security flaw

Linux kernel 2.4.x and 2.6.x for x86 allows local users to cause a denial of service system crash, possibly via an infinite loop that triggers a signal handler with a certain sequence of fsave and frstor instructions, as originally demonstrated using a "crash.c" program...

Musicqueue 1.2 - SIGSEGV Signal Handler Insecure File Creation

Musicqueue 1.2 - SIGSEGV Signal Handler Insecure File Creation // source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/8899/info A vulnerability has been reported for Musicqueue. The problem specifically occurs within a signal handling procedure used invoked when a segmentation violation occurs. The procedu...

Musicqueue 1.2 - SIGSEGV Signal Handler Insecure File Creation

// source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/8899/info A vulnerability has been reported for Musicqueue. The problem specifically occurs within a signal handling procedure used invoked when a segmentation violation occurs. The procedure invokes a library function, passing it the name of a...

Important: Red Hat Security Advisory: stunnel security update

Updated stunnel packages are now available. These updates correct a potential vulnerability in stunnel's signal handling. Stunnel is a wrapper for network connections. It can be used to tunnel an unencrypted network connection over a secure connection encrypted using SSL or TLS or to provide a...

CVE-2002-1563

stunnel 4.0.3 and earlier allows attackers to cause a denial of service crash via SIGCHLD signal handler race conditions that cause an inconsistency in the child counter...

FreeBSD 4.3 local root, yet Linux and *BSD much better than Windows

Georgi Guninski security advisory 48, 2001 FreeBSD 4.3 local root, yet Linux and BSD much better than Windows Systems affected: FreeBSD 4.3 and probably earlier versions. Risk: High Date: 10 July 2001 Legal Notice: This Advisory is Copyright c 2001 Georgi Guninski. You may distribute it unmodifie...