CVE-2001-0125

CVE-2001-0125 affects exmh 2.2 and earlier, where insecure handling of temporary files in /tmp (e.g., exmhErrorMsg) allows local users to overwrite files via a symlink attack. Connected advisories confirm the issue and note that newer versions (e.g., exmh 2.3.1+) fix the vulnerability by switchin...

CVE-2001-0316

CVE-2001-0316 affects Linux kernels 2.2 and 2.4 where sysctl can be invoked with a negative length, allowing unprivileged local users to read kernel memory and potentially obtain root privileges. Mitigation in the public records points to upgrading to kernel 2.2.19 or later (and vendor advisories...

[SECURITY] [DSA 045-1] ntp remote root exploit fixed

---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA-045-1 [email protected] http://www.debian.org/security/ Michael Stone April 5, 2001 - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Package: ntp...

[SECURITY] [DSA-044-1] mailx local exploit

Package : mailx Problem type : buffer overflow Debian-specific: no The mail program a simple tool to read and send email as distributed with Debian GNU/Linux 2.2 has a buffer overflow in the input parsing code. Since mail is installed setgid mail by default this allowed local users to use it to...

[SECURITY] [DSA 038-1] New version of sgml-tools available

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA-038-1 [email protected] http://www.debian.org/security/ Martin Schulze March 8, 2001 -...

[SECURITY] [DSA-039-1] glibc local file overwrite problems

Package : glibc Problem type : local file overwrite Debian-specific: no The version of GNU libc that was distributed with Debian GNU/Linux 2.2 suffered from 2 security problems: It was possible to use LDPRELOAD to load libraries that are listed in /etc/ld.so.cache, even for suid programs. This...

[SECURITY] [DSA 034-1] New version of ePerl packages available

---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA-034-1 [email protected] http://www.debian.org/security/ Martin Schulze March 7, 2001 - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Package : ePerl...

[SECURITY] [DSA-032-1] proftp runs as root, /var symlink removal

Package: proftpd Vulnerability: proftpd running as root, /var symlink removal Debian-specific: yes The following problems have been reported for the version of proftpd in Debian 2.2 potato: 1. There is a configuration error in the postinst script, when the user enters yes, when asked if anonymous...

[SECURITY] [DSA 031-2] New sudo packages for powerpc available

---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA-031-2 [email protected] http://www.debian.org/security/ Martin Schulze March 6, 2001 - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Package : sudo...

[SECURITY] [DSA 011-2] New mgetty packages for m68k and powerpc available

---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA-011-2 [email protected] http://www.debian.org/security/ Martin Schulze March 6, 2001 - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Package : mgetty...

[SECURITY] [DSA-029-1] New version of proftpd released

Package: proftpd Vulnerability: remote DOS & potential buffer overflow Debian-specific: no The following problems have been reported for the version of proftpd in Debian 2.2 potato: 1. There is a memory leak in the SIZE command which can result in a denial of service, as reported by Wojciech...

[SECURITY] [DSA 021-1] New version of Apache released

---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA-021-1 [email protected] http://www.debian.org/security/ Martin Schulze January 26, 2001 - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Package : apache...

[SECURITY] [DSA 019-1] New version of squid released

---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA-019-1 [email protected] http://www.debian.org/security/ Martin Schulze January 25, 2001 - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Package : squid...

CVE-2000-0911

CVE-2000-0911 affects IMP 2.2 and earlier. The vulnerability arises from modifying the hidden attachment_name form variable, enabling an attacker to read and delete arbitrary files by causing IMP to send the targeted file to the attacker as an attachment. The available sources confirm the affecte...

[SECURITY] [DSA-011-1] New version of mgetty released

Package: mgetty Vulnerability: insecure tempfile Debian-specific: no Immunix reports that mgetty does not create temporary files in a secure manner, which could lead to a symlink attack. This has been corrected in mgetty 1.1.21-3potato1 We recommend you upgrade your mgetty package immediately. wg...

glibc 2.2 local vulnerability on setuid binaries

glibc-2.2 contains a local vulnerability that affects all setuid root binaries. Any user on affected systems will be able to read any file on the system through a simple process: The user sets the RESOLVHOSTCONF environment variable to the name of the file that they wish to read, then runs any...

Advisory: exmh symlink vulnerability

Author: Stan Bubrouski [email protected] Date: December 31, 2000 Package: exmh Versions affected: 2.2 and probably previous versions. Severity: A malicious local user could use a symlink attack to overwrite any file writable by the user executing exmh. Problem: When exmh detects a problem at start...

CVE-2000-0911

IMP 2.2 and earlier allows attackers to read and delete arbitrary files by modifying the attachmentname hidden form variable, which causes IMP to send the file to the attacker as an attachment...

GnomeHack - Local Buffer Overflow

/ gnomehack local buffer overflow. gid=games60 Author: Cody Tubbs loophole of hhp. www.hhp-programming.net / [email protected] 12/17/2000 Tested on Debian 2.2, kernel 2.2.17 - x86. sgid "games"60 by default. bash-2.03$ id uid=1000loophole gid=501noc bash-2.03$ ./h 0 0 Ret-addr 0x7fffe81c, offset...

GnomeHack Local Buffer Overflow Exploit (gid=games)

Exploit for linux platform in category local exploits =================================================== GnomeHack Local Buffer Overflow Exploit gid=games =================================================== / gnomehack local buffer overflow. gid=games60 Author: Cody Tubbs loophole of hhp...