Digital Unix 4.0 MSGCHK MH_PROFILE Symbolic Link Vulnerability

No description provided by source. source: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3320/info The msgchk utility under certain versions of Digital Unix contains an information disclosure vulnerability which could yield root privilege. Because msgchk fails to check file permissions before opening user...

Digital Unix 4.0 MSGCHK Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

No description provided by source. source: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3311/info The msgchk utility under certain versions of Digital Unix contains a buffer overflow vulnerability which could yield root privilege. If a local user invokes the msgchk utility at the command line, argumented wit...

Digital Unix msgchk vulnerable to file contents disclosure via symlink redirection of profile

Overview msgchk, a part of the MH mail system, reads the user's .mhprofile in order to obtain configuration options. If the .mhprofile is linked to another file with illegal format, the first line of that file will be displayed in an error message by msgchk. Description msgchk is the portion of t...

HP Tru64 UNIX "msgchk" contains buffer overflow (SSRT2275)

Overview msgchk, a part of the MH mail system, reportedly suffers from a buffer overflow with respect to the name of the inbox to be checked for new mail. This overflow would allow the user of msgchk to execute arbitrary code. Description msgchk is the portion of the MH mail system that checks fo...

Digital Unix 4.0x msgchk multiple vulnerabilities

hi everyone. there were multiple vulnerabilities in "/usr/bin/mh/msgchk" on digital unix 4.0x it's a mail utility - check for messages only available within the message handlin system, mh two vulnerabilities were found. /usr/bin/mh/msgchk is affected to buffer overflow vulnerability -- snip -- $...

Digital Unix 4.0 - MSGCHK MH_PROFILE Symbolic Link

source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3320/info The msgchk utility under certain versions of Digital Unix contains an information disclosure vulnerability which could yield root privilege. Because msgchk fails to check file permissions before opening user configuration files in the user's hom...

Digital Unix 4.0 - MSGCHK MH_PROFILE Symbolic Link

Digital Unix 4.0 - MSGCHK MHPROFILE Symbolic Link source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3320/info The msgchk utility under certain versions of Digital Unix contains an information disclosure vulnerability which could yield root privilege. Because msgchk fails to check file permissions before...

Digital Unix 4.0 - MSGCHK Buffer Overflow

// source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3311/info The msgchk utility under certain versions of Digital Unix contains a buffer overflow vulnerability which could yield root privilege. If a local user invokes the msgchk utility at the command line, argumented with a sufficiently long string of...

Digital Unix 4.0 - MSGCHK Buffer Overflow

Digital Unix 4.0 - MSGCHK Buffer Overflow // source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3311/info The msgchk utility under certain versions of Digital Unix contains a buffer overflow vulnerability which could yield root privilege. If a local user invokes the msgchk utility at the command line,...

RedHat Linux 5.0 - msgchk Local Privilege Escalation

RedHat Linux 5.0 - msgchk Local Privilege Escalation // source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/383/info // // Similar to the mh vulnerability, a buffer overflow exists in the version of msgchk shipped with RedHat Linux 5.0. The vulnerability allows a user to execute arbritrary commands as root...

RedHat Linux 5.0 - 'msgchk' Local Privilege Escalation

// source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/383/info // // Similar to the mh vulnerability, a buffer overflow exists in the version of msgchk shipped with RedHat Linux 5.0. The vulnerability allows a user to execute arbritrary commands as root to compromise superuser access. // include define...