GLSA-200409-18 : cdrtools: Local root vulnerability in cdrecord if set SUID root

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200409-18 cdrtools: Local root vulnerability in cdrecord if set SUID root Max Vozeler discovered that the cdrecord utility, when set to SUID root, fails to drop root privileges before executing a user-supplied RSH program. By...

CVE-2004-0806

cdrecord in the cdrtools package before 2.01, when installed setuid root, does not properly drop privileges before executing a program specified in the RSH environment variable, which allows local users to gain privileges...

CVE-2004-1683

A race condition in crrtrap for QNX RTP 6.1 allows local users to gain privileges by modifying the PATH environment variable to reference a malicious io-graphics program before is executed by crrtrap...

CVE-2001-0548

CVE-2001-0548 describes a buffer overflow in Solaris 2.6/7’s dtmail MUA triggered by the MAIL environment variable, allowing local users to gain privileges. Affected component: dtmail; impact: local privilege escalation (to the mail group). Underlying cause: insufficient boundary checking of envi...

CVE-2004-0089

Buffer overflow in TruBlueEnvironment in Mac OS X 10.3.x and 10.2.x allows local users to gain privileges via a long environment variable...

CVE-2002-1239

The CVE-2002-1239 issue affects QNX Neutrino RTOS 6.2.0 where a setuid root packager uses external commands without full paths, causing local privilege escalation by manipulating PATH to point to a malicious cp. The underlying problem is unvalidated PATH-based execution of external binaries, enab...

CVE-2002-1414

Buffer overflow in qmailadmin allows local users to gain privileges via a long QMAILADMINTEMPLATEDIR environment variable...

CVE-2003-0088

TruBlueEnvironment for MacOS 10.2.3 and earlier allows local users to overwrite or create arbitrary files and gain root privileges by setting a certain environment variable that is used to write debugging information...

GLSA-200408-24 : Linux Kernel: Multiple information leaks

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200408-24 Linux Kernel: Multiple information leaks The Linux kernel allows a local attacker to obtain sensitive kernel information by gaining access to kernel memory via several leaks in the /proc interfaces. These vulnerabilities...

Linux Kernel: Multiple information leaks

Background The Linux kernel is responsible for managing the core aspects of a GNU/Linux system, providing an interface for core system applications as well as providing the essential structure and capability to access hardware that is needed for a running system. Description The Linux kernel allo...

Apache Httpd < 2.0.51 : Environment variable expansion flaw

A buffer overflow was found in the expansion of environment variables during configuration file parsing. This issue could allow a local user to gain the privileges of a httpd child if a server can be forced to parse a carefully crafted .htaccess file written by a local user...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : webmin (MDKSA-2001:059)

Recently, Caldera found that when webmin starts a system daemon from the web frontend it does not clear its environment variables. Since these variables contain the authorization of the administrator, any daemon would also get these variables. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc...

FreeBSD : lbreakout2 vulnerability in environment variable handling (87)

The following package needs to be updated: lbreakout2 %NASLMINLEVEL 999999 @DEPRECATED@ This script has been deprecated by freebsdpkgad4f6ca4672011d89fb5000a95bc6fae.nasl. Disabled on 2011/10/02. C Tenable Network Security, Inc. This script contains information extracted from VuXML : Copyright...

CVE-2004-0428

Unknown vulnerability in CoreFoundation in Mac OS X 10.3.3 and Mac OS X 10.3.3 Server, related to "the handling of an environment variable," has unknown attack vectors and unknown impact...

CVE-2003-1033

The 1 instdbmsrv and 2 instlserver programs in SAP DB Development Tools 7.x trust the user-provided INSTROOT environment variable as a path when assigning setuid permissions to the lserver program, which allows local users to gain root privileges via a modified INSTROOT that points to a malicious...

CVE-2004-0158

Buffer overflow in lbreakout2 allows local users to gain 'games' group privileges via a large HOME environment variable to 1 editor.c, 2 theme.c, 3 manager.c, 4 config.c, 5 game.c, 6 levels.c, or 7 main.c...

CVE-2004-0158

Buffer overflow in lbreakout2 allows local users to gain 'games' group privileges via a large HOME environment variable to 1 editor.c, 2 theme.c, 3 manager.c, 4 config.c, 5 game.c, 6 levels.c, or 7 main.c...

CVE-2004-0158

Buffer overflow in lbreakout2 allows local users to gain 'games' group privileges via a large HOME environment variable to 1 editor.c, 2 theme.c, 3 manager.c, 4 config.c, 5 game.c, 6 levels.c, or 7 main.c...

CVE-2004-0103

crawl before 4.0.0 beta23 does not properly "apply a size check" when copying a certain environment variable, which may allow local users to gain privileges, possibly as a result of a buffer overflow...

DEBIAN-CVE-2004-0103

crawl before 4.0.0 beta23 does not properly "apply a size check" when copying a certain environment variable, which may allow local users to gain privileges, possibly as a result of a buffer overflow...