Sun SunVTS 4.x - PTExec Buffer Overflow

source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2898/info SunVTS is the Sun Validation Test Suite, distributed and maintained by Sun Microsystems. The SunVTS is used to test various components of OEM Sun hardware, and can also be used to stress-test components and sub-components. A buffer overflow in t...

CVE-2001-0401

Buffer overflow in tip in Solaris 8 and earlier allows local users to execute arbitrary commands via a long HOME environmental variable...

man 'makewhatis' insecurely uses /tmp

Overview The 'makewhatis' script in the Linux man package allows local users to overwrite files via a symlink attack. Description The 'makewhatis' program is a Bourne shell script that ships with many Linux distributions in the 'man' package of programs. The 'makewhatis' script creates files in t...

BestCrypt 0.60.70.8 - BCTool UMount Buffer Overflow

BestCrypt 0.60.70.8 - BCTool UMount Buffer Overflow // source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2875/info BestCrypt is a commercial file system encryption software package distributed by Jetico. BestCrypt offers compatibility on the Windows and Linux platforms, using open development standards t...

XFree86 X11R6 3.3.2 XMan - ManPath Environment Variable Buffer Overflow

source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3030/info xman is a component included with the XFree86 Window System. A buffer overflow in the handling of the MANPATH environment variable by xman makes it possible for a local user to execute arbitrary code. By inserting 70000 characters into the MANPA...

gpm creates temporary files insecurely

Overview gpm version 1.19.3, which usually runs as root, is vulnerable due to a flaw that allows a local user to exploit a race condition to corrupt files that gpm uses. Description gpm General Purpose Mouse is a program that lets you use the mouse in console mode when not using XWindows. It is...

Debian 2.12.2 - Man Cache File Creation

Debian 2.12.2 - Man Cache File Creation source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2815/info A vulnerability exists in the 'man' system manual pager program. It is possible for local users to cause man to cache files in the system cache directory from outside of the configured manual page hierarch...

CVE-2001-1349

Sendmail before 8.11.4, and 8.12.0 before 8.12.0.Beta10, allows local users to cause a denial of service and possibly corrupt the heap and gain privileges via race conditions in signal handlers...

Security Bug in InoculateIT for Linux (fwd)

Dear Bugtraq Readers, We believe we have discovered a security flaw a /tmp race condition in Computer Associates' InoculateIT product, a good virus scanner for Microsoft and UNIX platforms which is free for personal use. The vulnerability allows local users to deny service to the system or possib...

CVE-2001-0459

Buffer overflows in ascdc Afterstep while running setuid allows local users to gain root privileges via a long 1 -d option, 2 -m option, or 3 -f option...

gpm-root fails to correctly release GID 0 membership for user defined menus

Overview gpm-root does not properly drop group privileges. Local users can gain group privileges by starting a utility from gpm-root. The gpm package is usually included in Linux distributions, and can be started from the command line or in the startup script /etc/rc.d/rc.local. Description gpm...

ARCservIT 6.61/6.63 Client - asagent.tmp Arbitrary File Overwrite

source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2741/info ARCservIT from Computer Associates contains a vulnerability which may allow malicious local users to overwrite arbitrary files. When it runs for the first time, 'asagent', opens and truncates it if it exists a file in /tmp called 'asagent.tmp'...

CVE-2001-0069

dialog before 0.9a-20000118-3bis in Debian GNU/Linux allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack...

CVE-2000-0829

The tmpwatch utility in Red Hat Linux forks a new process for each directory level, which allows local users to cause a denial of service by creating deeply nested directories in /tmp or /var/tmp/...

CVE-2001-0040

APC UPS daemon, apcupsd, saves its process ID in a world-writable file, which allows local users to kill an arbitrary process by specifying the target process ID in the apcupsd.pid file...

CVE-2001-0169

When using the LDPRELOAD environmental variable in SUID or SGID applications, glibc does not verify that preloaded libraries in /etc/ld.so.cache are also SUID/SGID, which could allow a local user to overwrite arbitrary files by loading a library from /lib or /usr/lib...

CVE-2001-0062

procfs in FreeBSD and possibly other operating systems allows local users to cause a denial of service by calling mmap on the process' own mem file, which causes the kernel to hang...

CVE-2001-0116

gpm 1.19.3 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack...

CVE-2001-0299

Buffer overflow in Voyager web administration server for Nokia IP440 allows local users to cause a denial of service, and possibly execute arbitrary commands, via a long URL...

SuSE 7.0 - KFM Insecure .TMP File Creation

SuSE 7.0 - KFM Insecure .TMP File Creation source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2629/info KFM is the KDE File Manager, included with version 1 of the KDE base package in most Linux installations. KFM is designed as a graphical, easily navigated interface to the Linux Filesystem. A problem wi...