[security] security advisories

[Lorenzo Iannuzzi]

http://lwn.net/Articles/70504/

Conectiva fixes a modeline vulnerability in vim and remote overflows in
gaim. 

http://lwn.net/Articles/70772/

Fedora has issued a kernel update fixing a limit checking error in the
R128 DRI driver and an update to mutt fixing a potential vulnerability
in the "index menu" code which could, maybe, be exploited via a hostile
message.

Gentoo has sent out alerts for XFree86 (buffer overflow in font alias
processing), Monkeyd (denial of service vulnerability), and Gallery
(remotely exploitable PHP code insertion).

Red Hat has issued two updates to mutt (Enterprise Linux, RHL 9).

The SCO Group has updated slocate fixing an oldish vulnerability there.

http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA04-041A.html

   Multiple integer overflow vulnerabilities in the Microsoft Windows
   ASN.1 parser library could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker
   to execute arbitrary code with SYSTEM privileges.
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Ciao e alla prossima!
Lorenzo                                 nakis a libero.it

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