CUPS could be made to arbitrary chmod paths with specially crafted configuration file.. ========================================================================== Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6844-1 June 24, 2024 cups vulnerability ========================================================================== A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: - Ubuntu 24.04 LTS - Ubuntu 23.10 - Ubuntu 22.04 LTS - Ubuntu 20.04 LTS - Ubuntu 18.04 LTS - Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Summary: CUPS could be made to arbitrary chmod paths with specially crafted configuration file. Software Description: - cups: Common UNIX Printing System(tm) Details: Rory McNamara discovered that when starting the cupsd server with a Listen configuration item, the cupsd process fails to validate if bind call passed. An attacker could possibly trick cupsd to perform an arbitrary chmod of the provided argument, providing world-writable access to the target. Update instructions: The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 24.04 LTS cups 2.4.7-1.2ubuntu7.1 Ubuntu 23.10 cups 2.4.6-0ubuntu3.1 Ubuntu 22.04 LTS cups 2.4.1op1-1ubuntu4.9 Ubuntu 20.04 LTS cups 2.3.1-9ubuntu1.7 Ubuntu 18.04 LTS cups 2.2.7-1ubuntu2.10+esm4 Available with Ubuntu Pro Ubuntu 16.04 LTS cups 2.1.3-4ubuntu0.11+esm6 Available with Ubuntu Pro In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes. References: https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6844-1 CVE-2024-35235 Package Information: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cups/2.4.7-1.2ubuntu7.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cups/2.4.6-0ubuntu3.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cups/2.4.1op1-1ubuntu4.9 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cups/2.3.1-9ubuntu1.7 .Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6845-1 pertains to a vulnerability in OpenSSH which could enable unauthorized account logins via manipulated settings.. CUPSSecurity, UbuntuUpdates, ArbitraryPermissions. . Severity: Critical. LinuxSecurity.com Team
Allows an attacker, who has write access to the XML configuration file, to obtain the cleartext passwords by adding an export trigger. Disputed by vendor due to level of access required. (CVE-2023-24055) Possible to recover the cleartext master password from a memory dump, even when a workspace is locked or no longer running (CVE-2023-32784) . MGASA-2023-0221 - Updated keepass packages fix security vulnerability Publication date: 07 Jul 2023 URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2023-0221.html Type: security Affected Mageia releases: 8 CVE: CVE-2023-24055, CVE-2023-32784 Allows an attacker, who has write access to the XML configuration file, to obtain the cleartext passwords by adding an export trigger. Disputed by vendor due to level of access required. (CVE-2023-24055) Possible to recover the cleartext master password from a memory dump, even when a workspace is locked or no longer running (CVE-2023-32784) References: - https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=31935 - - https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-24055 - https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-32784 SRPMS: - 8/core/keepass-2.54-1.mga8 . Recent KeePass updates in Mageia 8 tackle vulnerabilities concerning the exposure of unencrypted passwords. Discover further details.. Keepass Security Update, Configuration File Vulnerability, Mageia Advisory. . LinuxSecurity.com Team
Marcel Neumann, Robert Altschaffel, Loris Guba and Dustin Hermann discovered that debian-edu-config, a set of configuration files used for the Debian Edu blend configured insecure permissions for the user web shares (~/public_html), which could result in privilege escalation. . - ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian LTS Advisory DLA-2918-1
Low: dovecot security and bug fix update. Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2009 16:10:10 -0600 Reply-To: Troy Dawson Sender: Security Errata for Scientific Linux From: Troy Dawson Subject: Security ERRATA Low: dovecot on SL5.x i386/x86_64 Comments: To: "
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