Risk: High
Red Hat: update for xorg-x11
Red Hat has issued an update for xorg-x11. This fixes a vulnerability, which potentially can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a vulnerable system.
Updated packages are available from Red Hat Network. http://rhn.redhat.com/ Reference: http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2005-198.html; http://secunia.com/advisories/15637/SUSE: Updates for Multiple Packages
SUSE has issued updates for multiple packages. These fix various vulnerabilities, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to perform certain actions with escalated privileges, by malicious users to conduct SQL injection attacks and by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service), conduct cross-site scripting attacks, disclose sensitive information and compromise a vulnerable system.
Solution: apply vendor patch
Reference: http://secunia.com/advisories/15629/
Conectiva Linux 9: update for gaim
Conectiva has issued an update for gaim. This fixes a vulnerability and a weakness, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service) or compromise a user's system.
Solution: Apply updated packages. Reference: http://secunia.com/advisories/15628/
Conectiva Linux 9: update for ethereal
Conectiva has issued an update for ethereal. This fixes multiple vulnerabilities, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service) or compromise a vulnerable system.
Solution: Apply updated packages. Reference: http://secunia.com/advisories/15616/
Conectiva Linux 9: update for php4
Conectiva has issued an update for php4. This fixes some vulnerabilities, where some have an unknown impact and others can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service) and potentially compromise a vulnerable system.
Solution: Apply updated packages. Reference: http://secunia.com/advisories/15579/
Debian: update for mailutils
Debian has issued an update for mailutils. This fixes some vulnerabilities, which can be exploited to cause a DoS (Denial of Service) or compromise a vulnerable system
Solution: apply vendor patches Reference: http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-732; http://secunia.com/advisories/15610/
SGI: Advanced Linux Environment Multiple Updates
SGI has issued a patch for SGI Advanced Linux Environment. This fixes multiple vulnerabilities, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to gain knowledge of certain information or gain escalated privileges, or by malicious people to conduct cross-site scripting attacks, cause a DoS (Denial of Service), potentially overwrite arbitrary files on a user's system or compromise it.
Solution: Apply Patch 10174 for SGI ProPack 3 Service Pack 5. http://support.sgi.com/ Reference: ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20050503-01-U.asc; http://secunia.com/advisories/15625/