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There is an integer overflow and a double free vulnerability in the way LibX11 handles locales. The integer overflow is a necessary precursor to the double fre…
By holding a reference to the eval() function from an about:blank window, a malicious webpage could have gained access to the InstallTrigger object which would…
The read_xbm_body function in gui/image/qxbmhandler.cpp has a buffer over-read (CVE-2020-17507). References: - https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=27173
Several vulnerabilities were discovered in Squid, a fully featured web proxy cache, which could result in request splitting, request smuggling (leading to cach…
It was reported that the Lua module for Nginx, a high-performance web and reverse proxy server, is prone to a HTTP request smuggling vulnerability.
It was discovered that there was a use-after-free vulnerability when parsing PHAR files, a method of putting entire PHP applications into a single file.
It was discovered that there was an issue where kmail would default to using unencrypted POP3 communication despite the UI indicating that encryption was in us…
Easily exploitable vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via TLS to compromise MySQL Connectors. Successful attacks require human i…
Hash collisions in IPv4Interface and IPv6Interface could lead to DOS (CVE-2020-14422). References: - https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=27056
An issue has been found in luajit, a just in time compiler for Lua. An out-of-bounds read could happen because __gc handler frame traversal is mishandled (CVE-…
A denial of service vulnerability was discovered in mongodb, an object/document-oriented database, whereby a user authorized to perform database queries may is…
A directory traversal vulnerability was discovered in Icinga Web 2, a web interface for Icinga, which could result in the disclosure of files readable by the p…
Several vulnerabilities were fixed in libjackson-json-java, a Java JSON processor. CVE-2017-7525
In inetutils-telnetd, an implementation of a telnet daemon, arbitrary remote code execution might have been possible via short writes or urgent data.
A directory traversal vulnerability was discovered in Icinga Web 2, a web interface for Icinga, which could result in the disclosure of files readable by the p…
Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in sqlite3, a C library that implements an SQL database engine. CVE-2018-8740
Chrony's method of opening its PID file could allow a compromised chrony user account to overwrite files in certain parts of the filesystem with chrony's PID, …
Several memory leaks were discovered in proftpd-dfsg, a versatile, virtual-hosting FTP daemon, when mod_facl or mod_sftp is used which could lead to memory exh…
Jason A. Donenfeld found an ansi escape sequence injection into software-properties, a manager for apt repository sources. An attacker could manipulate the scr…
Multiple vulnerabilities were discovered in Python2.7, an interactive high-level object-oriented language.
Tim Starling discovered two vulnerabilities in firejail, a sandbox program to restrict the running environment of untrusted applications.
The Server-Server protocol implementation in ngIRCd before 26~rc2 allows an out-of-bounds access, as demonstrated by the IRC_NJOIN() function. (CVE-2020-14148)…
Multiple vulnerabilities were found in ghostscript, an interpreter for the PostScript language and for PDF, allowing an attacker to escalate privileges and cau…
NSS has multiple information disclosure vulnerabilities when handling secret key material.