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Debian 11: open-vm-tools Security Flaw DLA-4316-1 CVE-2025-41244

An issue was found in open-vm-tools, a set of tools for VMs hosted on VMware. The issue is related to a local privilege escalation in combination with the get-versions.sh script, shipped with the service . - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian LTS Advisory DLA-4316-1 This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. https://www.debian.org/lts/security/ Thorsten Alteholz September 30, 2025 https://wiki.debian.org/LTS - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Package : open-vm-tools Version : 2:11.2.5-2+deb11u5 CVE ID : CVE-2025-41244 An issue was found in open-vm-tools, a set of tools for VMs hosted on VMware. The issue is related to a local privilege escalation in combination with the get-versions.sh script, shipped with the service discovery plugin (open-vm-tools-sdmp). For Debian 11 bullseye, this problem has been fixed in version 2:11.2.5-2+deb11u5. We recommend that you upgrade your open-vm-tools packages. For the detailed security status of open-vm-tools please refer to its security tracker page at: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/open-vm-tools Further information about Debian LTS security advisories, how to apply these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be found at: https://wiki.debian.org/LTS . Open-vm-tools security update addresses critical local privilege escalation issue in Debian LTS. Upgrade recommended.. open-vm-tools, Debian LTS, Privilege Escalation, Security Update, Critical Advisory. . Severity: Critical. LinuxSecurity.com Team

Calendar 2 Oct 01, 2025 Critical Debian LTS
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Debian: DSA-2193-1 Critical: libcgroup Buffer Overflow and Escalation

Several issues have been discovered in libcgroup, a library to control and monitor control groups: CVE-2011-1006 . - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA-2193-1 This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. http://www.debian.org/security/ Thijs Kinkhorst March 16, 2011 http://www.debian.org/security/faq - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Package : libcgroup Vulnerability : several Problem type : local Debian-specific: no CVE ID : CVE-2011-1006 CVE-2011-1022 Debian Bug : 615987 Several issues have been discovered in libcgroup, a library to control and monitor control groups: CVE-2011-1006 Heap-based buffer overflow by converting list of controllers for given task into an array of strings could lead to privilege escalation by a local attacker. CVE-2011-1022 libcgroup did not properly check the origin of Netlink messages, allowing a local attacker to send crafted Netlink messages which could lead to privilege escalation. The oldstable distribution (lenny) does not contain libgroup packages. For the stable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in version 0.36.2-3+squeeze1. For the testing distribution (wheezy) and unstable distribution (sid), this problem will be fixed soon. We recommend that you upgrade your libcgroup packages. Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be found at: http://www.debian.org/security/ Mailing list: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. . Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4621-1 tackles various vulnerabilities within libcgroup, posing serious risks of privilege escalation.. Libcgroup Security Update, Debian Advisory, Buffer Overflow Risk. . Severity: Critical. LinuxSecurity.com Team

Calendar 2 Mar 16, 2011 Critical Debian
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Debian 3.0 DSA-645-1 Critical: CUPS Remote Code Execution

iDEFENSE has reported a buffer overflow in xpdf, the portable document format (PDF) suite. Similar code is present in the PDF processing part of CUPS. A maliciously crafted PDF file could exploit this problem, resulting in the execution of arbitrary code.. - --------------------------------------------------------------------------Debian Security Advisory DSA 645-1 This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. http://www.debian.org/security/ Martin Schulze January 19th, 2005 http://www.debian.org/security/faq - --------------------------------------------------------------------------Package : cupsys Vulnerability : buffer overflow Problem-Type : remote Debian-specific: no CVE ID : CAN-2005-0064 iDEFENSE has reported a buffer overflow in xpdf, the portable document format (PDF) suite. Similar code is present in the PDF processing part of CUPS. A maliciously crafted PDF file could exploit this problem, resulting in the execution of arbitrary code. For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 1.1.14-5woody12. In the unstable distribution (sid) CUPSYS does not use its own xpdf variant anymore but uses xpdf-utils. We recommend that you upgrade your cups packages. Upgrade Instructions - --------------------wget url will fetch the file for you dpkg -i file.deb will install the referenced file. If you are using the apt-get package manager, use the line for sources.list as given below: apt-get update will update the internal database apt-get upgrade will install corrected packages You may use an automated update by adding the resources from the footer to the proper configuration. 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You need JavaScript enabled to view it. . Enhance CUPS to remedy a severe buffer overflow issue that poses potential remote code execution threats in Debian platforms.. CUPS Security, Debian Advisory, Remote Code Execution Fix. . Severity: Critical. LinuxSecurity.com Team

Calendar 2 Jan 19, 2005 Critical Debian
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