GNU GNATS 3.113.1_6 - Queue-PR Database Command Line Option Buffer Overflow

GNU GNATS 3.113.16 - Queue-PR Database Command Line Option Buffer Overflow source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/8232/info A stack overflow vulnerability has been reported for the queue-pr utility of GNATS. The vulnerability occurs due to insufficient checks performed on the arguments to the...

GNU Chess 5.0 - Local Buffer Overflow

GNU Chess 5.0 - Local Buffer Overflow // source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/8097/info A local buffer overflow has been reported for GNU Chess that may result in an attacker obtaining elevated privileges. The vulnerability exists due to insufficient boundary checks performed on some...

GNU Chess 5.0 - Local Buffer Overflow

// source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/8097/info A local buffer overflow has been reported for GNU Chess that may result in an attacker obtaining elevated privileges. The vulnerability exists due to insufficient boundary checks performed on some commandline options. Successful exploitation...

GNU GNATS 3.0 02 - PR-Edit Command Line Option Heap Corruption

source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/8003/info A heap overflow vulnerability has been reported for the pr-edit utility of GNATS. The vulnerability occurs due to insufficient checks performed on the arguments to the '-d' commandline option. Successful exploitation may result in the execution ...

GNU GNATS 3.113 - Environment Variable Buffer Overflow

// source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/8005/info It has been reported that GNATS is prone to a buffer overflow condition when parsing certain environment variables. An attacker can exploit this vulnerability by setting an overly long environment variable and invoking one of several GNATS...

GNU GNATS 3.113 - Environment Variable Buffer Overflow

GNU GNATS 3.113 - Environment Variable Buffer Overflow // source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/8005/info It has been reported that GNATS is prone to a buffer overflow condition when parsing certain environment variables. An attacker can exploit this vulnerability by setting an overly long...

GNATS local privilege elevation

GNATS 3.113.1 contains multiple buffer overflows, through which a local attacker could gain elevated privileges on the system...

GNU GNATS 3.0 02 - PR-Edit Command Line Option Heap Corruption

GNU GNATS 3.0 02 - PR-Edit Command Line Option Heap Corruption source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/8003/info A heap overflow vulnerability has been reported for the pr-edit utility of GNATS. The vulnerability occurs due to insufficient checks performed on the arguments to the '-d' commandli...

DSA-326 orville-write - buffer overflows

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FreeWnn 1.1.1 - JServer Logging Option Data Corruption

FreeWnn 1.1.1 - JServer Logging Option Data Corruption source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/7918/info A vulnerability has been reported for FreeWnn that may result in an attacker obtaining elevated privileges. It has been reported that jserver may allow an attacker to corrupt arbitrary files...

FreeWnn 1.1.1 - JServer Logging Option Data Corruption

source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/7918/info A vulnerability has been reported for FreeWnn that may result in an attacker obtaining elevated privileges. It has been reported that jserver may allow an attacker to corrupt arbitrary files. Due to this, an attacker may be able to overwrite...

Man 1.5.1 - Catalog File Format String

// source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/7812/info A vulnerability has been reported in the man utility. The problem is said to occur due to a format string bug when handling a catalog file. As a result, an attacker may be capable of writing arbitrary values to sensitive locations within...

Man 1.5.1 - Catalog File Format String

Man 1.5.1 - Catalog File Format String // source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/7812/info A vulnerability has been reported in the man utility. The problem is said to occur due to a format string bug when handling a catalog file. As a result, an attacker may be capable of writing arbitrary...

kon2 - Local Buffer Overflow (2)

kon2 - Local Buffer Overflow 2 // source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/7790/info A buffer overflow vulnerability has been reported for the kon2 utility shipped with various Linux distributions. Exploitation of this vulnerability may result in a local attacker obtaining elevated privileges on...

kon2 - Local Buffer Overflow (1)

kon2 - Local Buffer Overflow 1 source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/7790/info A buffer overflow vulnerability has been reported for the kon2 utility shipped with various Linux distributions. Exploitation of this vulnerability may result in a local attacker obtaining elevated privileges on a...

kon2 - Local Buffer Overflow (1)

source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/7790/info A buffer overflow vulnerability has been reported for the kon2 utility shipped with various Linux distributions. Exploitation of this vulnerability may result in a local attacker obtaining elevated privileges on a vulnerable system. The...

IBM AIX 4.3.x/5.1 - 'LSMCODE' Environment Variable Local Buffer Overflow

source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/7871/info Insufficient bounds checking in the lsmcode utility will allow locally based attackers to cause memory to be corrupted with attacker-supplied data. As a result, it is possible to exploit this condition to execute arbitrary attacker-supplied...

GNU screen contains buffer overflow

Overview A locally exploitable buffer overflow exists in GNU screen. An exploit is publicly available for this vulnerability. Description The Free Software Foundation describes GNU Screen as follows:Screen is a full-screen window manager that multiplexes a physical terminal between several...

Important: Red Hat Security Advisory: Updated kernel fixes security vulnerabilities and updates drivers

These updated kernel packages address security vulnerabilites, including a potential data corruption scenario. In addition, a number of drivers have been updated, bugs have been resolved, and support for the IBM x450 platform and the Madison processor have been added. The Linux kernel handles the...

Upclient 5.0 b7 - Command Line Argument Buffer Overflow

// source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/7703/info upclient has been reported prone to a buffer overflow vulnerability when handling command line arguments of excessive length. It is possible for a local attacker to seize control of the vulnerable application and have malicious arbitrary code...