A user in an AD Domain could become root on

Description Windows Active Directory AD domains have by default a feature to allow users to create computer accounts, controlled by ms-DS-MachineAccountQuota. In addition some presumably trusted users have the right to create new users or computers in both Samba and Windows Active Directory...

USN-964-2: Likewise Open regression

USN-964-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Likewise Open. The upstream fixes were incomplete, which caused problems running certain services. This update fixes the problem. We apologize for the inconvenience. Original advisory details: Matt Weatherford discovered that Likewise Open did not correctly chec...

USN-964-1: Likewise Open vulnerability

Matt Weatherford discovered that Likewise Open did not correctly check password expiration for the local-provider account. A local attacker could exploit this to log into a system they would otherwise not have access to...