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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 media-libs/gst-plugins-good < 0.10.14 >= 0.10.14
2 media-libs/gst-plugins-base < 0.10.22 >= 0.10.22
3 media-plugins/gst-plugins-libpng < 0.10.14-r1 >= 0.10.14-r1
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3 affected packages on all of their supported architectures.
-------------------------------------------------------------------

Description
===========

Multiple vulnerabilities have been reported in several GStreamer
plug-ins:

* Tobias Klein reported two heap-based buffer overflows and an array
index error in the qtdemux_parse_samples() function in
gst-plugins-good when processing a QuickTime media .mov file
(CVE-2009-0386, CVE-2009-0387, CVE-2009-0397).

* Thomas Hoger of the Red Hat Security Response Team reported an
integer overflow that can lead to a heap-based buffer overflow in the
gst_vorbis_tag_add_coverart() function in gst-plugins-base when
processing COVERART tags (CVE-2009-0586).

* Tielei Wang of ICST-ERCIS, Peking University reported multiple
integer overflows leading to buffer overflows in gst-plugins-libpng
when processing a PNG file (CVE-2009-1932).

Impact
======

A remote attacker could entice a user or automated system using a
GStreamer plug-in to process a specially crafted file, resulting in the
execution of arbitrary code or a Denial of Service.

Workaround
==========

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution
==========

All gst-plugins-good users should upgrade to the latest version:

# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot -v ">=media-libs/gst-plugins-good-0.10.14"

All gst-plugins-base users should upgrade to the latest version:

# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot -v ">=media-libs/gst-plugins-base-0.10.22"

All gst-plugins-libpng users should upgrade to the latest version:

# emerge --sync
# emerge -a -1 -v ">=media-plugins/gst-plugins-libpng-0.10.14-r1"

References
==========

[ 1 ] CVE-2009-0386
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-0386
[ 2 ] CVE-2009-0387
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-0387
[ 3 ] CVE-2009-0397
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-0397
[ 4 ] CVE-2009-0586
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-0586
[ 5 ] CVE-2009-1932
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-1932

Availability
============

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200907-11.xml

Concerns?
=========

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost
importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at
http://bugs.gentoo.org.

License
=======

Copyright 2009 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).

The contents of this document are licensed under the
Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5
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