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Mandriva Security Advisory

MDVSA-2014:204: libxml2

A vulnerability has been found and corrected in libxml2:

A denial of service flaw was found in libxml2, a library providing
support to read, modify and write XML and HTML files. A remote attacker
could provide a specially crafted XML file that, when processed by
an application using libxml2, would lead to excessive CPU consumption
(denial of service) based on excessive entity substitutions, even if
entity substitution was disabled, which is the parser default behavior
(CVE-2014-3660).

The updated packages have been patched to correct this issue.

MDVSA-2014:202: php

A vulnerability has been discovered and corrected in php:

A heap corruption issue was reported in PHP’s exif_thumbnail()
function. A specially-crafted JPEG image could cause the PHP
interpreter to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code
(CVE-2014-3670).

The updated php packages have been upgraded to the 5.5.18 version
resolve this security flaw.

Additionally, php-apc has been rebuilt against the updated php
packages.

[ MDVSA-2014:204 ] libxml2

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 Mandriva Linux Security Advisory                         MDVSA-2014:204
 http://www.mandriva.com/en/support/security/
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 Package : libxml2
 Date    : October 23, 2014
 Affected: Business Server 1.0
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 Problem Description:

 A vulnerability has been found and corrected in libxml2:
 
 A denial of service flaw was found in libxml2, a library providing
 support to read, modify and write XML and HTML files. A remote attacker
 could provide a specially crafted XML file that, when processed by
 an application using libxml2, would lead to excessive CPU consumption
 (denial of service) based on excessive entity substitutions, even if
 entity substitution was disabled, which is the parser default behavior
 (CVE-2014-3660).
 
 The updated packages have been 

[ MDVSA-2014:203 ] openssl

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 Package : openssl
 Date    : October 23, 2014
 Affected: Business Server 1.0
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 Problem Description:

 Multiple vulnerabilities has been discovered and corrected in openssl:
 
 OpenSSL has added support for TLS_FALLBACK_SCSV to allow applications
 to block the ability for a MITM attacker to force a protocol
 downgrade. Some client applications (such as browsers) will reconnect
 using a downgraded protocol to work around interoperability bugs in
 older servers. This could be exploited by an active man-in-the-middle
 to downgrade connections to SSL 3.0 even if both sides of the
 connection support higher protocols. SSL 3.0 contain

[ MDVSA-2014:202 ] php

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 Mandriva Linux Security Advisory                         MDVSA-2014:202
 http://www.mandriva.com/en/support/security/
 _______________________________________________________________________

 Package : php
 Date    : October 23, 2014
 Affected: Business Server 1.0
 _______________________________________________________________________

 Problem Description:

 A vulnerability has been discovered and corrected in php:
 
 A heap corruption issue was reported in PHP's exif_thumbnail()
 function. A specially-crafted JPEG image could cause the PHP
 interpreter to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code
 (CVE-2014-3670).
 
 The updated php packages have been upgraded to the 5.5.18 version
 resolve this security flaw.
 
 Additionally, php-apc has been rebuilt against the updated php
 packages.
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 References:

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MDVSA-2014:199: perl

Updated perl and perl-Data-Dumper packages fixes security
vulnerability:

The Dumper method in Data::Dumper before 2.154, allows
context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (stack
consumption and crash) via an Array-Reference with many nested
Array-References, which triggers a large number of recursive calls
to the DD_dump function (CVE-2014-4330).

The Data::Dumper module bundled with perl and the perl-Data-Dumper
packages has been updated to fix this issue.

MDVSA-2014:200: bugzilla

Updated bugzilla packages fix security vulnerabilities:

If a new comment was marked private to the insider group, and a flag
was set in the same transaction, the comment would be visible to flag
recipients even if they were not in the insider group (CVE-2014-1571).

An attacker creating a new Bugzilla account can override certain
parameters when finalizing the account creation that can lead to the
user being created with a different email address than originally
requested. The overridden login name could be automatically added to
groups based on the group’s regular expression setting (CVE-2014-1572).

During an audit of the Bugzilla code base, several places were found
where cross-site scripting exploits could occur which could allow an
attacker to access sensitive information (CVE-2014-1573).

MDVSA-2014:201: kernel

Multiple vulnerabilities has been found and corrected in the Linux
kernel:

The try_to_unmap_cluster function in mm/rmap.c in the Linux kernel
before 3.14.3 does not properly consider which pages must be locked,
which allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) by
triggering a memory-usage pattern that requires removal of page-table
mappings (CVE-2014-3122).

Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in the magicmouse_raw_event
function in drivers/hid/hid-magicmouse.c in the Magic Mouse HID driver
in the Linux kernel through 3.16.3 allow physically proximate attackers
to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute
arbitrary code via a crafted device that provides a large amount of
(1) EHCI or (2) XHCI data associated with an event (CVE-2014-3181).

Array index error in the logi_dj_raw_event function in
drivers/hid/hid-logitech-dj.c in the Linux kernel before 3.16.2 allows
physically proximate attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a
denial of service (invalid kfree) via a crafted device that provides
a malformed REPORT_TYPE_NOTIF_DEVICE_UNPAIRED value (CVE-2014-3182).

The report_fixup functions in the HID subsystem in the Linux
kernel before 3.16.2 might allow physically proximate attackers
to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write) via a crafted
device that provides a small report descriptor, related to
(1) drivers/hid/hid-cherry.c, (2) drivers/hid/hid-kye.c,
(3) drivers/hid/hid-lg.c, (4) drivers/hid/hid-monterey.c, (5)
drivers/hid/hid-petalynx.c, and (6) drivers/hid/hid-sunplus.c
(CVE-2014-3184).

Multiple buffer overflows in the command_port_read_callback function in
drivers/usb/serial/whiteheat.c in the Whiteheat USB Serial Driver in
the Linux kernel before 3.16.2 allow physically proximate attackers
to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory
corruption and system crash) via a crafted device that provides a large
amount of (1) EHCI or (2) XHCI data associated with a bulk response
(CVE-2014-3185).

Buffer overflow in the picolcd_raw_event function in
devices/hid/hid-picolcd_core.c in the PicoLCD HID device driver in the
Linux kernel through 3.16.3, as used in Android on Nexus 7 devices,
allows physically proximate attackers to cause a denial of service
(system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted device
that sends a large report (CVE-2014-3186).

arch/s390/kernel/ptrace.c in the Linux kernel before 3.15.8 on the s390
platform does not properly restrict address-space control operations
in PTRACE_POKEUSR_AREA requests, which allows local users to obtain
read and write access to kernel memory locations, and consequently gain
privileges, via a crafted application that makes a ptrace system call
(CVE-2014-3534).

The kvm_iommu_map_pages function in virt/kvm/iommu.c in the Linux
kernel through 3.16.1 miscalculates the number of pages during the
handling of a mapping failure, which allows guest OS users to (1)
cause a denial of service (host OS memory corruption) or possibly
have unspecified other impact by triggering a large gfn value or (2)
cause a denial of service (host OS memory consumption) by triggering a
small gfn value that leads to permanently pinned pages (CVE-2014-3601).

The sctp_assoc_update function in net/sctp/associola.c in the
Linux kernel through 3.15.8, when SCTP authentication is enabled,
allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer
dereference and OOPS) by starting to establish an association between
two endpoints immediately after an exchange of INIT and INIT ACK
chunks to establish an earlier association between these endpoints
in the opposite direction (CVE-2014-5077).

The do_remount function in fs/namespace.c in the Linux kernel through
3.16.1 does not maintain the MNT_LOCK_READONLY bit across a remount of
a bind mount, which allows local users to bypass an intended read-only
restriction and defeat certain sandbox protection mechanisms via a
mount -o remount command within a user namespace (CVE-2014-5206).

Stack consumption vulnerability in the parse_rock_ridge_inode_internal
function in fs/isofs/rock.c in the Linux kernel through 3.16.1 allows
local users to cause a denial of service (uncontrolled recursion, and
system crash or reboot) via a crafted iso9660 image with a CL entry
referring to a directory entry that has a CL entry (CVE-2014-5471).

The parse_rock_ridge_inode_internal function in fs/isofs/rock.c in
the Linux kernel through 3.16.1 allows local users to cause a denial
of service (unkillable mount process) via a crafted iso9660 image
with a self-referential CL entry (CVE-2014-5472).

The __udf_read_inode function in fs/udf/inode.c in the Linux kernel
through 3.16.3 does not restrict the amount of ICB indirection, which
allows physically proximate attackers to cause a denial of service
(infinite loop or stack consumption) via a UDF filesystem with a
crafted inode (CVE-2014-6410).

The do_umount function in fs/namespace.c in the Linux kernel through
3.17 does not require the CAP_SYS_ADMIN capability for do_remount_sb
calls that change the root filesystem to read-only, which allows
local users to cause a denial of service (loss of writability) by
making certain unshare system calls, clearing the / MNT_LOCKED flag,
and making an MNT_FORCE umount system call (CVE-2014-7975).

The updated packages provides a solution for these security issues.

MDVSA-2014:196: rsyslog

Updated rsyslog packages fix security vulnerability:

Rainer Gerhards, the rsyslog project leader, reported a vulnerability
in Rsyslog. As a consequence of this vulnerability an attacker can send
malformed messages to a server, if this one accepts data from untrusted
sources, and trigger a denial of service attack (CVE-2014-3634).