RLSA-2023:3725 Moderate: less security update

The "less" utility is a text file browser that resembles "more", but allows users to move backwards in the file as well as forwards. Since "less" does not read the entire input file at startup, it also starts more quickly than ordinary text editors. Security Fixes: less: crafted data can result i...

Moderate: Red Hat Security Advisory: less security update

An update for less is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the C...

ALSA-2023:3725 Moderate: less security update

The "less" utility is a text file browser that resembles "more", but allows users to move backwards in the file as well as forwards. Since "less" does not read the entire input file at startup, it also starts more quickly than ordinary text editors. Security Fixes: less: crafted data can result i...

Moderate: less security update

The "less" utility is a text file browser that resembles "more", but allows users to move backwards in the file as well as forwards. Since "less" does not read the entire input file at startup, it also starts more quickly than ordinary text editors. Security Fixes: less: crafted data can result i...

[SECURITY] Fedora 37 Update: less-633-1.fc37

The less utility is a text file browser that resembles more, but has more capabilities. Less allows you to move backwards in the file as well as forwards. Since less doesn't have to read the entire input file before it starts, less starts up more quickly than text editors for example, vi. You...

less bug fix and enhancement update

An update is available for less. This update affects Rocky Linux 9. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE list The "less" utility is a text file browser that resembles "more", but allows user...

Stack-based Buffer Overflow in gwsw/less

Description The less utility is a pager used by many applications and setups. One such setup is access to log files. If permissions are not sufficient for regular users, less can be called with sudo. LESSSECURE=1 can be set to disable many dangerous operations which a regular user should not be...

[SECURITY] Fedora 21 Update: less-471-4.fc21

The less utility is a text file browser that resembles more, but has more capabilities. Less allows you to move backwards in the file as well as forwards. Since less doesn't have to read the entire input file before it starts, less starts up more quickly than text editors for example, vi. You...

[SECURITY] Fedora 22 Update: less-471-4.fc22

The less utility is a text file browser that resembles more, but has more capabilities. Less allows you to move backwards in the file as well as forwards. Since less doesn't have to read the entire input file before it starts, less starts up more quickly than text editors for example, vi. You...

cpio: heap buffer overflow

A heap-based buffer overflow flaw was reported in cpio's listfile function. Attempting to extract a malicious cpio archive could cause cpio to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code. As noted in the original report, this issue could be trigger via other utilities, such as when running "les...

CVE-2009-4607

The command line interface in Overland Storage Snap Server 410 with GuardianOS 5.1.041 runs the "less" utility with a higher-privileged uid than the CLI user and without sufficient restriction on shell escapes, which allows local users to gain privileges using the "!" character within less to...

security flaw

Heap-based buffer overflow in less in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 allows attackers to cause a denial of service application crash or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted file, as demonstrated using the UTF-8 locale...

Important: Red Hat Security Advisory: less security update

An updated less package that fixes segmentation fault when viewing binary files is now available. The less utility is a text file browser that resembles more, but has extended capabilities. Victor Ashik discovered a heap based buffer overflow in less, caused by a patch added to the less package i...