CVE-2005-4784

Multiple buffer overflows in the POSIX readdirr function, as used in multiple packages, allow local users to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via 1 a symlink attack that exploits a race condition between opendir and pathcon calls and changes the filesystem to one with...

FreeBSD : tiff -- directory entry count integer overflow vulnerability (fc7e6a42-6012-11d9-a9e7-0001020eed82)

In an iDEFENSE Security Advisory infamous41md reports : Remote exploitation of a heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability within the LibTIFF package could allow attackers to execute arbitrary code. The vulnerability specifically exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied data when...

CVE-2005-0400

The ext2makeempty function call in the Linux kernel before 2.6.11.6 does not properly initialize memory when creating a block for a new directory entry, which allows local users to obtain potentially sensitive information by reading the block...

CVE-2005-0400

The ext2makeempty function call in the Linux kernel before 2.6.11.6 does not properly initialize memory when creating a block for a new directory entry, which allows local users to obtain potentially sensitive information by reading the block...

CVE-2005-0400

The CVE-2005-0400 issue affects the Linux kernel ext2 file system: ext2_make_empty does not initialize memory when allocating a new directory entry block, enabling local users to read potentially sensitive data from the block. The documented fix is in kernel update 2.6.11.6 (and related Red Hat/U...