Glibc Local Root Exploit

Hi all, This has been bouncing around on vuln-dev and the debian-devel lists. It effects glibc = 2.1.9x and it would seem many if not all OSes using these versions of glibc. Ben Collins writes, "This wasn't supposed to happen, and the actual fix was a missing comma in the list of secure env vars...

Potential Buffer Overflow vulnerability in bftpd-1.0.13

There is a potential buffer overflow vulnerability in the command "SITE CHOWN" 230 User logged in. site chown AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA.AAAAAAAAAA A 550 User 'AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA' not found. Connection closed by foreign host. gdb /usr/sbin/bftpd 18214 ............. Loade...

FreeBSD-SA-00:73.thttpd

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- ============================================================================= FreeBSD-SA-00:73 Security Advisory FreeBSD, Inc. Topic: thttpd allows remote reading of local files Category: ports Module: thttpd Announced: 2000-11-20 Credits: [email protected]...

FreeBSD-SA-00:68.ncurses

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- ============================================================================= FreeBSD-SA-00:68 Security Advisory FreeBSD, Inc. Topic: ncurses allows local privilege escalation REVISED Category: core, ports Module: ncurses Announced: 2000-11-13 Revised: 2000-11-2...

Security Advisory: FreeBSD-SA-00:54.fingerd

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- ============================================================================= FreeBSD-SA-00:54 Security Advisory FreeBSD, Inc. Topic: fingerd allows remote reading of filesystem Category: core Module: fingerd Announced: 2000-10-13 Credits: NIIMI Satoshi...

Re: Bypassing Inherited Rights Filters in Novell Directory Services.

At 07:24 PM 9/7/2000 -0700, you wrote: Here's an example. An administrator, .BOB.ACME, has Supervisor S rights to the .ACME container. There is a container, .SECRET.ACME, which BOB should not have any access to. If you understood NDS sufficiently, you wouldn't give Bob S rights to a container whe...

horde library bug - unchecked from-address

Hi, this bug we discovered recently. HORDE 1.2.0 $from-bug and how to exploit with IMP 2.2.0 Disclaimer: This is intended as a paper for sysadmins who want to secure their systems. It is NOT a how to for scriptkiddies to run any attack on a IMP-using site. The authors of this text will not be hel...

Perl root exploit in Slackware 7.1 & -current

A root exploit was found in the /usr/bin/suidperl5.6.0 program that shipped with the Slackware 7.1 perl.tgz package. It is recommended that all users of Slackware 7.1 and -current upgrade to the perl.tgz package available in the Slackware -current branch. ==================================== perl...

Possible vulnerability in HPUX

Hello, Few days ago i read the mail Hackerslab bugpaper HP-UX bdf -t option buffer overflow vul. And decided to see any other possible vulnerabilityies on my ststem. HP-UX 10.20. After a few minutes maybe a little more : ,trying each setuid exe with different options, i finally got results as for...

bigbrother-1.4g.txt

/ Big Brother Exploit For ALL Versions prior to v.1.4h Desc: View the contents of any file on the remote system. Including /etc/passwd. Contributions: Identified and Proof of Concept by [email protected] and Loki LoA Greets and shouts to: smile, Vastervik, Self, alucard, RootHat, Lammie The...

vpopmail-3.4.11 problems

The vpopmail package is an extension for Qmail that allows easy management of virtual domains and can use a SQL backend for storing user accounts. The program vchkpw in that package contains a vulnerability in its logging routines. The vchkpw program handles the username/password/domain...

AFS Client Version Detection

This detects the AFS client version by connecting to the AFS callback port and processing the buffer received. The client version gives potential attackers additional information about the system they are attacking. Versions and types should be ommited where possible. This script was written by...

BRU Vulnerability

BRU backup software Vulnerability: Description: You can change the log file BRU uses by changing the BRUEXECLOG environment variable. Since bru is setuid root you can append to any file on the system. Exploitation: $ BRUEXECLOG=/etc/passwd $ export BRUEXECLOG $ bru -V ' comsec::0:0::/:/bin/sh ' $...

CVE-1999-0696

Buffer overflow in CDE Calendar Manager Service Daemon rpc.cmsd...

Пользователь может удалить файлы в SuSE Linux

При автоматическом удалении временных файлов MAXDAYSINTMP 0 некорректно обрабатывается пробел в имени файла, что позволяет пользователю инициировать удаление любого системного файла...

SecurityFocus.com Newsletter 37

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Fortres4-analysis.txt

Fortres 4.0, An Overview. By: FrostByte S/I Date: April 11, 2000 ----------------------------- Introduction: This is my first formal document, so please excuse the crudity of the wording and grammar. This document is soley for the purpose of informing individuals of a flaw within a program herin...

Kuang2 the Virus Detection

Kuang2 the Virus was found. Kuang2 the Virus is a program that infects all the executables on the system, as well as set up a server that allows the remote control of the computer. The client program allows files to be browsed, uploaded, downloaded, hidden, etc on the infected machine. The client...

Linbert.txt

Vulnerability: Any user can overwrite any file in the system. title=Linberto v1.0.2 Q-Bert clone [email protected] Diego Javier Grigna system=Linux, svgalib [email protected] Grampa Elite Overview: Linberto under default installation creates screenshots under the /tmp directory wh...

CVE-1999-0522

The CVE-1999-0522 issue concerns inappropriate permissions on a system-critical NIS+ table (e.g., passwd). The Red Hat entry repeats the same description, indicating the root cause is improper permissions on NIS+ tables. The NVD entry lists a high impact with confidentiality, integrity, and avail...