UTempter 0.5.x - Multiple Local Vulnerabilities

source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10178/info It has been reported that utempter is affected by multiple local vulnerabilities. The first issue is due to an input validation error that causes the application to exit improperly; facilitating symbolic link attacks. The second issue is due to...

IBM Informix Dynamic Server 9.40Informix Extended Parallel Server 8.40 - Multiple Vulnerabilities (2)

IBM Informix Dynamic Server 9.40Informix Extended Parallel Server 8.40 - Multiple Vulnerabilities 2 // source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/9512/info IBM Informix Dynamic Server and IBM Informix Extended Parallel Server have been reported prone to multiple vulnerabilities. The first issue...

IBM Informix Dynamic Server 9.40/Informix Extended Parallel Server 8.40 - Multiple Vulnerabilities (2)

// source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/9512/info IBM Informix Dynamic Server and IBM Informix Extended Parallel Server have been reported prone to multiple vulnerabilities. The first issue exists in the onedcu binary. Specifically, when the binary is invoked a predictable temporary file is...

IBM Informix Dynamic Server 9.40/Informix Extended Parallel Server 8.40 - Multiple Vulnerabilities (1)

source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/9512/info IBM Informix Dynamic Server and IBM Informix Extended Parallel Server have been reported prone to multiple vulnerabilities. The first issue exists in the onedcu binary. Specifically, when the binary is invoked a predictable temporary file is...

shadow-utils useradd creates temporary files insecurely

Overview Shadow-utils is an encryption and account management package freely distributed for many Linux implementations. The useradd program in this package creates insecure temporary files with predictable names in a write-protected directory. If this directory is changed to be writable, an...

mgetty creates temporary files insecurely

Overview mgetty, a replacement for getty designed to support modem and fax use, creates files of a predictable name in a world-writable directory without checking for the prior existence or ownership of the file. Using a symbolic link attack, an intruder might cause the overwrite of arbitrary fil...

Lmail 2.7 - Temporary File Race Condition

Lmail 2.7 - Temporary File Race Condition // source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2984/info Jon Zeeff's lmail is a local mail delivery agent LDA designed to provide mail-to-pipe and mail-to-file aliasing for smail. A race condition vulnerability exists in lmail. The lmail program makes...