Buffer overflow in Midnight Commander

Background Midnight Commander is a visual file manager. Description A stack-based buffer overflow has been found in Midnight Commander's virtual filesystem. Impact This overflow allows an attacker to run arbitrary code on the user's computer during the symlink conversion process. Workaround While...

DSA-404 rsync - heap overflow

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DSA-277 apcupsd - buffer overflows, format string

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DSA-164 cacti - arbitrary code execution

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[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...

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...

Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) 3.0 SP2 Server Hotfix Applicable Platform Detectoid

This detectoid will evaluate to TRUE only if there is a previous WSUS version on the machine and it is on WSUS 3 SP2 supported platforms. WSUS 3 SP2 upgrade package uses this detectoid as pre-req...

WSUS 3.0 SP2 Applicable Platform Detectoid

This detectoid will evaluate to TRUE only if there is a previous WSUS version on the machine and it is on WSUS 3 SP2 supported platforms. WSUS 3 SP2 upgrade package uses this detectoid as pre-req...