RHEL 2.1 / 3 / 4 : wireshark (RHSA-2006:0658)

New Wireshark packages that fix various security vulnerabilities are now available. Wireshark was previously known as Ethereal. This update has been rated as having low security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team. Wireshark is a program for monitoring network traffic. Bugs were found in...

Low: Red Hat Security Advisory: wireshark security update

New Wireshark packages that fix various security vulnerabilities are now available. Wireshark was previously known as Ethereal. This update has been rated as having low security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team. Wireshark is a program for monitoring network traffic. Bugs were found in...

CVE-2006-3742

The KDE PAM configuration shipped with Fedora Core 5 causes KDM passwords to be cached, which allows attackers to login without a password by attempting to log in multiple times...

CVE-2006-3742

The KDE PAM configuration shipped with Fedora Core 5 causes KDM passwords to be cached, which allows attackers to login without a password by attempting to log in multiple times...

CVE-2006-3742

The CVE-2006-3742 issue affects the KDE PAM configuration shipped with Fedora Core 5, where KDM passwords are cached. This allows an attacker to gain access by attempting to log in multiple times without a password, effectively bypassing authentication. The description is supported by multiple so...

CVE-2006-3742: Undefined Security Weakness

The KDE PAM configuration shipped with Fedora Core 5 causes KDM passwords to be cached, which allows attackers to login without a password by attempting to log in multiple times...

DSA-1150-1 shadow - programming error

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[SECURITY] [DSA 1146-1] New krb5 packages fix privilege escalation

-------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA 1146-1 [email protected] http://www.debian.org/security/ Martin Schulze August 9th, 2006 http://www.debian.org/security/faq -...

CVE-2006-3840

The CVE-2006-3840 issue affects ISS RealSecure/BlackICE products and related PAM SMB Mailslot parsing. A crafted SMB_Mailslot_Heap_Overflow payload can trigger an infinite loop in the detection code, causing remote DoS with potential client/system unresponsiveness. Affected products include RealS...

CVE-2006-3840: Undefined Security Weakness

The SMB Mailslot parsing functionality in PAM in multiple ISS products with XPU 24.39/1.78/epj/x.x.x.1780, including Proventia A, G, M, Server, and Desktop, BlackICE PC and Server Protection 3.6, and RealSecure 7.0, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service infinite loop via a crafted...

Jobs start from root when pam_limits enabled

docommand.c in Vixie cron vixie-cron 4.1 does not check the return code of a setuid call, which might allow local users to gain root privileges if setuid fails in cases such as PAM failures or resource limits, as originally demonstrated by a program that exceeds the process limits as defined in...

DSA-1106 ppp - programming error

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CVE-2006-3378

passwd command in shadow in Ubuntu 5.04 through 6.06 LTS, when called with the -f, -g, or -s flag, does not check the return code of a setuid call, which might allow local users to gain root privileges if setuid fails in cases such as PAM failures or resource limits...

CVE-2006-3378

passwd command in shadow in Ubuntu 5.04 through 6.06 LTS, when called with the -f, -g, or -s flag, does not check the return code of a setuid call, which might allow local users to gain root privileges if setuid fails in cases such as PAM failures or resource limits...

CVE-2006-3378

passwd command in shadow in Ubuntu 5.04 through 6.06 LTS, when called with the -f, -g, or -s flag, does not check the return code of a setuid call, which might allow local users to gain root privileges if setuid fails in cases such as PAM failures or resource limits...

DEBIAN-CVE-2006-3378

passwd command in shadow in Ubuntu 5.04 through 6.06 LTS, when called with the -f, -g, or -s flag, does not check the return code of a setuid call, which might allow local users to gain root privileges if setuid fails in cases such as PAM failures or resource limits...

CVE-2006-3378

CVE-2006-3378 affects the shadow passwd handling in Ubuntu 5.04–6.06 LTS, where passwd invoked with -f, -g, or -s does not check the return code of a setuid() call. This can allow local users to gain root privileges if setuid fails (e.g., due to PAM limits or resource caps). Exploitation details ...

USN-308-1: shadow vulnerability

Ilja van Sprundel discovered that passwd, when called with the -f, -g, or -s option, did not check the result of the setuid call. On systems that configure PAM limits for the maximum number of user processes, a local attacker could exploit this to execute chfn, gpasswd, or chsh with root...

[Full-disclosure] [USN-308-1] shadow vulnerability

=========================================================== Ubuntu Security Notice USN-308-1 July 05, 2006 shadow vulnerability =========================================================== A security issue affects the following Ubuntu releases: Ubuntu 5.04 Ubuntu 5.10 Ubuntu 6.06 LTS This advisory...

[Full-disclosure] [USN-310-1] ppp vulnerability

=========================================================== Ubuntu Security Notice USN-310-1 July 05, 2006 ppp vulnerability CVE-2006-2194 =========================================================== A security issue affects the following Ubuntu releases: Ubuntu 5.10 Ubuntu 6.06 LTS This advisory...