Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : perl-Net_SSLeay (MDKSA-2006:023)

Javier Fernandez-Sanguino Pena discovered that the perl Net::SSLeay module used the file /tmp/entropy as a fallback entropy source if a proper source was not set via the environment variable EGDPATH. This could potentially lead to weakened cryptographic operations if an attacker was able to provi...

Weak Net::SSLeay perl module encryption

/tmp/entropy file is used for entropy gathering if no entropy source is specified with EGDPATH envoronment variable. Attacker can fille file with known data...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : smb4k (MDKSA-2005:157)

A severe security issue has been discovered in Smb4K. By linking a simple text file FILE to /tmp/smb4k.tmp or /tmp/sudoers, an attacker could get access to the full contents of the /etc/super.tab or /etc/sudoers file, respectively, because Smb4K didn't check for the existance of these files befor...

x_aix5_bellmail.pl.txt

-bash-2.05b$ -bash-2.05b$ cat xaix5bellmail.pl !/usr/bin/perl FileName: xaix5bellmail.pl Exploit "Race condition vulnerability BUGTRAQ ID: 8805" of /usr/bin/bellmail command on Aix5 to change any file owner to current user. Usage : xaix5bellmail.pl aimfile aimfile : then file wich you want to cho...

FreeBSD : mod_dosevasive -- insecure temporary file creation (88ff90f2-6e43-11d9-8c87-000a95bc6fae)

An LSS Security Advisory reports : When a denial of service attack is detected, moddosevasive will, among other things, create a temporary file which it will use to trace actions from the offensive IP address. This file is insecurely created in /tmp and it's name is easily predictable. It is then...

CVE-2005-1944

xmysqladmin 1.0 and earlier allows local users to delete arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a database backup file in /tmp...

CVE-2005-0134

The X server in SCO UnixWare 7.1.1, 7.1.3, and 7.1.4 does not properly create socket directories in /tmp, which could allow attackers to hijack local sockets...

CVE-2005-1632

CVE-2005-1632 affects Cheetah 0.9.15 and 0.9.16. The root cause is that the runtime searches /tmp for modules before honoring PYTHONPATH, enabling a local attacker to execute arbitrary code via a malicious module placed in /tmp/. The linked Red Hat and Debian trackers echo this same issue. No exp...

CVE-2005-1632

Cheetah 0.9.15 and 0.9.16 searches the /tmp directory for modules before using the paths in the PYTHONPATH variable, which allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a malicious module in /tmp/...

[Full-disclosure] MySQL < 4.0.12 && MySQL <= 5.0.4 : Insecure tmp file handling

MySQL mysqlinstalldb data manipulation vendor: http://www.mysql.com advisory: http://www.zataz.net/adviso/mysql-05172005.txt vendor informed: yes exploit available:no MySQL contain a security flaw how could allow a malicious local attacker to inject arbitrary SQL commands during database creation...

CVE-2005-0106

SSLeay.pm in libnet-ssleay-perl before 1.25 uses the /tmp/entropy file for entropy if a source is not set in the EGDPATH variable, which allows local users to reduce the cryptographic strength of certain operations by modifying the file...

HP-UX PHCO_29697 : HP-UX Running shar(1), Local Execution of Arbitrary Code (HPSBUX00304 SSRT3639 rev.2)

s700800 11.04 VVOS shar1 cumulative patch : shar1 creates tmp files insecurely. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and patch checks in this plugin were extracted from HP patch PHCO29697. The text itself is copyright C Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P...

freebsd/x86 chown 0:0 , chmod 6755 & execve /tmp/sh 44 bytes

freebsd/x86 chown 0:0 , chmod 6755 & execve /tmp/sh 44 bytes. Shellcode exploit for freebsdx86 platform / FreeBSD shellcode chown"/tmp/sh", 0, 0; chmod"/tmp/sh", 06755; 44 bytes Claes M. Nyberg 20020209 , / / void mainvoid asm" xor %eax, %eax eax = 0 pushl %eax string ends with NULL pushl...

freebsd/x86 - execve /tmp/sh 34 bytes

freebsd/x86 execve /tmp/sh 34 bytes. Shellcode exploit for freebsdx86 platform / FreeBSD shellcode - execve /tmp/sh Claes M. Nyberg 20020120 , / / void main asm" xorl %eax, %eax eax = 0 pushl %eax string ends with NULL pushl $0x68732f2f push 'hs//' //sh pushl $0x706d742f push 'pmt/' /tmp movl %es...

freebsd/x86 execve /tmp/sh 34 bytes

No description provided by source. / FreeBSD shellcode - execve /tmp/sh Claes M. Nyberg 20020120 [email protected], [email protected] / / void main asm" xorl %eax, %eax eax = 0 pushl %eax string ends with NULL pushl $0x68732f2f push 'hs//' //sh pushl $0x706d742f push 'pmt/' /tmp movl %esp...

os-x/PPC create /tmp/suid 122 bytes

No description provided by source. / PPC OSX/Darwin Shellcode by B-r00t. 2003. Does open; write; close; exit; See ASM below. 122 Bytes. / char shellcode = "\x7c\xa5\x2a\x79\x40\x82\xff\xfd" "\x7f\xe8\x02\xa6\x39\x1f\x01\x71" "\x39\x08\xfe\xf4\x7c\xa8\x29\xae" "\x38\x7f\x01\x68\x38\x63\xfe\xf4"...

GLSA-200404-01 : Insecure sandbox temporary lockfile vulnerabilities in Portage

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200404-01 Insecure sandbox temporary lockfile vulnerabilities in Portage A flaw in Portage's sandbox wrapper has been found where the temporary lockfiles are subject to a hard-link attack which allows linkable files to be...

PT-2004-1421 · Ca · Etrust Inoculateit

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: eTrust InoculateIT for Linux version 6.0 Description: The issue allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on files in /tmp, specifically through the inoregupdate, uniftest, or unimove scripts. Recommendations: For...

HP-UX shar utility creates files with predictable names in "/tmp" directory

Overview The shar program distributed with some versions of the HP-UX operating system creates files insecurely. This vulnerability could allow local users to gain escalated privilege on the system. Description shar is a program commonly available on UNIX systems to create a shell script that wil...

OpenServer 5.0.5 : Insecure creation of files in /tmp

To: [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] etsys.com -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 SCO Security Advisory Subject: OpenServer 5.0.5 : Insecure creation of files in /tmp Advisory number: CSSA-2003-SCO.27 Issue date: 2003 October 20 Cross...