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gollum-grit_adapter Search Functionality Allows Arbitrary Command Execution
The gollum-gritadapter gem contains a flaw that can allow arbitrary command execution. Grit implements its search functionality by shelling out to git grep. In turn, git grep takes a -O or --open-files-in-pages option that will pipe the results of grep to an arbitrary process. By failing to...
Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : python (MDVSA-2014:135)
Updated python and python-simplejson package fixes security vulnerability Python are susceptible to arbitrary process memory reading by a user or adversary due to a bug in the json module caused by insufficient bounds checking. The bug is caused by allowing the user to supply a negative value tha...
Updated python & python3 packages fix two vulnerabilities
Updated python and python3 packages fix security vulnerabilities: Python 2 and 3 are susceptible to arbitrary process memory reading by a user or adversary due to a bug in the json module caused by insufficient bounds checking. The bug is caused by allowing the user to supply a negative value tha...
QNX 6.x 'ptrace()' Arbitrary Process Modification Vulnerability
No description provided by source. source: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4919/info The QNX implementation of 'ptrace' is reportedly insecure. An unprivileged process may attach to a setuid program without restriction. Since the attaching process may view or edit memory, an attacker may exploit...
CVE-2014-4616
Array index error in the scanstring function in the json module in Python 2.7 through 3.5 and simplejson before 2.6.1 allows context-dependent attackers to read arbitrary process memory via a negative index value in the idx argument to the rawdecode function...
Internet Bug Bounty: Python vulnerability: reading arbitrary process memory
Python 2 and 3 are susceptible to arbitrary process memory reading by a user or adversary due to a bug in the json module caused by insufficient bounds checking. The sole prerequisites of this attack are that the attacker is able to control or influence the two parameters of the default scanstrin...
Low: Red Hat Security Advisory: OpenIPMI security, bug fix, and enhancement update
Updated OpenIPMI packages that fix one security issue, multiple bugs, and add one enhancement are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5. The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having low security impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base score, which give...
Directory traversal
The setup scripts in 389 Directory Server 1.2.x aka Red Hat Directory Server 8.2.x, when multiple unprivileged instances are configured, use 0777 permissions for the /var/run/dirsrv directory, which allows local users to cause a denial of service daemon outage or arbitrary process termination by...
Design/Logic Flaw
The taskshowregs function in arch/s390/kernel/traps.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.38-rc4-next-20110216 on the s390 platform allows local users to obtain the values of the registers of an arbitrary process by reading a status file under /proc/...
iDefense Security Advisory 07.28.08: Hewlett-Packard OVIS Probe Builder Arbitrary Process Termination Vulnerability
iDefense Security Advisory 07.28.08 http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/ Jul 28, 2008 I. BACKGROUND Hewlett-Packard's Internet Services provides end-user emulation of major business applications and a single integrated view of the Internet infrastructure. For more information,...
httpd scoreboard lack of PID protection
Apache httpd 1.3.37, 2.0.59, and 2.2.4 with the Prefork MPM module, allows local users to cause a denial of service by modifying the workerscore and processscore arrays to reference an arbitrary process ID, which is sent a SIGUSR1 signal from the master process, aka "SIGUSR1 killer."...
CVE-2008-1379
Integer overflow in the fbShmPutImage function in the MIT-SHM extension in the X server 1.4 in X.Org X11R7.3 allows context-dependent attackers to read arbitrary process memory via crafted values for a Pixmap width and height...
CVE-2008-1379
Integer overflow in the fbShmPutImage function in the MIT-SHM extension in the X server 1.4 in X.Org X11R7.3 allows context-dependent attackers to read arbitrary process memory via crafted values for a Pixmap width and height...
CVE-2008-1379
Integer overflow in the fbShmPutImage function in the MIT-SHM extension in the X server 1.4 in X.Org X11R7.3 allows context-dependent attackers to read arbitrary process memory via crafted values for a Pixmap width and height...
CVE-2007-3304
Apache httpd 1.3.37, 2.0.59, and 2.2.4 with the Prefork MPM module, allows local users to cause a denial of service by modifying the workerscore and processscore arrays to reference an arbitrary process ID, which is sent a SIGUSR1 signal from the master process, aka "SIGUSR1 killer."...
Monolith Lithtech Game Engine - Multiple Remote Format String Vulnerabilities
// source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11610/info Lithtech game engine is prone to multiple remote format-string vulnerabilities because of incorrect usage of 'printf'-type functions. Format specifiers can be supplied directly to vulnerable functions from external data. A denial-of-service...
Dell TrueMobile 1300 WLAN System 3.10.39.0 Tray Applet - Local Privilege Escalation
source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/9714/info It has been reported that a privilege escalation vulnerability exists in the Dell TrueMobile 1300 Wireless System Tray Applet. The issue is due to the software starting with SYSTEM privileges, to enable access to the wireless hardware, and...
Microsoft Windows XP2000 - PostThreadMessage() Arbitrary Process Killing
Microsoft Windows XP2000 - PostThreadMessage Arbitrary Process Killing // source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/8747/info A vulnerability has been discovered in the Microsoft Windows operating system. The flaw lies in the way that processes handle messages sent from another process via the...
DSA-332 linux-kernel-2.4.17 - several vulnerabilities
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QNX 6.x - 'ptrace()' Arbitrary Process Modification
source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4919/info The QNX implementation of 'ptrace' is reportedly insecure. An unprivileged process may attach to a setuid program without restriction. Since the attaching process may view or edit memory, an attacker may exploit this issue to escalate privileges...