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security advisorymoderateconfiguration flawMageia: 2019-0063 Moderate: Cinnamon Icon Configuration Flaw
A flaw was found in Cinnamon 1.9.2 through 3.8.6. The cinnamon-settings-users.py GUI runs as root and allows configuration of (for example) other users' icon files in _on_face_browse_menuitem_activated and _on_face_menuitem_activated. These icon files are written to the respective user's $HOME/.face location. If an unprivileged user prepares a . MGASA-2019-0063 - Updated cinnamon packages fix security vulnerability Publication date: 13 Feb 2019 URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2019-0063.html Type: security Affected Mageia releases: 6 CVE: CVE-2018-13054 A flaw was found in Cinnamon 1.9.2 through 3.8.6. The cinnamon-settings-users.py GUI runs as root and allows configuration of (for example) other users' icon files in _on_face_browse_menuitem_activated and _on_face_menuitem_activated. These icon files are written to the respective user's $HOME/.face location. If an unprivileged user prepares a symlink pointing to an arbitrary location, then this location will be overwritten with the icon content (CVE-2018-13054). References: - https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=23272 - https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/
Feb 13, 2019
Mageia
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security advisorymoderatecross-site scriptingUbuntu: 1182-1 Moderate: Samba Cross-Site Scripting Threats
An attacker could use a malicious URL to reconfigure Samba or steal information.. =========================================================================Ubuntu Security Notice USN-1182-1 August 02, 2011 samba vulnerabilities ========================================================================= A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: - Ubuntu 11.04 - Ubuntu 10.10 - Ubuntu 10.04 LTS - Ubuntu 8.04 LTS Summary: An attacker could use a malicious URL to reconfigure Samba or steal information. Software Description: - samba: SMB/CIFS file, print, and login server for Unix Details: Yoshihiro Ishikawa discovered that the Samba Web Administration Tool (SWAT) was vulnerable to cross-site request forgeries (CSRF). If a Samba administrator were tricked into clicking a link on a specially crafted web page, an attacker could trigger commands that could modify the Samba configuration. (CVE-2011-2522) Nobuhiro Tsuji discovered that the Samba Web Administration Tool (SWAT) did not properly sanitize its input when processing password change requests, resulting in cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities. With cross-site scripting vulnerabilities, if a user were tricked into viewing server output during a crafted server request, a remote attacker could exploit this to modify the contents, or steal confidential data, within the same domain. (CVE-2011-2694) Update instructions: The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 11.04: swat 2:3.5.8~dfsg-1ubuntu2.3 Ubuntu 10.10: swat 2:3.5.4~dfsg-1ubuntu8.5 Ubuntu 10.04 LTS: swat 2:3.4.7~dfsg-1ubuntu3.7 Ubuntu 8.04 LTS: swat 3.0.28a-1ubuntu4.15 In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes. References: https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1182-1 CVE-2011-2522, CVE-2011-2694 PackageInformation: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/samba/2:3.5.8~dfsg-1ubuntu2.3 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/samba/2:3.5.4~dfsg-1ubuntu8.5 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/samba/2:3.4.7~dfsg-1ubuntu3.7 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/samba/3.0.28a-1ubuntu4.15 . The Ubuntu Security Notice USN-1182-1 highlights critical Samba vulnerabilities, allowing remote code execution and potential denial-of-service attacks. Samba Flaws, Security Update, Ubuntu Advisory. . LinuxSecurity.com Team
Aug 02, 2011
Ubuntu
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security advisoryRed HatcriticalRedHat 6.1: RHSA-2000:002-01 Critical: lpr Authentication Flaw
Authentication and configuration vulnerabilities that could lead to a root compromise exist.. Package lpr Synopsis New lpr packages available Advisory ID RHSA-2000:002-01 Issue Date 2000-01-07 Updated on 2000-01-07 Keywords lpr lpd DNS sendmail 1. Topic: New lpr packages are available to fix two security problems in lpd. 2. Problem description: Two security vulnerabilities exist in the lpd (line printer daemon) shipped with the lpr package. First, authentication was not thorough enough. If a remote user was able to control their own DNS so that their IP address resolved to the hostname of the print server, access would be granted, when it should not be. Secondly, it was possible in the control file of a print job to specify arguments to sendmail. By careful manipulation of control and data files, this could cause sendmail to be executed with a user-specified configuration file. This could lead very easily to a root compromise. It is recommended that all users of Red Hat Linux using the lpr package (which is required to print) upgrade to the fixed packages. Thanks go to DilDog (dildog@l0pht.com) for noting the vulnerability. If you are experiencing problems with local printing in Red Hat Linux 6.1, make sure that you have: alias parport_lowlevel parport_pc in your /etc/conf.modules file. 3. Bug IDs fixed: (see bugzilla for more information) 4. Relevant releases/architectures: Red Hat Linux 6.1, all architectures 5. Obsoleted by: None 6. Conflicts with: None 7. RPMs required: Intel: lpr-0.48-1.i386.rpm Alpha: lpr-0.48-1.alpha.rpm SPARC: lpr-0.48-1.sparc.rpm Source: lpr-0.48-1.src.rpm 8. Solution: For each RPM for your particular architecture, run: rpm-Uvh filename where filename is the name of the RPM. Then, restart lpd: /etc/rc.d/init.d/lpd restart 9. Verification: MD5 sum Package Name ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 78f2220331189e723eab944b53d0710e i386/lpr-0.48-1.i386.rpm 3fcb89eb1a76741a505d3eeeddfa3674 alpha/lpr-0.48-1.alpha.rpm 441cfee04428ca215d98d9ce3d20bc4d sparc/lpr-0.48-1.sparc.rpm 55c6a740b03569919ec08992257cad96 SRPMS/lpr-0.48-1.src.rpm These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat, Inc. for security. Our key is available at: About You can verify each package with the following command: rpm --checksig filename If you only wish to verify that each package has not been corrupted or tampered with, examine only the md5sum with the following command: rpm --checksig --nogpg filename Note that you need RPM > = 3.0 to check GnuPG keys. 10. References: Thanks to
Mar 07, 2000
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