Ubuntu 10.04 LTS : eglibc regression (USN-2306-2)

USN-2306-1 fixed vulnerabilities in the GNU C Library. On Ubuntu 10.04 LTS, the security update cause a regression in certain environments that use the Name Service Caching Daemon nscd, such as those configured for LDAP or MySQL authentication. In these environments, the nscd daemon may need to b...

RHEL 6 : MRG (RHSA-2013:0829)

Updated kernel-rt packages that fix several security issues and multiple bugs are now available for Red Hat Enterprise MRG 2.3. The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having important security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base scores, which give detailed...

Veritas NetBackup <= 6.0 (bpjava-msvc) Remote Exploit (OS X)

No description provided by source. !/usr/bin/perl VERITAS-OSX.pl - VERITAS NetBackup Format Strings OSX/ppc Remote Exploit johnhatdigitalmunitiondotcom bug found by kflistsatdigitalmunitiondotcom http://www.digitalmunition.com/ use POSIX; use IO::Socket; use IO::Select; my $shellcode = / OSX...

Linux Kernel 2.6.x 'posix-timers.c' NULL Pointer Dereference Denial of Service Vulnerability

No description provided by source. source: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35976/info The Linux kernel is prone to a local denial-of-service vulnerability. Attackers can exploit this issue to crash the affected kernel, denying service to legitimate users. Given the nature of this issue, attacker...

HP Tru64 4.0/5.1 - POSIX Threads Library Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

No description provided by source. source: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21035/info HP Tru64 is prone to a local privilege-escalation vulnerability. Exploiting this issue allows local attackers to execute arbitrary code with superuser privileges. Successful exploits will result in a complete...

Microsoft Windows 2000/NT 4 POSIX Subsystem Buffer Overflow Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

No description provided by source. source: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10710/info The Microsoft POSIX subsystem implementation is prone to a local buffer overflow vulnerability. A local attacker may exploit this vulnerability in order to run code with elevated privileges, fully compromising...

CVE-2014-4509

The MKDQUOTESAFE function in the Fan-out driver scripts in Fan-Out Platform Services in Novell Identity Manager aka IDM 4.0.2 allows local users to execute arbitrary commands by leveraging eDirectory POSIX attribute changes to insert shell metacharacters...

Design/Logic Flaw

The MKDQUOTESAFE function in the Fan-out driver scripts in Fan-Out Platform Services in Novell Identity Manager aka IDM 4.0.2 allows local users to execute arbitrary commands by leveraging eDirectory POSIX attribute changes to insert shell metacharacters...

CVE-2014-4509

The MKDQUOTESAFE function in the Fan-out driver scripts in Fan-Out Platform Services in Novell Identity Manager aka IDM 4.0.2 allows local users to execute arbitrary commands by leveraging eDirectory POSIX attribute changes to insert shell metacharacters...

CVE-2014-4509

The CVE-2014-4509 issue affects Novell Identity Manager (IDM) 4.0.2, specifically the MKDQUOTESAFE function in the Fan-out driver scripts within Fan-Out Platform Services. The vulnerability allows local users to execute arbitrary commands by leveraging eDirectory POSIX attribute changes to insert...

openSUSE Security Update : sysconfig (openSUSE-SU-2012:0242-1)

This update for sysconfig contains the following fixes : - sysconfig hook script for NetworkManager did not properly quote shell meta characters when processing ESSIDs. Specially crafted network names could therefore lead to execution of shell code CVE-2011-4182. - Explicitly disabled posix mode ...

openSUSE Security Update : sysconfig (openSUSE-SU-2012:0242-1)

This update for sysconfig contains the following fixes : - sysconfig hook script for NetworkManager did not properly quote shell meta characters when processing ESSIDs. Specially crafted network names could therefore lead to execution of shell code CVE-2011-4182. - Explicitly disabled posix mode ...

UBUNTU-CVE-2014-0249

The System Security Services Daemon SSSD 1.11.6 does not properly identify group membership when a non-POSIX group is in a group membership chain, which allows local users to bypass access restrictions via unspecified vectors...

Debian Security Advisory DSA 2863-1 (libtar - directory traversal)

A directory traversal attack was reported against libtar, a C library for manipulating tar archives. The application does not validate the filenames inside the tar archive, allowing to extract files in arbitrary path. An attacker can craft a tar file to override files beyond the tarextractglob an...

PulseAudio: Insecure temporary file usage

Background PulseAudio is a sound system for POSIX OSes. Description The pamakesecuredir function in core-util.c does not handle temporary files securely. Impact A local attacker could perform symlink attacks to overwrite arbitrary files with the privileges of the user running the application...

glibc, nscd security update

CentOS Errata and Security Advisory CESA-2013:1605 Updated glibc packages that fix three security issues, several bugs, and add various enhancements are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6. The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having moderate security impact. Commo...

[SECURITY] Fedora 20 Update: libtar-1.2.11-27.fc20

libtar is a C library for manipulating tar archives. It supports both the strict POSIX tar format and many of the commonly-used GNU extensions...

[SECURITY] Fedora 19 Update: libtar-1.2.11-26.fc19

libtar is a C library for manipulating tar archives. It supports both the strict POSIX tar format and many of the commonly-used GNU extensions...

CVE-2013-2905

The SharedMemory::Create function in memory/sharedmemoryposix.cc in Google Chrome before 29.0.1547.57 uses weak permissions under /dev/shm/, which allows attackers to obtain sensitive information via direct access to a POSIX shared-memory file...

Design/Logic Flaw

The SharedMemory::Create function in memory/sharedmemoryposix.cc in Google Chrome before 29.0.1547.57 uses weak permissions under /dev/shm/, which allows attackers to obtain sensitive information via direct access to a POSIX shared-memory file...