CVE-2002-1509

CVE-2002-1509 concerns a bug in the shadow-utils useradd flow introduced by a patch in shadow-utils-20000902. The bug causes a new user’s mail spool to be created with group write/read permissions (mode 660) instead of being owned per the intended policy, enabling other users sharing the same pri...

CVE-2003-0019: Undefined Security Weakness

umlnet in the kernel-utils package for Red Hat Linux 8.0 has incorrect setuid root privileges, which allows local users to modify network interfaces, e.g. by modifying ARP entries or placing interfaces into promiscuous mode...

CVE-2002-1509: Undefined Security Weakness

A patch for shadow-utils 20000902 causes the useradd command to create a mail spool files with read/write privileges of the new user's group mode 660, which allows other users in the same group to read or modify the new user's incoming email...

CVE-2003-0120: Undefined Security Weakness

adb2mhc in the mhc-utils package before 0.25+20010625-7.1 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a default temporary directory with a predictable name...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : nfs-utils (MDKSA-2003:076)

An off-by-one buffer overflow was found in the logging code in nfs-utils when adding a newline to the string being logged. This could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code or cause a DoS Denial of Service on the server by sending certain RPC requests. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : kernel (MDKSA-2004:001)

A flaw in bounds checking in mremap in the Linux kernel versions 2.4.23 and previous was discovered by Paul Starzetz. This flaw may be used to allow a local attacker to obtain root privilege. Another minor information leak in the RTC real time clock routines was fixed as well. All Mandrake Linux...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : shadow-utils (MDKSA-2003:026)

The shadow-utils package contains the tool useradd, which is used to create or update new user information. When useradd creates an account, it would create it with improper permissions; instead of having it owned by the group mail, it would be owned by the user's primary group. If this is a shar...

SUSE-SA:2003:031: nfs-utils

The remote host is missing the patch for the advisory SUSE-SA:2003:031 nfs-utils. The nfs-utils package contains various programs to offer and manage certain RPC services such as the rpc.mountd. iSEC Security Research has reported an off-by-one bug in the xlog function used by the rpc.mountd. It ...

RHEL 3 : nfs-utils (RHSA-2004:072)

Updated nfs-utils packages that fix a flaw leading to possible rpc.mountd crashes are now available. The nfs-utils package contains the rpc.mountd program, which implements the NFS mount protocol. A flaw was discovered in versions of rpc.mountd in nfs-utils versions after 1.0.3 and prior to 1.0.6...

RHEL 2.1 : nfs-utils (RHSA-2003:207)

Updated nfs-utils packages are available that fix a remotely exploitable Denial of Service vulnerability. The nfs-utils package provides a daemon for the kernel NFS server and related tools. Janusz Niewiadomski found a buffer overflow bug in nfs-utils version 1.0.3 and earlier. This bug could be...

RHEL 2.1 : shadow-utils (RHSA-2003:058)

Updated shadow-utils packages are now available. These updated packages correct a bug that caused the useradd tool to create mail spools with incorrect permissions. The shadow-utils package includes programs for converting UNIX password files to the shadow password format, plus programs for...

CVE-2004-0154

CVE-2004-0154 affects nfs-utils rpc.mountd versions after 1.0.3 and before 1.0.6. The issue allows a denial of service (crash) when performing an NFS mount from a client whose reverse DNS lookup name does not match the forward lookup. Documented in multiple sources (Red Hat RHSA-2004:072, SUSE CV...

CVE-2004-0154: Undefined Security Weakness

rpc.mountd in nfs-utils after 1.0.3 and before 1.0.6 allows attackers to cause a denial of service crash via an NFS mount of a directory from a client whose reverse DNS lookup name is different from the forward lookup name...

[OpenCA Advisory] Vulnerabilities in signature verification

OpenCA Security Advisory 28 November 2003 Vulnerabilities in signature validation ======================================= Multiple flaws in OpenCA before version 0.9.1.4 could cause OpenCA to use an incorrect certificate in the chain to determine the serial being checked which could lead to...

CVE-2003-0252

Off-by-one error in the xlog function of mountd in the Linux NFS utils package nfs-utils before 1.0.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via certain RPC requests to mountd that do not contain newlines...

Linux NFS utils package (nfs-utils) mountd xlog Function Off-by-one Remote Overflow

The remote rpc.mountd daemon is vulnerable to an off-by-one overflow which could be exploited by an attacker to gain a root shell on this host. C Tenable Network Security, Inc. This check is destructive by its very nature, as we need to check for a off-by-one overflow. Very few distributions are...

nfs-utils packages replaced

New nfs-utils packages are available for Slackware 8.1, 9.0, and -current to replace the ones that were issued yesterday. A bug in has been fixed in utils/mountd/auth.c that could cause mountd to crash. Here are the details from the Slackware 9.0 ChangeLog: Tue Jul 15 10:42:58 PDT 2003...

CVE-2003-0252

Off-by-one error in the xlog function of mountd in the Linux NFS utils package nfs-utils before 1.0.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via certain RPC requests to mountd that do not contain newlines...

CVE-2003-0252

CVE-2003-0252 describes an off-by-one overflow in the xlog() function used by mountd in the Linux nfs-utils package (pre-1.0.4). Exploitation could allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service and potentially execute arbitrary code via certain RPC requests to mountd that do not contain new...

CVE-2003-0252

Off-by-one error in the xlog function of mountd in the Linux NFS utils package nfs-utils before 1.0.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via certain RPC requests to mountd that do not contain newlines...