The vulnerability of the ingvalidpw utility in the Ingres database management system allows a perpetrator to execute arbitrary code with root privileges.

The vulnerability of the ingvalidpw utility in the Ingres database management system is related to the loading of common libraries from a directory belonging to the user ingres. Exploiting this vulnerability can allow an attacker to enhance their privileges and execute arbitrary code with root...

CVE-2008-3357: Untrusted Search Path

Untrusted search path vulnerability in ingvalidpw in Ingres 2.6, Ingres 2006 release 1 aka 9.0.4, and Ingres 2006 release 2 aka 9.1.0 on Linux and HP-UX allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted shared library, related to a "pointer overwrite vulnerability."...