Fedora Core 2 : kernel-2.6.6-1.427 (2004-137)

An updated kernel is available that brings the kernel to the 2.6.7-rc3 base level. This new kernel provides a significant number of bug fixes and improvements for USB, the keyboard/mouse subsystem and the VM. This kernel also fixes the high profile bugs about not working on VIA C3 processors 1206...

CVE-2003-1011

Apple Mac OS X 10.0 through 10.2.8 allows local users with a USB keyboard to gain unauthorized access by holding down the CTRL and C keys when the system is booting, which crashes the init process and leaves the user in a root shell...

CVE-2003-1011

CVE-2003-1011 affects Apple Mac OS X 10.0–10.2.8. A local attacker with physical access can force a root shell by pressing Ctrl+C on a USB keyboard during boot, crashing init and granting unauthorized root access. OpenVAS/Nessus entries reference Security Update 2003-12-19 as remediation. Evidenc...

CVE-2003-1011

Apple Mac OS X 10.0 through 10.2.8 allows local users with a USB keyboard to gain unauthorized access by holding down the CTRL and C keys when the system is booting, which crashes the init process and leaves the user in a root shell...

CVE-2003-1562

sshd in OpenSSH 3.6.1p2 and earlier, when PermitRootLogin is disabled and using PAM keyboard-interactive authentication, does not insert a delay after a root login attempt with the correct password, which makes it easier for remote attackers to use timing differences to determine if the password...

DEBIAN-CVE-2003-1562

sshd in OpenSSH 3.6.1p2 and earlier, when PermitRootLogin is disabled and using PAM keyboard-interactive authentication, does not insert a delay after a root login attempt with the correct password, which makes it easier for remote attackers to use timing differences to determine if the password...

CVE-2003-0880

Unknown vulnerability in Mac OS X before 10.3 allows local users to access Dock functions from behind Screen Effects when Full Keyboard Access is enabled using the Keyboard pane in System Preferences...

Console Root On OSX up to 10.2.8

On all versions of OSX up to and including 10.2.7 and possibly 10.2.8, init can be crashed using a USB keyboard by holding down CTRL-C immediately after boot, and keeping it held down. Init crashes two or three minutes into the boot process and drops you into a root shell. At this point, you can ...

MacOS X privilege escalation

There are conditions it's possible to obtains local root access having access to USB keyboard during boot process...

CVE-2003-0880

Unknown vulnerability in Mac OS X before 10.3 allows local users to access Dock functions from behind Screen Effects when Full Keyboard Access is enabled using the Keyboard pane in System Preferences...

CVE-2003-0880

CVE-2003-0880 involves a vulnerability in Mac OS X prior to 10.3 where local users could access Dock functions from behind Screen Effects when Full Keyboard Access is enabled via the Keyboard pane in System Preferences. The description labels the vulnerability as Unknown, with no publicly provide...

[securemac] Local vulnerability: MacOSX Screensaver locking bypass.

Mac OS X 10.3 Panther Screen Lock Bypass Advisory Title: Keys Getting Past Panther Screen Lock Release Date: 2003 October 28 Affected Product: Mac OS X 10.3 Build 7B85 Severity: Low Impact: Security Bypass Where: Local System Author: CodeSamurai [email protected] VULNERABILITY With access to th...

MacOS X screensaver protection bypass

Sending oversized string from keyboard can cause buffer overflow...

CVE-2002-2275

Fortres 101 4.1 allows local users to bypass Fortres by pressing the Windows and "F" key together for 30 seconds, which opens multiple windows and eventually causes explorer.exe to crash, which then opens an unrestricted explorer.exe...

DEBIAN-CVE-2002-0640

Buffer overflow in sshd in OpenSSH 2.3.1 through 3.3 may allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a large number of responses during challenge response authentication when OpenBSD is using PAM modules with interactive keyboard authentication PAMAuthenticationViaKbdInt...

Arbitrary Code Execution

Overview Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Arbitrary Code Execution. Buffer overflow in sshd in OpenSSH 2.3.1 through 3.3 may allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a large number of responses during challenge response authentication when OpenBSD is using PAM modul...

Logitech Keyboard Insecurity

Risk: Rather Low Logitech has a piece of software available with their iTouch line of keyboards cordless ones included that allows you to press one button and run a program, control volume, jump to a URL, or shut down the PC. When you lock a computer, with NT/2000/XP/etc. however, these buttons...

CVE-2001-0737

A long 'synch' delay in Logitech wireless mice and keyboard receivers allows a remote attacker to hijack connections via a man-in-the-middle attack...

Linux, too, sot of (Windows MS-DOS Device Name DoS vulnerabilities)

Using img src="file:///dev/tty0" on my Linux machine caused Netscape and Mozilla both to eat all the keyboard input. I had to use another machine to kill it. I expected Netscape to NOT open file URIs from within a page fetched via !file http, https, ftp, gopher, etc.. -jwb...

CVE-2000-0946

The CVE-2000-0946 entry concerns Compaq Easy Access Keyboard software 1.3, where the keyboard’s custom buttons are not properly disabled when the screen is locked. This could allow an attacker with local access to gain privileges or execute programs without authorization. The connected records co...