CVE-2004-1014

statd in nfs-utils 1.257 and earlier does not ignore the SIGPIPE signal, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service server process crash via a TCP connection that is prematurely terminated...

CVE-2004-1014

statd in nfs-utils 1.257 and earlier does not ignore the SIGPIPE signal, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service server process crash via a TCP connection that is prematurely terminated...

Debian DSA-606-1 : nfs-utils - wrong signal handler

SGI has discovered that rpc.statd from the nfs-utils package, the Network Status Monitor, did not ignore the 'SIGPIPE'. Hence, a client prematurely terminating the TCP connection could also terminate the server process. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and...

DSA-606-1 nfs-utils - wrong signal handler

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Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : nfs-utils (MDKSA-2004:146)

SGI developers discovered a remote DoS Denial of Service condition in the NFS statd server. rpc.statd did not ignore the 'SIGPIPE' signal which would cause it to shutdown if a misconfigured or malicious peer terminated the TCP connection prematurely. The updated packages have been patched to...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : shadow-utils (MDKSA-2004:126)

A vulnerability in the shadow suite was discovered by Martin Schulze that can be exploited by local users to bypass certain security restrictions due to an input validation error in the passwdcheck function. This function is used by the chfn and chsh tools. The updated packages have been patched ...

Debian DSA-256-1 : mhc - insecure temporary file

A problem has been discovered in adb2mhc from the mhc-utils package. The default temporary directory uses a predictable name. This adds a vulnerability that allows a local attacker to overwrite arbitrary files the users has write permissions for. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, In...

Debian DSA-349-1 : nfs-utils - buffer overflow

The logging code in nfs-utils contains an off-by-one buffer overrun when adding a newline to the string being logged. This vulnerability may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service condition by sending certain RPC requests. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network...

CVE-2002-1509

A patch for shadow-utils 20000902 causes the useradd command to create a mail spool files with read/write privileges of the new user's group mode 660, which allows other users in the same group to read or modify the new user's incoming email...

CVE-2003-0019

The CVE-2003-0019 issue affects the uml_net utility in Red Hat Linux 8.0’s kernel-utils package, shipped with incorrect setuid root permissions. This allows local users to modify network interfaces, including ARP entry manipulation and placing interfaces into promiscuous mode. Root cause: the uml...

CVE-2003-0120

adb2mhc in the mhc-utils package before 0.25+20010625-7.1 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a default temporary directory with a predictable name...

CVE-2002-1509

CVE-2002-1509 concerns a bug in the shadow-utils useradd flow introduced by a patch in shadow-utils-20000902. The bug causes a new user’s mail spool to be created with group write/read permissions (mode 660) instead of being owned per the intended policy, enabling other users sharing the same pri...

CVE-2003-0120

The CVE-2003-0120 issue affects adb2mhc in the mhc-utils package prior to version 0.25+20010625-7.1. The root cause is a symlink attack in a default temporary directory with a predictable name, allowing local users to overwrite arbitrary files they can write to. This is a local-privilege affectin...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : nfs-utils (MDKSA-2003:076)

An off-by-one buffer overflow was found in the logging code in nfs-utils when adding a newline to the string being logged. This could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code or cause a DoS Denial of Service on the server by sending certain RPC requests. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : kernel (MDKSA-2004:001)

A flaw in bounds checking in mremap in the Linux kernel versions 2.4.23 and previous was discovered by Paul Starzetz. This flaw may be used to allow a local attacker to obtain root privilege. Another minor information leak in the RTC real time clock routines was fixed as well. All Mandrake Linux...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : shadow-utils (MDKSA-2003:026)

The shadow-utils package contains the tool useradd, which is used to create or update new user information. When useradd creates an account, it would create it with improper permissions; instead of having it owned by the group mail, it would be owned by the user's primary group. If this is a shar...

SUSE-SA:2003:031: nfs-utils

The remote host is missing the patch for the advisory SUSE-SA:2003:031 nfs-utils. The nfs-utils package contains various programs to offer and manage certain RPC services such as the rpc.mountd. iSEC Security Research has reported an off-by-one bug in the xlog function used by the rpc.mountd. It ...

RHEL 2.1 : nfs-utils (RHSA-2003:207)

Updated nfs-utils packages are available that fix a remotely exploitable Denial of Service vulnerability. The nfs-utils package provides a daemon for the kernel NFS server and related tools. Janusz Niewiadomski found a buffer overflow bug in nfs-utils version 1.0.3 and earlier. This bug could be...

RHEL 3 : nfs-utils (RHSA-2004:072)

Updated nfs-utils packages that fix a flaw leading to possible rpc.mountd crashes are now available. The nfs-utils package contains the rpc.mountd program, which implements the NFS mount protocol. A flaw was discovered in versions of rpc.mountd in nfs-utils versions after 1.0.3 and prior to 1.0.6...

RHEL 2.1 : shadow-utils (RHSA-2003:058)

Updated shadow-utils packages are now available. These updated packages correct a bug that caused the useradd tool to create mail spools with incorrect permissions. The shadow-utils package includes programs for converting UNIX password files to the shadow password format, plus programs for...