kvm: arch/x86/kvm/x86.c: reading uninitialized stack memory

arch/x86/kvm/x86.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.36.2 does not initialize certain structure members, which allows local users to obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel stack memory via read operations on the /dev/kvm device...

kernel: drivers/video/via/ioctl.c: reading uninitialized stack memory

The viafbioctlgetviafbinfo function in drivers/video/via/ioctl.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.36-rc5 does not properly initialize a certain structure member, which allows local users to obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel stack memory via a VIAFBGETINFO ioctl call...

kernel: drivers/video/ivtv/ivtvfb.c: reading uninitialized stack memory

The ivtvfbioctl function in drivers/media/video/ivtv/ivtvfb.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.36-rc8 does not properly initialize a certain structure member, which allows local users to obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel stack memory via an FBIOGETVBLANK ioctl call...

CVE-2010-3386

usttrace in LTTng Userspace Tracer aka UST 0.7 places a zero-length directory name in the LDLIBRARYPATH, which allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse shared library in the current working directory...

VulnCheck KEV: CVE-2010-2772

Siemens Simatic WinCC and PCS 7 SCADA system uses a hard-coded password, which allows local users to access a back-end database and gain privileges, as demonstrated in the wild in July 2010 by the Stuxnet worm, a different vulnerability than CVE-2010-2568...

kernel: xfs swapext ioctl minor security issue

The xfsswapext function in fs/xfs/xfsdfrag.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.35 does not properly check the file descriptors passed to the SWAPEXT ioctl, which allows local users to leverage write access and obtain read access by swapping one file into another file...

PT-2010-4286

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Siemens Simatic WinCC and PCS 7 SCADA system affected versions not specified Description The issue concerns a hard-coded password in the system, allowing local users to access a back-end database and gain privileges. This has been demonstrated...

CVE-2010-2431

The cupsFileOpen function in CUPS before 1.4.4 allows local users, with lp group membership, to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the 1 /var/cache/cups/remote.cache or 2 /var/cache/cups/job.cache file...

CVE-2010-2058

setup.py in Prewikka 0.9.14 installs prewikka.conf with world-readable permissions, which allows local users to obtain the SQL database password...

DEBIAN-CVE-2010-2024

transports/appendfile.c in Exim before 4.72, when MBX locking is enabled, allows local users to change permissions of arbitrary files or create arbitrary files, and cause a denial of service or possibly gain privileges, via a symlink attack on a lockfile in /tmp/...

rhn-client-tools: authorized information disclosure

yum-rhn-plugin in Red Hat Network Client Tools aka rhn-client-tools on Red Hat Enterprise Linux RHEL 5 and Fedora uses world-readable permissions for the /var/spool/up2date/loginAuth.pkl file, which allows local users to access the Red Hat Network profile, and possibly prevent future security...

UBUNTU-CVE-2010-1457

Tools/gdomap.c in gdomap in GNUstep Base before 1.20.0 allows local users to read arbitrary files via a 1 -c or 2 -a option, which prints file contents in an error message...

CVE-2010-1163

The command matching functionality in sudo 1.6.8 through 1.7.2p5 does not properly handle when a file in the current working directory has the same name as a pseudo-command in the sudoers file and the PATH contains an entry for ".", which allows local users to execute arbitrary commands via a...

kernel: infoleak if print-fatal-signals=1

The printfatalsignal function in kernel/signal.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.32.4 on the i386 platform, when print-fatal-signals is enabled, allows local users to discover the contents of arbitrary memory locations by jumping to an address and then reading a log file, and might allow local use...

NetworkManager: information disclosure by nm-connection-editor

nm-connection-editor in NetworkManager NM 0.7.x exports connection objects over D-Bus upon actions in the connection editor GUI, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information by reading D-Bus signals, as demonstrated by using dbus-monitor to discover the password for the WiFi network...

kernel: x86_64 32 bit process register leak

arch/x86/ia32/ia32entry.S in the Linux kernel before 2.6.31.4 on the x8664 platform does not clear certain kernel registers before a return to user mode, which allows local users to read register values from an earlier process by switching an ia32 process to 64-bit mode...

kernel: megaraid_sas permissions in sysfs

The dbglvl file for the megaraidsas driver in the Linux kernel before 2.6.27 has world-writable permissions, which allows local users to change the 1 behavior and 2 logging level of the driver by modifying this file...

kernel: qla2xxx NPIV vport management pseudofiles are world writable

A certain Red Hat configuration step for the qla2xxx driver in the Linux kernel 2.6.18 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux RHEL 5, when NPort ID Virtualization NPIV hardware is used, sets world-writable permissions for the 1 vportcreate and 2 vportdelete files under /sys/class/scsihost/, which allows loc...

DEBIAN-CVE-2009-3897

Dovecot 1.2.x before 1.2.8 sets 0777 permissions during creation of certain directories at installation time, which allows local users to access arbitrary user accounts by replacing the auth socket, related to the parent directories of the basedir directory, and possibly the basedir directory...

samba: information disclosure in suid mount.cifs

mount.cifs in Samba 3.0 before 3.0.37, 3.2 before 3.2.15, 3.3 before 3.3.8 and 3.4 before 3.4.2, when mount.cifs is installed suid root, does not properly enforce permissions, which allows local users to read part of the credentials file and obtain the password by specifying the path to the...