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In Long Range Zip (aka lrzip) 0.631, there is an infinite loop and application hang
in the get_fileinfo function (lrzip.c). Remote attackers could leverage this vulnerability
to cause a denial of service via a crafted lrz file.
Submitted By: Douglas R. Reno <renodr at linuxfromscratch dot org>
Date: 2022-05-26
Initial Package Version: 2.53.12
Origin: Self
Upstream Status: Not Applied, but backport submitted
Description: Fixes CVE-2022-1802 in Seamonkey, which is an actively
exploited remote code execution vulnerability in the
JavaScript subsystem. This has been rated by Critical as
upstream, and backports the fix for this bug in Firefox.
This has been submitted to upstream as TESTED.
+--------------------------+
Wed Jan 26 04:37:35 UTC 2022
l/polkit-0.120-i586-2.txz: Rebuilt.
[PATCH] pkexec: local privilege escalation.
Thanks to Qualys Research Labs for reporting this issue.
For more information, see:
https://blog.qualys.com/vulnerabilit...-cve-2021-4034
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvenam...=CVE-2021-4034
(* Security fix *)
+--------------------------+
GnuPG through 2.3.6, in unusual situations where an attacker possesses any secret-key
information from a victim's keyring and other constraints (e.g., use of GPGME) are met,
allows signature forgery via injection into the status line.
Distribution: Slackware64-current with "True Multilib."
Posts: 8,414
Rep:
Quote:
X.Org Server Hit By New Local Privilege Escalation, Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities
Michael Larabel. 12 July 2022.
..... are the disclosure of two new X.Org Server vulnerabilities.
These issues affecting out-of-bounds accesses with the X.Org Server can lead to local privilege elevation on systems where the X.Org Server is running privileged and remote code execution for SSH X forwarding sessions........
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