Category Archives: Advisories

It was discovered that GNOME Settings incorrectly handled the remote
desktop sharing configuration. When turning off desktop sharing, it may be
turned on again after rebooting, contrary to expectations.

Advisories

CVE-2021-27548

May 18, 2022

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There is a Null Pointer Dereference vulnerability in the XFAScanner::scanNode() function in XFAScanner.cc in xpdf 4.03.

Advisories

USN-5429-1: Bind vulnerability

May 18, 2022

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Thomas Amgarten discovered that Bind incorrectly handled certain TLS
connections being destroyed. A remote attacker could possibly use this
issue to cause Bind to crash, resulting in a denial of service.

Advisories

USN-5428-1: libXrandr vulnerabilities

May 18, 2022

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Tobias Stoeckmann discovered that libXrandr incorrectly handled certain
responses. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial
of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.
(CVE-2016-7947, CVE-2016-7948)

Advisories

CVE-2019-25061

May 18, 2022

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The random_password_generator (aka RandomPasswordGenerator) gem through 1.0.0 for Ruby uses Kernel#rand to generate passwords, which, due to its cyclic nature, can facilitate password prediction.

Advisories