gpm-root

Hi! I've sent report about the following security hole to the authors of gpm, but they seemed to ignore the problem. The problem applies to every gpm version known by me, for example 1.18.1 and 1.19.0. To exploit this problem, gpm-root must be running on a machine and the user needs both login to...

gpm 1.18.1/1.19 / Debian 2.x / RedHat 6.x / S.u.S.E 5.3/6.x - gpm Setgid

source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1069/info A vulnerability exists in the gpm-root program, part of the gpm package. This package is used to enable mice on the consoles of many popular Linux distributions. The problem is a design error, caused when a programmer chose to attempt to revert ...

CVE-2000-0531

Linux gpm program allows local users to cause a denial of service by flooding the /dev/gpmctl device with STREAM sockets...

OpenLinux 2.32.4 RedHat 6.06.1 SCO eServer 2.3 - Denial of Service

OpenLinux 2.32.4 RedHat 6.06.1 SCO eServer 2.3 - Denial of Service // source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1377/info gpm is a program that allows Linux users to use the mouse in virtual consoles. It communicates with a device, /dev/gpmctl, via unix domain STREAM sockets and is vulnerable to ...

OpenLinux 2.3/2.4 / RedHat 6.0/6.1 / SCO eServer 2.3 - Denial of Service

// source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1377/info gpm is a program that allows Linux users to use the mouse in virtual consoles. It communicates with a device, /dev/gpmctl, via unix domain STREAM sockets and is vulnerable to a locally exploitable denial of service attack. If a malicious user...