CVE-2017-7477: Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

Heap-based buffer overflow in drivers/net/macsec.c in the MACsec module in the Linux kernel through 4.10.12 allows attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact by leveraging the use of a MAXSKBFRAGS+1 size in conjunction with the NETIFFFRAGLIST feature, leading...

CVE-2017-7477

Heap-based buffer overflow in drivers/net/macsec.c in the MACsec module in the Linux kernel through 4.10.12 allows attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact by leveraging the use of a MAXSKBFRAGS+1 size in conjunction with the NETIFFFRAGLIST feature, leading...

PT-2017-1982 · Linux +4 · Linux Kernel +4

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Linux kernel versions prior to 4.10.12 Description: The issue is caused by a heap-based buffer overflow in the MACsec module of the Linux kernel. This can be exploited by attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have other unspecifi...

Mac OS X setuid root security hole

I can't recall if I have seen this on BugTraq so forgive me if this is an old issue. Try these steps on an OS X machine not logged in as root - Open up the terminal application - Quit the terminal application - Open up NetInfo Manager leave it in the foreground - Open up the Terminal application...