Linux Advisory Watch: July 23rd, 2010

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| LinuxSecurity.com                               Linux Advisory Watch |
| July 23rd, 2010                                 Volume 11, Number 30 |
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| Editorial Team:              Dave Wreski <dwreski@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> |
|                       Benjamin D. Thomas <bthomas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> |
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Thank you for reading the Linux Advisory Watch Security Newsletter. The 
purpose of this document is to provide our readers with a quick summary of 
each week's vendor security bulletins and pointers on methods to improve 
the security posture of your open source system.

Vulnerabilities affect nearly every vendor virtually every week, so be 
sure to read through to find the updates your distributor have made 
available.

Meet the Anti-Nmap: PSAD
------------------------
Having a great defense involves proper detection and recognition of an 
attack. In our security world we have great IDS tools to properly 
recognize when we are being attacked as well as firewalls to prevent such 
attacks from happening.

http://www.linuxsecurity.com/content/view/134248


Understand: Fork Bombing Attack
-------------------------------
As the variety of attacks and threats grow, you need to be prepared.  In 
this HOWTO, get a feeling for the Fork Bombing Attack, what it is, how it 
works, where it comes from, how to deal with it and more.

http://www.linuxsecurity.com/content/view/129220

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* EnGarde Secure Community 3.0.22 Now Available!
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   Guardian Digital is happy to announce the release of EnGarde Secure
   Community 3.0.22 (Version 3.0, Release 22).  This release includes
   many updated packages and bug fixes and some feature enhancements to
   the EnGarde Secure Linux Installer and the SELinux policy.

   http://www.linuxsecurity.com/content/view/145668

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* Debian: 2074-1: ncompress: integer underflow (Jul 21)
   -----------------------------------------------------
   Aki Helin discovered an integer underflow in ncompress, the original
   Lempel-Ziv compress/uncompress programs. This could lead to the
   execution of arbitrary code when trying to decompress a crafted LZW
   compressed gzip archive. [More...]

   http://www.linuxsecurity.com/content/view/152850

* Debian: 2073-1: mlmmj: insufficient input sanitisi (Jul 20)
   -----------------------------------------------------------
   Florian Streibelt reported a a directory traversal flaw in the way
   the Mailing List Managing Made Joyful mailing list manager processed
   users' requests originating from the administrator web interface
   without enough input validation. A remote, authenticated attacker
   could [More...]

   http://www.linuxsecurity.com/content/view/152845

* Debian: 2072-1: libpng: Multiple vulnerabilities (Jul 19)
   ---------------------------------------------------------
   Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in libpng, a library for
   reading and writing PNG files. The Common Vulnerabilities and
   Exposures project identifies the following problems: [More...]

   http://www.linuxsecurity.com/content/view/152830

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* Mandriva: 2010:138: iputils (Jul 23)
   ------------------------------------
   Ovidiu Mara reported a vulnerability in ping.c (iputils) that could
   cause ping to hang when responding to a malicious echo reply
   (CVE-2010-2529). The updated packages have been patched to correct
   these issues. [More...]

   http://www.linuxsecurity.com/content/view/152871

* Mandriva: 2010:136: ghostscript (Jul 15)
   ----------------------------------------
   A vulnerability has been found and corrected in ghostscript:
   Ghostscript 8.64, 8.70, and possibly other versions allows
   context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via a
   PostScript file containing unlimited recursive procedure invocations,
   [More...]

   http://www.linuxsecurity.com/content/view/152823

* Mandriva: 2010:135: ghostscript (Jul 15)
   ----------------------------------------
   A vulnerability has been found and corrected in ghostscript:
   Stack-based buffer overflow in the errprintf function in
   base/gsmisc.c in ghostscript 8.64 through 8.70 allows remote
   attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute
   arbitrary code via a [More...]

   http://www.linuxsecurity.com/content/view/152822

* Mandriva: 2010:134: ghostscript (Jul 15)
   ----------------------------------------
   Multiple vulnerabilities has been found and corrected in ghostscript:
   Stack-based buffer overflow in the errprintf function in
   base/gsmisc.c in ghostscript 8.64 through 8.70 allows remote
   attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute
   arbitrary code via a [More...]

   http://www.linuxsecurity.com/content/view/152821

* Mandriva: 2010:133: libpng (Jul 15)
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   Multiple vulnerabilities has been found and corrected in libpng:
   Memory leak in the png_handle_tEXt function in pngrutil.c in libpng
   before 1.2.33 rc02 and 1.4.0 beta36 allows context-dependent
   attackers to cause a denial of service (memory exhaustion) via a
   crafted PNG file [More...]

   http://www.linuxsecurity.com/content/view/152820

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* Red Hat: 2010:0549-01: java-1.6.0-ibm: Critical Advisory (Jul 21)
   -----------------------------------------------------------------
   Updated java-1.6.0-ibm packages that fix one security issue are now
   available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 Extras and 5 Supplementary.
   The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having
   critical [More...]

   http://www.linuxsecurity.com/content/view/152857

* Red Hat: 2010:0547-01: firefox: Critical Advisory (Jul 20)
   ----------------------------------------------------------
   Updated firefox packages that fix several security issues are now
   available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 and 5. The Red Hat Security
   Response Team has rated this update as having critical [More...]

   http://www.linuxsecurity.com/content/view/152849

* Red Hat: 2010:0546-01: seamonkey: Critical Advisory (Jul 20)
   ------------------------------------------------------------
   Updated seamonkey packages that fix several security issues are now
   available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 and 4. The Red Hat Security
   Response Team has rated this update as having critical [More...]

   http://www.linuxsecurity.com/content/view/152848

* Red Hat: 2010:0545-01: thunderbird: Critical Advisory (Jul 20)
   --------------------------------------------------------------
   An updated thunderbird package that fixes several security issues is
   now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5. The Red Hat Security
   Response Team has rated this update as having critical [More...]

   http://www.linuxsecurity.com/content/view/152846

* Red Hat: 2010:0544-01: thunderbird: Moderate Advisory (Jul 20)
   --------------------------------------------------------------
   An updated thunderbird package that fixes several security issues is
   now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4. The Red Hat Security
   Response Team has rated this update as having moderate [More...]

   http://www.linuxsecurity.com/content/view/152847

* Red Hat: 2010:0542-01: openldap: Moderate Advisory (Jul 20)
   -----------------------------------------------------------
   Updated openldap packages that fix multiple security issues are now
   available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5. The Red Hat Security
   Response Team has rated this update as having moderate [More...]

   http://www.linuxsecurity.com/content/view/152844

* Red Hat: 2010:0543-01: openldap: Moderate Advisory (Jul 20)
   -----------------------------------------------------------
   Updated openldap packages that fix two security issues are now
   available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4. The Red Hat Security
   Response Team has rated this update as having moderate [More...]

   http://www.linuxsecurity.com/content/view/152843

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* Slackware: 2010-202-01: mozilla-firefox: Security Update (Jul 22)
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   New mozilla-firefox packages are available for Slackware 12.2, 13.0,
   13.1, and -current to fix security issues.  [More Info...]

   http://www.linuxsecurity.com/content/view/152858

* Slackware: 2010-202-02: mozilla-thunderbird: Security Update (Jul 22)
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   New mozilla-thunderbird packages are available for Slackware 13.1 and
   -current to fix security issues.  [More Info...]

   http://www.linuxsecurity.com/content/view/152859

* Slackware: 2010-202-03: seamonkey: Security Update (Jul 22)
   -----------------------------------------------------------
   New seamonkey packages are available for Slackware 12.2, 13.0, 13.1,
   and -current to fix security issues.	[More Info...]

   http://www.linuxsecurity.com/content/view/152860

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* SuSE: 2010-031: Linux kernel (Jul 20)
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   The SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 GA Kernel was updated to 2.6.27.48
   fixing various bugs and security issues. CVE-2010-1641: The
   do_gfs2_set_flags function in fs/gfs2/file.c in the Linux kernel does
   not verify the ownership of a file, which allows local users to
   bypass intended access restrictions via a SETFLAGS  [More...]

   http://www.linuxsecurity.com/content/view/152839

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* Ubuntu: 930-4: Firefox and Xulrunner vulnerabilities (Jul 23)
   -------------------------------------------------------------
   USN-930-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Firefox and Xulrunner. This
   updateprovides the corresponding updates for Ubuntu 9.04 and 9.10,
   along withadditional updates affecting Firefox 3.6.6. [More...]

   http://www.linuxsecurity.com/content/view/152869

* Ubuntu: 927-8: Thunderbird update (Jul 23)
   ------------------------------------------
   USN-927-1 fixed vulnerabilities in NSS. This update provides
   theThunderbird update to use the new NSS. [More...]

   http://www.linuxsecurity.com/content/view/152868

* Ubuntu: 927-7: nspr update (Jul 23)
   -----------------------------------
   USN-927-4 fixed vulnerabilities in NSS. This update provides the
   NSPRneeded to use the new NSS. [More...]

   http://www.linuxsecurity.com/content/view/152866

* Ubuntu: 957-1: Firefox and Xulrunner vulnerabilities (Jul 23)
   -------------------------------------------------------------
   Several flaws were discovered in the browser engine of Firefox. If a
   userwere tricked into viewing a malicious site, a remote attacker
   could usethis to crash the browser or possibly run arbitrary code as
   the userinvoking the program. (CVE-2010-1208, CVE-2010-1209,
   CVE-2010-1211,CVE-2010-1212) [More...]

   http://www.linuxsecurity.com/content/view/152867

* Ubuntu: 940-2: Kerberos vulnerability (Jul 21)
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   USN-940-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Kerberos. This update provides
   thecorresponding updates for Ubuntu 10.04. [More...]

   http://www.linuxsecurity.com/content/view/152851

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