CVE-2000-0881: Undefined Security Weakness

The dccscan setuid program in LPPlus does not properly check if the user has the permissions to print the file that is specified to dccscan, which allows local users to print arbitrary files...

ntop 1.x - i Local Format String

ntop 1.x - i Local Format String source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1840/info ntop network top is a unix program used for displaying network usage statistics. It is often installed setuid root because it uses privileged ports. ntop is vulnerable to a format string vulnerability that can...

CVE-2000-0879: Undefined Security Weakness

LPPlus programs dccsched, dcclpdser, dccbkst, dccshut, dcclpdshut, and dccbkstshut are installed setuid root and world executable, which allows arbitrary local users to start and stop various LPD services...

CVE-2000-0506

The CVE refers to the Linux kernel capabilities feature prior to 2.2.16. Local users can cause a denial of service or gain privileges by manipulating capabilities to prevent a setuid program from dropping privileges. The provided documents do not include exploit details or a specified fix/patch i...

MDKSA-2000:057 - openssh update

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Linux-Mandrake Security Update Advisory Package name: openssh Date: October 10th, 2000 Advisory ID: MDKSA-2000:057 Affected versions: 7.0, 7.1 Problem Description: A problem exists with openssh's scp program. If a user uses scp to move files from a...

ncurses-overflow.txt

OVERVIEW The CRT screen handling library ncurses contains buffer overflows, making programs using it vulnerable. If the programs are setuid or setgid, a local user may elevate their privilege. The problem exists in ncurses versions 4.2 and 5.0, probably earlier, and libocurses. The overflows can ...

ncurses buffer overflows

OVERVIEW The CRT screen handling library ncurses contains buffer overflows, making programs using it vulnerable. If the programs are setuid or setgid, a local user may elevate their privilege. The problem exists in ncurses versions 4.2 and 5.0, probably earlier, and libocurses. The overflows can ...

LBL Traceroute 1.4 a5 - Heap Corruption (1)

// source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1739/info Traceroute is a well-known network diagnostic tool used for analyzing the path on a network between two hosts. On unix systems, traceroute is typically installed setuid root because of its use of raw sockets. Certain versions of LBNL tracerou...

ld.so bug - LD_DEBUG_OUTPUT follows symlinks

Hi, ld.so from glibc2 doesn't unset variables LDDEBUGOUTPUT and LDDEBUG when running suid. If program calls setuid0 and then fork, child process will follow prepared symlink $LDDEBUGOUTPUT.$pid and overwrites any file in system. Jakub Vlasek...

Ports Security Advisory: FreeBSD-SA-00:49.eject

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- ============================================================================= FreeBSD-SA-00:49 Security Advisory FreeBSD, Inc. Topic: eject port allows local root exploit Category: ports Module: eject Announced: 2000-09-13 Affects: Ports collection. Corrected:...

LPPlus 3.2.23.3 - Permissions Denial of Service

LPPlus 3.2.23.3 - Permissions Denial of Service source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1643/info Vulnerability 1: Several files that are part of the LPPlus print management system are installed setuid root by default. These files include: $LPHOME/bin/dccsched $LPHOME/bin/dcclpdser...

LPPlus 3.2.2/3.3 - Permissions Denial of Service

source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1643/info Vulnerability 1: Several files that are part of the LPPlus print management system are installed setuid root by default. These files include: $LPHOME/bin/dccsched $LPHOME/bin/dcclpdser $LPHOME/bin/dccbkst These start the scheduler, LPD server an...

[SECURITY] glibc update for Debian GNU/Linux 2.1 (update)

Package: glibc Vulnerability: local exploit Debian-specific: no Recently two problems have been found in the glibc suite, which could be used to trick setuid applications to run arbitrary code. An earlier advisory listed the updates for Debian 2.2/potato. This advisory contains updates for Debian...

Juergen Weigert screen 3.9 - User Supplied Format String

Juergen Weigert screen 3.9 - User Supplied Format String // source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1641/info Various format string vulnerabilities exist in versions 3.9.5 and prior of 'screen' that may allow local users to elevate their privileges. If screen is setuid root, it is possible to...

Serious vulnerability in glibc

PROBLEM DESCRIPTION A vulnerability exists in glibc versions up to version 2.1.3, ie. all released versions, allowing local users to get root access. Fix packages for most major Linux distributions have been released or will be released within a day or two. There's also a quick workaround describ...

Juergen Weigert screen 3.9 - User Supplied Format String

// source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1641/info Various format string vulnerabilities exist in versions 3.9.5 and prior of 'screen' that may allow local users to elevate their privileges. If screen is setuid root, it is possible to alter the contents of the variable which stores the user i...

screen 3.9.5 root vulnerability

PROBLEM DESCRIPTION A vulnerability exists in the program "screen" version 3.9.5 and earlier. If screen is installed setuid root, a local user may gain root privilege. There are many systems where the program isn't setuid root by default, but on many systems afaik at least SuSE Linux, Red Hat 5.2...

[SECURITY] glibc update for Debian GNU/Linux 2.1

Package: glibc Vulnerability: local exploit Debian-specific: no Recently two problems have been found in the glibc suite, which could be used to trick setuid applications to run arbitrary code. An earlier advisory listed the updates for Debian 2.2/potato. This advisory contains updates for Debian...

[SECURITY] new version of screen released

Package: screen Vulnerability: local exploit Debian-specific: no A format string bug was recently discovered in screen which can be used to gain elevated privilages if screen is setuid. Debian 2.1 slink did ship screen setuid and the exploit can be used to gain root privilages. In Debian 2.2 pota...

[SECURITY] New version of glibc released

Package: glibc Vulnerability: local exploit Debian-specific: no Recently two problems have been found in the glibc suite, which could be used to trick setuid applications to run arbitrary code. The first problem is the way ld.so handles environment variables: in order to provide a safe environmen...