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16 December 2008

Vulnerabilities in Ubuntu.

Compiz vulnerability

A security issue affects the following Ubuntu releases:

Ubuntu 7.10 Ubuntu 8.04 LTS


Clam AV vulnerability

A security issue affects the following Ubuntu releases: Ubuntu 8.10

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Firefox vulnerabilities

A security issue affects the following Ubuntu releases: Ubuntu 7.10 This advisory also applies to the corresponding versions of Kubuntu, Edubuntu, and Xubuntu.

The problem can be corrected by upgrading your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 7.10: firefox 2.0.0.19+nobinonly1-0ubuntu0.7.10.1 After a standard system upgrade you need to restart Firefox to effect the necessary changes.

Details follow: Several flaws were discovered in the browser engine. These problems could allow an attacker to crash the browser and possibly execute arbitrary code with user privileges.

Firefox and Xulrunner vulnerabilities

A security issue affects the following Ubuntu releases: Ubuntu 8.04 LTS Ubuntu 8.10 This advisory also applies to the corresponding versions of Kubuntu, Edubuntu, and Xubuntu.

The problem can be corrected by upgrading your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 8.04 LTS: firefox-3.0 3.0.5+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.8.04.1 xulrunner-1.9 1.9.0.5+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.8.04.1 Ubuntu 8.10: abrowser 3.0.5+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.8.10.1 firefox-3.0 3.0.5+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.8.10.1 xulrunner-1.9 1.9.0.5+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.8.10.1 After a standard system upgrade you need to restart Firefox and any applications that use xulrunner, such as Epiphany, to effect the necessary changes


Blender vulnerability

A security issue affects the following Ubuntu releases: Ubuntu 6.06 LTS This advisory also applies to the corresponding versions of Kubuntu, Edubuntu, and Xubuntu.

The problem can be corrected by upgrading your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 6.06 LTS: blender 2.41-1ubuntu4.1

After a standard system upgrade you need to restart Blender to effect the necessary changes. Details follow: It was discovered that Blender did not correctly handle certain malformed Radiance RGBE images. If a user were tricked into opening a .blend file containing a specially crafted Radiance RGBE image, an attacker could execute arbitrary code with the user's privileges. (CVE-2008-1102)

It was discovered that Blender did not properly sanitize the Python search path. A local attacker could execute arbitrary code by inserting a specially crafted Python file in the Blender working directory. (CVE-2008-4863)



Nagios vulnerability

A security issue affects the following Ubuntu releases: Ubuntu 8.04 LTS This advisory also applies to the corresponding versions of Kubuntu, Edubuntu, and Xubuntu.

The problem can be corrected by upgrading your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 8.04 LTS: nagios2 2.11-1ubuntu1.4 After a standard system upgrade you need to restart Nagios to effect the necessary changes.

Details follow: It was discovered that Nagios was vulnerable to a Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability. If an authenticated nagios user were tricked into clicking a link on a specially crafted web page, an attacker could trigger commands to be processed by Nagios and execute arbitrary programs.

This update alters Nagios behaviour by disabling submission of CMD_CHANGE commands. (CVE-2008-5028) It was discovered that Nagios did not properly parse commands submitted using the web interface. An authenticated user could use a custom form or a browser addon to bypass security restrictions and submit unauthorized commands. (CVE-2008-5027)

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Blender vulnerability
A security issue affects the following Ubuntu releases: Ubuntu 6.06 LTS This advisory also applies to the corresponding versions of Kubuntu, Edubuntu, and Xubuntu.

The problem can be corrected by upgrading your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 6.06 LTS: blender 2.41-1ubuntu4.1

After a standard system upgrade you need to restart Blender to effect the necessary changes. Details follow: It was discovered that Blender did not correctly handle certain malformed Radiance RGBE images.

If a user were tricked into opening a .blend file containing a specially crafted Radiance RGBE image, an attacker could execute arbitrary code with the user's privileges. (CVE-2008-1102) It was discovered that Blender did not properly sanitize the Python search path. A local attacker could execute arbitrary code by inserting a specially crafted Python file in the Blender working directory. (CVE-2008-4863).


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