security flaw

KPPP 2.1.2 in KDE 3.1.5 and earlier, when setuid root without certain wrappers, does not properly close a privileged file descriptor for a domain socket, which allows local users to read and write to /etc/hosts and /etc/resolv.conf and gain control over DNS name resolution by opening a number of...

CVE-2004-1033

Fcron 2.0.1, 2.9.4, and possibly earlier versions leak file descriptors of open files, which allows local users to bypass access restrictions and read fcron.allow and fcron.deny via the EDITOR environment variable...

CVE-2004-1033

Fcron 2.0.1, 2.9.4, and possibly earlier versions leak file descriptors of open files, which allows local users to bypass access restrictions and read fcron.allow and fcron.deny via the EDITOR environment variable...

CVE-2005-0205

KPPP 2.1.2 in KDE 3.1.5 and earlier, when setuid root without certain wrappers, does not properly close a privileged file descriptor for a domain socket, which allows local users to read and write to /etc/hosts and /etc/resolv.conf and gain control over DNS name resolution by opening a number of...

CVE-2005-0205

CVE-2005-0205 affects KPPP 2.1.2 and earlier within KDE 3.1.5 and earlier. The issue is a local privilege problem where a setuid-root kppp can fail to close a privileged domain-socket file descriptor when wrappers are not used, enabling a local attacker to read/write /etc/hosts and /etc/resolv.co...

iDEFENSE Security Advisory 02.28.05: KPPP Privileged File Descriptor Leak Vulnerability

KPPP Privileged File Descriptor Leak Vulnerability iDEFENSE Security Advisory 02.28.05 www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=208&type=vulnerabilities February 28, 2005 I. BACKGROUND KPPP is a dialer and front end for pppd. It allows for interactive script generation and network setup. More...

CVE-2004-1270

lppasswd in CUPS 1.1.22, when run in environments that do not ensure that file descriptors 0, 1, and 2 are open when lppasswd is called, does not verify that the passwd.new file is different from STDERR, which allows local users to control output to passwd.new via certain user input that triggers...

CVE-2004-2215

RXVT-Unicode 3.4 and 3.5 does not properly close file descriptors, which allows local users to access the terminals of other users and possibly gain privileges...

CVE-2004-2215

RXVT-Unicode 3.4 and 3.5 does not properly close file descriptors, which allows local users to access the terminals of other users and possibly gain privileges...

CVE-2004-1270

lppasswd in CUPS 1.1.22, when run in environments that do not ensure that file descriptors 0, 1, and 2 are open when lppasswd is called, does not verify that the passwd.new file is different from STDERR, which allows local users to control output to passwd.new via certain user input that triggers...

CVE-2004-1270

lppasswd in CUPS 1.1.22, when run in environments that do not ensure that file descriptors 0, 1, and 2 are open when lppasswd is called, does not verify that the passwd.new file is different from STDERR, which allows local users to control output to passwd.new via certain user input that triggers...

CVE-2004-1033

Fcron 2.0.1, 2.9.4, and possibly earlier versions leak file descriptors of open files, which allows local users to bypass access restrictions and read fcron.allow and fcron.deny via the EDITOR environment variable...

CVE-2004-1033

CVE-2004-1033 concerns Fcron versions 2.0.1, 2.9.4 (and possibly earlier) leaking file descriptors for open files, enabling a local user to bypass access restrictions and read the files fcron.allow and fcron.deny via the EDITOR environment variable. The available connected documents confirm the a...

Debian DSA-151-1 : xinetd - pipe exposure

Solar Designer found a vulnerability in xinetd, a replacement for the BSD derived inetd. File descriptors for the signal pipe introduced in version 2.3.4 are leaked into services started from xinetd. The descriptors could be used to talk to xinetd resulting in crashing it entirely. This is usuall...

CVE-2002-1372

Common Unix Printing System CUPS 1.1.14 through 1.1.17 does not properly check the return values of various file and socket operations, which could allow a remote attacker to cause a denial of service resource exhaustion by causing file descriptors to be assigned and not released, as demonstrated...

CVE-2002-1372

Common Unix Printing System CUPS 1.1.14 through 1.1.17 does not properly check the return values of various file and socket operations, which could allow a remote attacker to cause a denial of service resource exhaustion by causing file descriptors to be assigned and not released, as demonstrated...

Apache < 2.0.46 Multiple Vulnerabilities

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Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : cups (MDKSA-2003:001)

iDefense reported several security problems in CUPS that can lead to local and remote root compromise. An integer overflow in the HTTP interface can be used to gain remote access with CUPS privilege. A local file race condition can be used to gain root privilege, although the previous bug must be...

Hijacking Apache 2 via mod_perl

Product: modperl Versions: 1.9909 / apache 2.0.47 URL: http://perl.apache.org Impact: Daemon Hijacking Bug class: Leaked Descriptor Vendor notified: Yes Fix available: No Date: 01/21/04 Issue: ====== Modperl under apache 2.0.x leaks critical file descriptors that can be used to takeover hijack th...

Apache mod_php and mod_perl file decriptor leak

Descriptor leakage allowws to spoof https session in child process...