SuSE_overflow_exploit.txt

Greetings, My last post regarding a sccw exploit simply allowed any user to read any file on the system but, of course, didn't yield any instant root. A much more serious problem now exists in the form of a HOME environment variable buffer overflow. If you hadn't removed the s-bit before, now is...

CVE-1999-1096

Buffer overflow in kscreensaver in KDE klock allows local users to gain root privileges via a long HOME environmental variable...

SGI IRIX 6.2 - libgl.so Local Buffer Overflow

SGI IRIX 6.2 - libgl.so Local Buffer Overflow / source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1527/info Certain versions of IRIX ship with a version libgl.so which is vulnerable to buffer overflow attacks. This library, libgl.so, is used in conjunction with graphical programs which use OpenGL. As a...