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FreeBSD : Xorg server -- two vulnerabilities in X server lock handling code (8441957c-f9b4-11e0-a78a-bcaec565249c)
Matthieu Herrb reports : It is possible to deduce if a file exists or not by exploiting the way that Xorg creates its lock files. This is caused by the fact that the X server is behaving differently if the lock file already exists as a symbolic link pointing to an existing or non-existing file. I...
RedHat Update for rsync RHSA-2011:0999-01
Check for the Version of rsync OpenVAS Vulnerability Test RedHat Update for rsync RHSA-2011:0999-01 Authors: System Generated Check Copyright: Copyright c 2011 Greenbone Networks GmbH, http://www.greenbone.net This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms...
CVE-2011-1550
The default configuration of logrotate on SUSE openSUSE Factory uses root privileges to process files in directories that permit non-root write access, which allows local users to conduct symlink and hard link attacks by leveraging logrotate's lack of support for untrusted directories, as...
Default configuration
The default configuration of logrotate on Debian GNU/Linux uses root privileges to process files in directories that permit non-root write access, which allows local users to conduct symlink and hard link attacks by leveraging logrotate's lack of support for untrusted directories, as demonstrated...
CVE-2011-1549
The default configuration of logrotate on Gentoo Linux uses root privileges to process files in directories that permit non-root write access, which allows local users to conduct symlink and hard link attacks by leveraging logrotate's lack of support for untrusted directories, as demonstrated by...
CVE-2011-1550
The default configuration of logrotate on SUSE openSUSE Factory uses root privileges to process files in directories that permit non-root write access, which allows local users to conduct symlink and hard link attacks by leveraging logrotate's lack of support for untrusted directories, as...
CVE-2011-1549
The default configuration of logrotate on Gentoo Linux uses root privileges to process files in directories that permit non-root write access, which allows local users to conduct symlink and hard link attacks by leveraging logrotate's lack of support for untrusted directories, as demonstrated by...
CVE-2011-1548
The default configuration of logrotate on Debian GNU/Linux uses root privileges to process files in directories that permit non-root write access, which allows local users to conduct symlink and hard link attacks by leveraging logrotate's lack of support for untrusted directories, as demonstrated...
Low: Red Hat Security Advisory: fence security, bug fix, and enhancement update
An updated fence package that fixes multiple security issues, several bugs, and adds two enhancements is now available for Red Hat Cluster Suite 4. The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having low security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base scores, which...
Fedora 12 : lvm2-2.02.72-4.fc12 (2010-12250)
This update addresses a security problem when using the clustered LVM daemon clvmd from the package lvm2-cluster on systems where you have non-root users. The lvm2 package on its own is not vulnerable to this problem but if you are using lvm2-cluster you must update both together. Further details...
Fedora 13 : lvm2-2.02.73-2.fc13 / udisks-1.0.1-4.fc13 (2010-13708)
This update addresses a security problem when using the clustered LVM daemon clvmd from the package lvm2-cluster on systems where you have non-root users. The lvm2 package on its own is not vulnerable to this problem but if you are using lvm2-cluster you must update both together. Further details...
Fedora Update for mod_auth_shadow FEDORA-2010-6359
Check for the Version of modauthshadow OpenVAS Vulnerability Test Fedora Update for modauthshadow FEDORA-2010-6359 Authors: System Generated Check Copyright: Copyright c 2010 Greenbone Networks GmbH, http://www.greenbone.net This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it...
[SECURITY] Fedora 12 Update: mod_auth_shadow-2.2-8.fc12
When performing this task one encounters one fundamental difficulty: The /etc/shadow file is supposed to be read/writeable only by root. However, the webserver is supposed to run under a non-root user, such as "nobody". modauthshadow addresses this difficulty by opening a pipe to an suid root...
[SECURITY] Fedora 11 Update: mod_auth_shadow-2.2-8.fc11
When performing this task one encounters one fundamental difficulty: The /etc/shadow file is supposed to be read/writeable only by root. However, the webserver is supposed to run under a non-root user, such as "nobody". modauthshadow addresses this difficulty by opening a pipe to an suid root...
Mandriva Update for xfig MDVA-2010:061 (xfig)
Check for the Version of xfig OpenVAS Vulnerability Test Mandriva Update for xfig MDVA-2010:061 xfig Authors: System Generated Check Copyright: Copyright c 2010 Greenbone Networks GmbH, http://www.greenbone.net This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the term...
kernel: non-root can trigger cpu_idle soft lockup
Integer overflow in the hrtimerstart function in kernel/hrtimer.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.23.10 allows local users to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service panic via a large relative timeout value. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information...
Local non-root access universal change the MYSQL password method-vulnerability warning-the black bar safety net
Open CMD first, stop the mysql service net stop mysql Enter the mysql installation directory under the bin folder, and then enter mysqld-nt --skip-grant-tables Skip password detection And then in addition a new open a cmd window Input mysql and return can to root access into mysql use mysql updat...
kernel: non-root can trigger cpu_idle soft lockup
Integer overflow in the hrtimerstart function in kernel/hrtimer.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.23.10 allows local users to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service panic via a large relative timeout value. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information...
Debian DSA-1777-1 : git-core - file permission error
Peter Palfrader discovered that in the Git revision control system, on some architectures files under /usr/share/git-core/templates/ were owned by a non-root user. This allows a user with that uid on the local system to write to these files and possibly escalate their privileges. This issue only...
