[SECURITY] [DSA-092-1] local root in wmtv

Package : wmtv Problem type : local root exploit Debian-specific: no Nicolas Boullis found a nasty security problem in the wmtv a dockable video4linux tv player for windowmaker package as distributed in Debian GNU/Linux 2.2. wmtv can optionally run a command if you double-click on the tv window...

[SECURITY] [DSA-092-1] local root in wmtv

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Debian Security Advisory DSA-092-1 [email protected] http://www.debian.org/security/ Wichert Akkerman December 6, 2001 -...

SuSE Linux 6.4/7.0/7.1/7.2 Berkeley Parallel Make - Shell Definition Format String

// source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3572/info Parallel Make pmake is a freely available version of the make program, originally distributed with Berkeley Unix. It is designed to execute Makefiles and build programs. pmake is not typically setuid root, although some Linux distributions...

[SECURITY] [DSA 086-1] New versions of ssh-nonfree & ssh-socks fix buffer overflow

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA 086-1 [email protected] http://www.debian.org/security/ Michael Stone November 13, 2001 -...

[SECURITY] [DSA 086-1] New versions of ssh-nonfree & ssh-socks fix buffer overflow

Package: ssh-nonfree, ssh-socks Vulnerability: remote root exploit Debian-specific: no We have received reports that the "SSH CRC-32 compensation attack detector vulnerability" is being actively exploited. This is the same integer type error previously corrected for OpenSSH in DSA-027-1. OpenSSH...

gm4 format strings on OSX

This in itself is not an issue due to the lack of a suid bit... however if I remember correctly there were a few linux suid root binaries that were reliant upon m4 in some way or another thus making them vulnerable to a local root expoit. This is on osx 10.1. OSXBOX: elguapo ls -al which m4...

[SECURITY] [DSA 083-1] New procmail packages fix insecure signal handling

-------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA 083-1 [email protected] http://www.debian.org/security/ Martin Schulze October 18th, 2001 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Package : procmail...

[SECURITY] [DSA 082-1] News Xvt packages fix buffer overflow

-------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA 082-1 [email protected] http://www.debian.org/security/ Martin Schulze October 18th, 2001 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Package : xvt...

OpenUNIX 8 & Unixware possible local root

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Another dt series bug... $ uname -a OpenUNIX zen 5 8.0.0 i386 x86at Caldera UNIXSVR5 $ id uid=101fixxxer gid=1other $ ls -al /usr/dt/bin/dtterm - -r-sr-xr-x 1 root bin 60892 Haz 10 05:03 /usr/dt/bin/dtterm $ /usr/dt/bin/dtterm -tn perl -e 'print...

Important: Red Hat Security Advisory: : Updated man package fixing GID security problems.

Updated man packages fixing a local GID man exploit and a potential GID man to root exploit, as well as a problem with the man paths of Red Hat Linux 5.x and 6.x. Users could gain access to the GID man by overrunning a buffer in the ultimatesource function. Users with GID man could get root acces...

Solaris in.lpd Transfer Job Routine Remote Buffer Overflow

The remote lpd daemon seems to be vulnerable to a buffer overflow when sent too many 'Receive data file' commands. An attacker may use this flaw to gain root on this host. C Tenable Network Security, Inc. This plugin was realized thanks to the help of the french "eXperts" working group -...

URGENT SECURITY ADVISORY FOR SSH SECURE SHELL 3.0.0

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Dear Secure Shell Community, A potential remote root exploit has been discovered in SSH Secure Shell 3.0.0, for Unix only, concerning accounts with password fields consisting of two or fewer characters. Unauthorized users could potentially log in to...

Debian 2.2 /usr/bin/pileup Local Root Exploit

Exploit for linux platform in category local exploits ============================================= Debian 2.2 /usr/bin/pileup Local Root Exploit ============================================= / pileup-xpl.c - local root exploit by core Friday the 13th, July 2001 based almost entirely on code by...

cfingerd local vulnerability (possibly root)

Hi, I sent this mail 2 weeks ago, but still didn't receive a reply. Neither did the cfingerd authors change anything on their site http://www.infodrom.ffis.de/projects/cfingerd/. So I will do my duty and report this on bugtraq. I didn't check versions prior to cfingerd 1.4.3, but I suppose they a...

man 1.5h10 + man 1.5i-4 exploits

This advisory is also stored, along with the exploits at http://generic.labs.pulltheplug.com/zen/ as man.txt ====================================================================== Local root from /usr/bin/man + /etc/cron.daily/makewhatis.cron Redhat 7.0 Redhat 7.1 on other distributions it may al...

su-wrapper 1.1.1 Local root exploit.

/ - su-wrapper.c - / // / /usr/sbin/su-wrappersu-wrapper 1.1.1 local root exploit. / / / / Package Description: / / su-wrapper is an little util which lets special users execute / / processes under another uid/gid. / / / / Vulnerability Description: / / If a long line on the first argument is...

kosch suid wrapper 1.1.1 - Local Buffer Overflow

kosch suid wrapper 1.1.1 - Local Buffer Overflow // source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2837/info A boundary condition error exists in suid wrapper or 'su-wrapper.' The overflow occurs when a string exceeding approximately 1032 characters is given as the first argument when the program is...

kosch suid wrapper 1.1.1 - Local Buffer Overflow

// source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2837/info A boundary condition error exists in suid wrapper or 'su-wrapper.' The overflow occurs when a string exceeding approximately 1032 characters is given as the first argument when the program is run. Because the program is installed setuid root,...

dqs 3.2.7 local root exploit.

Subject: dqs 3.2.7 local root exploit. Hello. DESCRIPTION: I found a buffer overflow vunerability on the /usr/bin/dsh dqs 3.2.7 package. I really don't know if this bug was discovered already. if thats right, then sorry =. If a long line on the first argument is gived, the program gives a SIGSEGV...

[SECURITY] [DSA-054-1] cron local root exploit

Package : cron Problem type : local root exploit Debian-specific: no A recent fall 2000 security fix to cron introduced an error in giving up privileges before invoking the editor. A malicious user could easily gain root access. This has been fixed in version 3.0pl1-57.3 or 3.0pl1-67 for unstable...