CVE-2000-0506

The CVE refers to the Linux kernel capabilities feature prior to 2.2.16. Local users can cause a denial of service or gain privileges by manipulating capabilities to prevent a setuid program from dropping privileges. The provided documents do not include exploit details or a specified fix/patch i...

Security Advisory: FreeBSD-SA-00:41.elf

Topic: Malformed ELF images can cause a system hang Category: core Module: kernel Announced: 2000-08-28 Credits: Adam McDougall [email protected] Affects: FreeBSD 3.x, 4.x and 5.x prior to the correction date Corrected: 2000-07-25 FreeBSD 5.0-CURRENT 2000-07-23 FreeBSD 4.0-STABLE FreeBSD only: Y...

BeOS syscall bug

Summary: BeOS crashes when system call with invalid parameters is issued. Details: When using direct kernel calls through int 0x25 not libroot.so functions BeOS dies on most system calls with invalid parameters/stack. Allthough Be has registered this bug before R5.0, it is present in R5.0, and is...

CVE-1999-1018

IPChains in Linux kernels 2.2.10 and earlier does not reassemble IP fragments before checking the header information, which allows a remote attacker to bypass the filtering rules using several fragments with 0 offsets...

FreeBSD-SA-98:02.mmap

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- ============================================================================= FreeBSD-SA-98:02 Security Advisory FreeBSD, Inc. Topic: security compromise via mmap Category: core Module: kernel Announced: 1998-03-12 Affects: FreeBSD 2.2., FreeBSD-stable and...

Security Update for Windows Server 2003 (KB917422)

A security issue has been identified in the Windows Kernel that could allow an attacker to compromise your Windows-based system and gain control over it. You can help protect your computer by installing this update from Microsoft. After you install this item, you may have to restart your computer...