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Updated timezone packages are being provided for older Mandriva Linux systems that do not contain new Daylight Savings Time information and Time Zone information for some locations. These updated packages contain the new information. Update: The MDVA-2010:006 advisory did not provide updated timezone packages for MNF2, CS4 and 2008.0. This advisory provides the missing packages. Packages for 2008.0 are provided for Corporate Desktop 2008.0 customers.

In some cases aria2 would crash with a segmentation fault when encountering file not found errors. This could particularly happen when installing updates with urpmi.

MMC web interface allows to create isos for user's homes and shares. With this update, mkisofs has been added as a requirement of the package. Update: It was discovered the cdrkit-genisoimage package was missing with the MDVA-2010:050 advisory. This advisory provides the missing dependancies.

The rsh package in 2010.0 has several bugs that prevented it from working correctly, the updated packages fix all those issues.

A race condition has been found in fuse that could escalate privileges for local users and lead to a DoS (Denial of Service) (CVE-2009-3297). The updated packages have been patched to correct this issue.

A vulnerability has been found in ncpfs which can be exploited by local users to disclose potentially sensitive information, cause a DoS (Denial of Service), and potentially gain escalated privileges (CVE-2009-3297). Packages for 2008.0 are provided for Corporate Desktop 2008.0 customers. The updated packages have been patched to correct this issue.

This is a maintenance and bugfix release that upgrades phpmyadmin to 3.2.5 that solves intermittent segfaults and brings many upstream fixes as well.

A vulnerability has been found and corrected in php: PHP before 5.2.12 does not properly handle session data, which has unspecified impact and attack vectors related to (1) interrupt corruption of the SESSION superglobal array and (2) the session.save_path directive (CVE-2009-4143). Packages for 2008.0 are provided for Corporate Desktop 2008.0 customers. The updated packages have been patched to correct this issue.

A vulnerabilitiy has been found and corrected in mysql: MySQL is vulnerable to a symbolic link attack when the data home directory contains a symlink to a different filesystem which allows remote authenticated users to bypass intended access restrictions (CVE-2008-7247). The updated packages have been patched to correct these issues.

The blogtk package in 2010.0 was crashing on start. This update fixes the problem by updating blogtk to the latest version. Additionally the python-gdata packages are being provided as well due to requirements. Update: The MDVA-2010:070 advisory was missing some new dependancies (packages) that prevented blogtk to install using MandrivaUpdate. This advisory provides the missing packages.

A vulnerability have been discovered and corrected in libtheora: Integer overflow in libtheora in Xiph.Org Theora before 1.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a video with large dimensions (CVE-2009-3389). The updated packages have been patched to correct this issue.

Security issues were identified and fixed in firefox 3.0.x and 3.5.x: Mozilla developers identified and fixed several stability bugs in the browser engine used in Firefox and other Mozilla-based products. Some of these crashes showed evidence of memory corruption under certain circumstances and we presume that with enough effort at least some of these could be exploited to run arbitrary code (CVE-2010-0159). Security researcher Orlando Barrera II reported via TippingPoint's Zero Day Initiative that Mozilla's implementation of Web Workers contained an error in its handling of array data types when processing posted messages. This error could be used by an attacker to corrupt heap memory and crash the browser, potentially running arbitrary code on a victim's computer (CVE-2010-0160). Security researcher Alin Rad Pop of Secunia Research reported that the HTML parser incorrectly freed used memory when insufficient space was available to process remaining input. Under such circumstances, memory occupied by in-use objects was freed and could later be filled with attacker-controlled text. These conditions could result in the execution or arbitrary code if methods on the freed objects were subsequently called (CVE-2009-1571). Security researcher Hidetake Jo of Microsoft Vulnerability Research reported that the properties set on an object passed to showModalDialog were readable by the document contained in the dialog, even when the document was from a different domain. This is a violation of the same-origin policy and could result in a website running untrusted JavaScript if it assumed the dialogArguments could not be initialized by another site. An anonymous security researcher, via TippingPoint's Zero Day Initiative, also independently reported this issue to Mozilla (CVE-2009-3988). Mozilla security researcher Georgi Guninski reported that when a SVG document which is served with Content-Type: application/octet-stream is embedded into another document via an tag with type=image/svg+xml, the Content-Type is ignored and the SVG document is processed normally. A website which allows arbitrary binary data to be uploaded but which relies on Content-Type: application/octet-stream to prevent script execution could have such protection bypassed. An attacker could upload a SVG document containing JavaScript as a binary file to a website, embed the SVG document into a malicous page on another site, and gain access to the script environment from the SVG-serving site, bypassing the same-origin policy (CVE-2010-0162). Packages for 2008.0 are provided for Corporate Desktop 2008.0 customers. Additionally, some packages which require so, have been rebuilt and are being provided as updates.

This update enables files to be properly attached when xdg-email is used with Thunderbird as the default mail client.

The DHCP client ignores the interface-mtu option set by server. This update fixes the issue.

Some vulnerabilities were discovered and corrected in the Linux 2.6 kernel: Array index error in the gdth_read_event function in drivers/scsi/gdth.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.32-rc8 allows local users to cause a denial of service or possibly gain privileges via a negative event index in an IOCTL request. (CVE-2009-3080) The collect_rx_frame function in drivers/isdn/hisax/hfc_usb.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.32-rc7 allows attackers to have an unspecified impact via a crafted HDLC packet that arrives over ISDN and triggers a buffer under-read. (CVE-2009-4005) Additionally, the Linux kernel was updated to the stable release 2.6.27.45. To update your kernel, please follow the directions located at: http://www.mandriva.com/en/security/kernelupdate Update: The nvidia173-kernel x86_64 packages was missing with MDVSA-2010:034 for the Enterprise 5 product. This advisory provides the missing packages.

The new mdkonline packages adds the extended maintenance support to mdkonline. Packages for 2008.0 are provided for Corporate Desktop 2008.0 customers as well as for official 2008.0 updates. Update: A problem was discovered with unresolved dependancies. This advisory provides the missing packages.

Some vulnerabilities were discovered and corrected in the Linux 2.6 kernel: Array index error in the gdth_read_event function in drivers/scsi/gdth.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.32-rc8 allows local users to cause a denial of service or possibly gain privileges via a negative event index in an IOCTL request. (CVE-2009-3080) The collect_rx_frame function in drivers/isdn/hisax/hfc_usb.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.32-rc7 allows attackers to have an unspecified impact via a crafted HDLC packet that arrives over ISDN and triggers a buffer under-read. (CVE-2009-4005) Additionally, the Linux kernel was updated to the stable release 2.6.27.45. To update your kernel, please follow the directions located at: http://www.mandriva.com/en/security/kernelupdate Update: The virtualbox DKMS modules was not provided with MDVSA-2010:034 for the Enterprise 5 product. This advisory provides the missing virtualbox packages.

Multiple security vulnerabilities has been identified and fixed in pidgin: Certain malformed SLP messages can trigger a crash because the MSN protocol plugin fails to check that all pieces of the message are set correctly (CVE-2010-0277). In a user in a multi-user chat room has a nickname containing ' ' then libpurple ends up having two users with username ' ' in the room, and Finch crashes in this situation. We do not believe there is a possibility of remote code execution (CVE-2010-0420). oCERT notified us about a problem in Pidgin, where a large amount of processing time will be used when inserting many smileys into an IM or chat window. This should not cause a crash, but Pidgin can become unusable slow (CVE-2010-0423). Packages for 2008.0 are provided for Corporate Desktop 2008.0 customers. This update provides pidgin 2.6.6, which is not vulnerable to these issues.

Multiple vulnerabilities has been discovered and corrected in gnome-screensaver: gnome-screensaver 2.28.0 does not resume adherence to its activation settings after an inhibiting application becomes unavailable on the session bus, which allows physically proximate attackers to access an unattended workstation on which screen locking had been intended (CVE-2009-4641). gnome-screensaver before 2.28.2 allows physically proximate attackers to bypass screen locking and access an unattended workstation by moving the mouse position to an external monitor and then disconnecting that monitor (CVE-2010-0414). This update provides gnome-screensaver 2.28.3, which is not vulnerable to these issues.

A vulnerability have been discovered and corrected in netpbm: Stack-based buffer overflow in converter/ppm/xpmtoppm.c in netpbm before 10.47.07 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via an XPM image file that contains a crafted header field associated with a large color index value (CVE-2009-4274). Packages for 2008.0 are provided for Corporate Desktop 2008.0 customers. The updated packages have been patched to correct this issue.

A vulnerability have been discovered and corrected in maildrop: main.C in maildrop 2.3.0 and earlier, when run by root with the -d option, uses the gid of root for execution of the .mailfilter file in a user's home directory, which allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted file (CVE-2010-0301). The updated packages have been patched to correct this issue.

Update documentation for MES 5.1 release: - KVM chapter added - Virt-manager chapter added - MMC-Wizard chapter recast - Samba backend warning added - MX configuration in Mandriva Directory Server added

The eject package shipped in Mandriva Linux 2009.0, 2009.1, 2010.0 contains a bug which will lead to a failure when ejecting a DVD which has space characters within its name. The updated package fixes this problem. Packages for 2008.0 are provided for Corporate Desktop 2008.0 customers.

The blogtk package in 2010.0 was crashing on start. This update fixes the problem by updating blogtk to the latest version. Additionally the python-gdata packages are being provided as well due to requirements.

The new mandriva-release packages adds extended maintainance access support. Packages for 2008.0 are provided for Corporate Desktop 2008.0 customers.