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LinuxSecurity.com: Several security issues were fixed in the kernel.
LinuxSecurity.com: Several security issues were fixed in Exiv2.
Risk Level: Very Low. Type: Trojan, Virus, Worm.
Risk Level: Very Low. Type: Trojan, Virus, Worm.
LinuxSecurity.com: The package git-annex before version 6.20180626-1 is vulnerable to multiple issues including arbitrary filesystem access and information disclosure.
LinuxSecurity.com: The package gitlab before version 11.0.1-1 is vulnerable to multiple issues including cross-site scripting and insufficient validation.
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LinuxSecurity.com: Fabian Henneke discovered a cross-site scripting vulnerability in the password change form of GOsa, a web-based LDAP administration program. For the stable distribution (stretch), this problem has been fixed in
LinuxSecurity.com: Several vulnerabilites have been discovered in Exiv2, a C++ library and a command line utility to manage image metadata which could result in denial of service or the execution of arbitrary code if a malformed file is parsed.
LinuxSecurity.com: libsoup could be made to crash if it received a specially crafted input.
LinuxSecurity.com: Two vulnerabilities affecting the cups printing server were found which can lead to arbitrary IPP command execution and denial of service.
LinuxSecurity.com: Upstream details at : https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2001
LinuxSecurity.com: Upstream details at : https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1979
LinuxSecurity.com: Upstream details at : https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1997
LinuxSecurity.com: Upstream details at : https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1965
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LinuxSecurity.com: Several security issues were fixed in the Linux kernel.
LinuxSecurity.com: Several security issues were fixed in the Linux kernel.
LinuxSecurity.com: Several security issues were fixed in the Linux kernel.
LinuxSecurity.com: Several security issues were fixed in the Linux kernel.
LinuxSecurity.com: Several security issues were fixed in the Linux kernel.
LinuxSecurity.com: Several security issues were fixed in the Linux kernel.
LinuxSecurity.com: Several security issues were fixed in the Linux kernel.
LinuxSecurity.com: Several security issues were fixed in the Linux kernel.
LinuxSecurity.com: glibc: Buffer overflow in glob with GLOB_TILDE (CVE-2017-15670) * glibc: Buffer overflow during unescaping of user names with the ~ operator (CVE-2017-15804) SL6 x86_64 glibc-2.12-1.212.el6.i686.rpm glibc-2.12-1.212.el6.x86_64.rpm glibc-common-2.12-1.212.el6.x86_64.rpm glibc-debuginfo-2.12-1.212.el6.i686.rpm glibc-debuginfo-2.12-1.212.el6.x86_64.rpm glibc-debuginfo- [More…]
LinuxSecurity.com: libvirt: Resource exhaustion via qemuMonitorIORead() method (CVE-2018-5748) * libvirt: Incomplete fix for CVE-2018-5748 triggered by QEMU guest agent (CVE-2018-1064) SL6 x86_64 libvirt-0.10.2-64.el6.x86_64.rpm libvirt-client-0.10.2-64.el6.i686.rpm libvirt-client-0.10.2-64.el6.x86_64.rpm libvirt-debuginfo-0.10.2-64.el6.i686.rpm libvirt-debuginfo-0.10.2-64.el6.x86_64.rpm [More…]
LinuxSecurity.com: samba: Null pointer indirection in printer server process (CVE-2018-1050) SL6 x86_64 libsmbclient-3.6.23-51.el6.i686.rpm libsmbclient-3.6.23-51.el6.x86_64.rpm samba-client-3.6.23-51.el6.x86_64.rpm samba-common-3.6.23-51.el6.i686.rpm samba-common-3.6.23-51.el6.x86_64.rpm samba-debuginfo-3.6.23-51.el6.i686.rpm samba-debuginfo-3.6.23-51.el6.x86_64.rpm samba-winb [More…]
LinuxSecurity.com: zsh: Stack-based buffer overflow in gen_matches_files() at compctl.c (CVE-2018-1083) * zsh: buffer overflow when scanning very long directory paths for symbolic links (CVE-2014-10072) * zsh: buffer overrun in symlinks (CVE-2017-18206) * zsh: buffer overflow in utils.c:checkmailpath() can lead to local arbitrary code execution (CVE-2018-1100) SL6 x86_64 zsh-4.3.11-8.el6.x86_64.rpm [More…]
Risk Level: Very Low.
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security update
LinuxSecurity.com: An update that fixes 5 vulnerabilities is now available.
LinuxSecurity.com: An update that solves two vulnerabilities and has two fixes is now available.
LinuxSecurity.com: CVE-2017-7651 fix to avoid extraordinary memory consumption by crafted CONNECT packet from unauthenticated client
LinuxSecurity.com: CVE-2017-12872 / CVE-2017-12868 The (1) Htpasswd authentication source in the authcrypt module and (2)
LinuxSecurity.com: An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available.
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