[SECURITY] [DSA 577-1] New postgresql packages fix symlink vulnerability

-------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA 577-1 [email protected] http://www.debian.org/security/ Martin Schulze October 29th, 2004 http://www.debian.org/security/faq -...

Debian DSA-359-1 : atari800 - buffer overflows

Steve Kemp discovered multiple buffer overflows in atari800, an Atari emulator. In order to directly access graphics hardware, one of the affected programs is setuid root. A local attacker could exploit this vulnerability to gain root privileges. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, In...

Debian DSA-428-1 : slocate - buffer overflow

A vulnerability was discovered in slocate, a program to index and search for files, whereby a specially crafted database could overflow a heap-based buffer. This vulnerability could be exploited by a local attacker to gain the privileges of the 'slocate' group, which can access the global databas...

Debian DSA-279-1 : metrics - insecure temporary file creation

Paul Szabo and Matt Zimmerman discovered two similar problems in metrics, a tools for software metrics. Two scripts in this package, 'halstead' and 'gatherstats', open temporary files without taking appropriate security precautions. 'halstead' is installed as a user program, while 'gatherstats' i...

Debian DSA-335-1 : mantis - incorrect permissions

mantis, a PHP/MySQL web-based bug tracking system, stores the password used to access its database in a configuration file which is world-readable. This could allow a local attacker to read the password and gain read/write access to the database. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, In...

Debian DSA-217-1 : typespeed - buffer overflow

A problem has been discovered in the typespeed, a game that lets you measure your typematic speed. By overflowing a buffer a local attacker could execute arbitrary commands under the group id games. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package checks in th...

Debian DSA-334-1 : xgalaga - buffer overflows

Steve Kemp discovered several buffer overflows in xgalaga, a game, which can be triggered by a long HOME environment variable. This vulnerability could be exploited by a local attacker to gain gid 'games'. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package check...

Debian DSA-327-1 : xbl - buffer overflows

Steve Kemp discovered several buffer overflows in xbl, a game, which can be triggered by long command line arguments. This vulnerability could be exploited by a local attacker to gain gid 'games'. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package checks in this...

ZoneAlarm Pro Configuration File/Directory Permission Weakness DoS

This host is running a version of ZoneAlarm Pro that contains a flaw which may allow a local denial of service. To exploit this flaw, an attacker would need to tamper with the files located in %windir%/Internet Logs. An attacker may modify them and prevent ZoneAlarm from starting up properly. C...

Fedora Core 1 : kdebase-3.1.4-7 (2004-292)

Andrew Tuitt reported that versions of KDE up to and including 3.2.3 create temporary directories with predictable names. A local attacker could prevent KDE applications from functioning correctly, or overwrite files owned by other users by creating malicious symlinks. The Common Vulnerabilities...

CVE-2002-1284

Technical details, affected versions, and exact impact are not publicly provided in the available documents. Monitor for updates from official advisories to obtain concrete information.

CVE-2002-1476

The CVE-2002-1476 entry describes a buffer overflow in the libc setlocale implementation on NetBSD 1.4.x–1.6 (and possibly other OSes) when LC_ALL is used with a locale string that contains more than 6 elements. This enables a local attacker to potentially execute arbitrary code via the compromis...

CVE-2004-0115

VirtualPCServices in Microsoft Virtual PC for Mac 6.0 through 6.1 allows local attackers to truncate and overwrite arbitrary files, and execute arbitrary code, via a symlink attack on the VPCServicesLog temporary file...

CVE-2002-1412

Gallery photo album package before 1.3.1 allows local and possibly remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a modified GALLERYBASEDIR variable that points to a directory or URL that contains a Trojan horse init.php script...

Sendmail < 8.12.1 RestrictQueueRun Option Local DoS

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DEBIAN-CVE-2004-0647

shorewall 1.4.10c and earlier, and 2.0.x before 2.0.3a, allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the chains-$$ temporary file...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : ksymoops (MDKSA-2004:060)

Geoffrey Lee discovered a problem with the ksymoops-gznm script distributed with Mandrakelinux. The script fails to do proper checking when copying a file to the /tmp directory. Because of this, a local attacker can setup a symlink to point to a file that they do not have permission to remove. Th...

RHEL 2.1 : mod_ssl (RHSA-2002:136)

Updated modssl packages are now available for Red Hat Advanced Server. These updates incorporate a fix for an incorrect bounds check in versions of modssl up to and including version 2.8.9. The modssl module provides strong cryptography for the Apache Web server via the Secure Sockets Layer SSL a...

FreeBSD : SA-04:06.ipv6 : setsockopt()

The remote host is running a version of FreeBSD 5.2 older than FreeBSD 5.2.1-p4 There is a programming error in the version of this kernel which may allow a local attacker to read portions of the kernel memory or to cause a system panic by misusing the setsockopt system call on IPv6 sockets. C...

cPanel 5 < 9 - Local Privilege Escalation

source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10407/info cPanel is reported prone to a privilege escalation vulnerability. It is reported that the options used by cPanel to compile Apache 1.3.29 and PHP using the modphpsuexec option are insecure. These settings will reportedly permit a local attacker...