Tomcat: Insecure installation

Background Tomcat is the Apache Jakarta Project's official implementation of Java Servlets and Java Server Pages. Description The Gentoo ebuild for Tomcat sets the ownership of the Tomcat init scripts as tomcat:tomcat, but those scripts are executed with root privileges when the system is started...

RHEL 2.1 : shadow-utils (RHSA-2003:058)

Updated shadow-utils packages are now available. These updated packages correct a bug that caused the useradd tool to create mail spools with incorrect permissions. The shadow-utils package includes programs for converting UNIX password files to the shadow password format, plus programs for...

KisMAC multiple bugs

Ownership changing, symlink problem, uncommented shell-characters...

CVE-2003-0501

The /proc filesystem in Linux allows local users to obtain sensitive information by opening various entries in /proc/self before executing a setuid program, which causes the program to fail to change the ownership and permissions of those entries...

CDRTools 2.0 - RSCSI Debug File Arbitrary Local File Manipulation

source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/8328/info It has been reported that the rscsi utility may provide for the modification of ownership and the corruption of arbitrary attacker specified files. It has been reported that a local attacker may invoke the rscsi utility to corrupt or seize group...

DSA-352 fdclone - insecure temporary directory

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Multiple U2 Universe bugs

Problems with creating hard links, buffer overflow, changing files ownership, etc...

Moderate: Red Hat Security Advisory: shadow-utils security update

Updated shadow-utils packages are now available. These updated packages correct a bug that caused the useradd tool to create mail spools with incorrect permissions. The shadow-utils package includes programs for converting UNIX password files to the shadow password format, plus programs for...

[RHSA-2003:057-06] Updated shadow-utils packages fix exposure

--------------------------------------------------------------------- Red Hat, Inc. Red Hat Security Advisory Synopsis: Updated shadow-utils packages fix exposure Advisory ID: RHSA-2003:057-06 Issue date: 2003-02-12 Updated on: 2003-02-18 Product: Red Hat Linux Keywords: mail mailspool Cross...

Multiple vulnerabilities in QNX

I think I found what appears to be several or one fundamental vulnerabilities under QNXtested on version 4.25. I have not found any documentation/reference to these anywhere, so I assume they/it were not known. Importance of the bug: any local user can gain root accesswhich, under QNX, means root...

CVE-2002-0144

Directory traversal vulnerability in chuid 1.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to change the ownership of files outside of the upload directory via a .. dot dot attack...

CVE-2002-0145

chuid 1.2 and earlier does not properly verify the ownership of files that will be changed, which allows remote attackers to change files owned by other users, such as root...

CVE-2002-0145

The CVE-2002-0145 entry concerns chuid 1.2 and earlier, where the process does not properly verify ownership of files that will be changed. This allows remote attackers to modify files owned by other users, including root. The NVD notes a base score of 7.5 (HIGH) with network attack vector and lo...

CVE-2002-0144

CVE-2002-0144 is a directory traversal vulnerability in chuid 1.2 and earlier that allows remote attackers to change ownership of files outside the upload directory via a .. path traversal. Affected: chuid 1.2 and earlier. Impact: unauthorized ownership changes; remote exploitation. Exploit detai...

CVE-2002-0144

Directory traversal vulnerability in chuid 1.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to change the ownership of files outside of the upload directory via a .. dot dot attack...

CDRDAO 1.1.x - Home Directory Configuration File Symbolic Link (3)

CDRDAO 1.1.x - Home Directory Configuration File Symbolic Link 3 source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3865/info CDRDAO is a freely available, open source CD recording software package available for the Unix and Linux Operating Systems. It is maintained by Andreas Mueller. When CDRDAO saves...

CDRDAO 1.1.x - Home Directory Configuration File Symbolic Link (1)

CDRDAO 1.1.x - Home Directory Configuration File Symbolic Link 1 source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3865/info CDRDAO is a freely available, open source CD recording software package available for the Unix and Linux Operating Systems. It is maintained by Andreas Mueller. When CDRDAO saves...

CDRDAO 1.1.x - Home Directory Configuration File Symbolic Link (4)

source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3865/info CDRDAO is a freely available, open source CD recording software package available for the Unix and Linux Operating Systems. It is maintained by Andreas Mueller. When CDRDAO saves it's configuration to the .cdrdao file in a user's home directory,...

CDRDAO 1.1.x - Home Directory Configuration File Symbolic Link (2)

source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3865/info CDRDAO is a freely available, open source CD recording software package available for the Unix and Linux Operating Systems. It is maintained by Andreas Mueller. When CDRDAO saves it's configuration to the .cdrdao file in a user's home directory,...

CDRDAO 1.1.x - Home Directory Configuration File Symbolic Link (4)

CDRDAO 1.1.x - Home Directory Configuration File Symbolic Link 4 source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3865/info CDRDAO is a freely available, open source CD recording software package available for the Unix and Linux Operating Systems. It is maintained by Andreas Mueller. When CDRDAO saves...