NetBSD 1.4 OpenBSD 2.5 Solaris 7.0 - profil(2) Modify The Internal Data Space

NetBSD 1.4 OpenBSD 2.5 Solaris 7.0 - profil2 Modify The Internal Data Space / source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/570/info Some BSD's use a profil2 system call that dates back to "version 6" unix. This system call arranges for the kernel to sample the PC and increment an element of an array...

CVE-1999-0032

Buffer overflow in lpr, as used in BSD-based systems including Linux, allows local users to execute arbitrary code as root via a long -C classification command line option...

CVE-1999-1471

Buffer overflow in passwd in BSD based operating systems 4.3 and earlier allows local users to gain root privileges by specifying a long shell or GECOS field...