CVE-2002-0564

PL/SQL module 3.0.9.8.2 in Oracle 9i Application Server 1.0.2.x allows remote attackers to bypass authentication for a Database Access Descriptor DAD by modifying the URL to reference an alternate DAD that already has valid credentials...

Privelege escalation via simpleinit

File descriptor doesn't closed after priveleges are dropped...

simpleinit root exploit - file descriptor left open

Background ---------- Simpleinit is an init program for Linux systems. It is included in the util-linux distribution. More information about simpleinit is available at http://www.atnf.csiro.au/people/rgooch/linux/boot-scripts/. Problem ------- Simpleinit leaves a file descriptor open in some chil...

Richard Gooch SimpleInit 2.0.2 - Open File Descriptor

Richard Gooch SimpleInit 2.0.2 - Open File Descriptor // source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5001/info A vulnerability has been reported for simpleinit that may allow users to execute arbitrary commands as the superuser. The vulnerability occurs because simpleinit may allow some child...

Richard Gooch SimpleInit 2.0.2 - Open File Descriptor

// source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5001/info A vulnerability has been reported for simpleinit that may allow users to execute arbitrary commands as the superuser. The vulnerability occurs because simpleinit may allow some child processes to inherit a file descriptor with read-write...

CVE-2002-0572

FreeBSD 4.5 and earlier, and possibly other BSD-based operating systems, allows local users to write to or read from restricted files by closing the file descriptors 0 standard input, 1 standard output, or 2 standard error, which may then be reused by a called setuid process that intended to...

CVE-2002-0564

PL/SQL module 3.0.9.8.2 in Oracle 9i Application Server 1.0.2.x allows remote attackers to bypass authentication for a Database Access Descriptor DAD by modifying the URL to reference an alternate DAD that already has valid credentials...

OpenBSD kernel fails to properly check closed file descriptors "0-2" when running setuid program

Overview The OpenBSD kernel does not adequately check file descriptors 0-2 prior to execing setuid binaries. Other OS kernels may be vulnerable as well. Description The OpenBSD kernel does not adequately check file descriptors 0-2 prior to execing setuid binaries. As a result, an attacker may be...

OpenBSD local DoS and root exploit

The following is research material from FozZy from Hackademy and Hackerz Voice newspaper http://www.hackerzvoice.org, and can be distributed modified or not if proper credits are given to them. For educational purposes only, no warranty of any kind, I may be wrong, this post could kill you mail...

Security Advisory FreeBSD-SA-02:23.stdio

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- ============================================================================= FreeBSD-SA-02:23.stdio Security Advisory The FreeBSD Project Topic: insecure handling of stdio file descriptors Category: core Module: kernel Announced: 2002-04-22 Credits: Joost Pol...

Apple Mac OSX 10.x / FreeBSD 4.x / OpenBSD 2.x / Solaris 2.5/2.6/7.0/8 - 'exec C Library' Standard I/O File Descriptor Closure

/ source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4568/info It has been reported that BSD-based kernels do not check to ensure that the C library standard I/O file descriptors 0-2 are valid open files before execing setuid images. Consequently, I/O that are opened by a setuid process may be assigned fi...

Oracle9i Application Server allows unauthenticated access to PL/SQL applications via alternate Database Access Descriptor

Overview A vulnerability exists in the Apache Procedural Language/Structured Query Language PL/SQL module used by Oracle9i Application Server iAS. By specifying the Database Access Descriptor DAD used to access a PL/SQL application, an attacker could gain unauthorized access to the application...

Oracle9i Application Server Apache PL/SQL module vulnerable to buffer overflow via Database Access Descriptor password

Overview A buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the Apache Procedural Language/Structured Query Language PL/SQL module used by Oracle9i Application Server iAS. Specifying a crafted password for a Database Access Descriptor DAD could cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code with the...

CVE-2001-1047

Race condition in OpenBSD VFS allows local users to cause a denial of service kernel panic by 1 creating a pipe in one thread and causing another thread to set one of the file descriptors to NULL via a close, or 2 calling dup2 on a file descriptor in one process, then setting the descriptor to NU...

Locally exploitable races in OpenBSD VFS

my apologies if it ends up submitted twice Let's start with the trivial: good old aliasing bugs. Example 1: dup2 vs. close. Relevant file: kern/kerndescrip.c sysdup2p, v, retval struct proc p; void v; registert retval; snip if uintold = fdp-fdnfiles || fdp-fdofilesold == NULL || uintnew =...

CVE-2001-1047

Race condition in OpenBSD VFS allows local users to cause a denial of service kernel panic by 1 creating a pipe in one thread and causing another thread to set one of the file descriptors to NULL via a close, or 2 calling dup2 on a file descriptor in one process, then setting the descriptor to NU...

CVE-2001-0268

The i386setldt system call in NetBSD 1.5 and earlier, and OpenBSD 2.8 and earlier, when the USERLDT kernel option is enabled, does not validate a call gate target, which allows local users to gain root privileges by creating a segment call gate in the Local Descriptor Table LDT with a target that...

CVE-2000-1040

CVE-2000-1040 concerns a format string vulnerability in the logging function of ypbind 3.3 when run in debug mode. The flaw can leak file descriptors and allow a denial of service. Some sources (Mandrake MDKSA-2000:064) also mention a related buffer overflow in ypserv if the build system lacks vs...

CVE-2000-0786

GNU userv 1.0.0 and earlier does not properly perform file descriptor swapping, which can corrupt the USERVGROUPS and USERVGIDS environmental variables and allow local users to bypass some access restrictions...

CVE-2000-0786

GNU userv 1.0.0 and earlier does not properly perform file descriptor swapping, which can corrupt the USERVGROUPS and USERVGIDS environmental variables and allow local users to bypass some access restrictions...