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DEBIAN-CVE-2002-1311
Courier sqwebmail before 0.40.0 does not quickly drop privileges after startup in certain cases, which could allow local users to read arbitrary files...
perl getpwuid problem
Getpwuid call doesn't clode /etc/shadow, it leaves the possibility to access file descriptor after privelege are dropped...
FreeBSD ktrace problem
It's possible to obtain sensitive data from suid process's memory after dropping privileges...
procmail heap overflow
hi, i found a heap overflow in procmail up until latest some time ago. flatline@intra:/usr/bin$ ls -la procmail -rwsr-xr-x 1 root mail 64344 Jun 3 2001 procmail flatline@intra:/usr/bin$ ./procmail perl -e 'print "A"x10240'=A procmail: Exceeded LINEBUF Segmentation fault flatline@intra:/usr/bin$ a...
CVE-2001-0559
crontab in Vixie cron 3.0.1 and earlier does not properly drop privileges after the failed parsing of a modification operation, which could allow a local attacker to gain additional privileges when an editor is called to correct the error...
CVE-1999-1326
wu-ftpd 2.4 FTP server does not properly drop privileges when an ABOR abort file transfer command is executed during a file transfer, which causes a signal to be handled incorrectly and allows local and possibly remote attackers to read arbitrary files...
CVE-1999-1326
Wu-FTPD ABOR privilege escalation (CVE-1999-1326) affects the wu-ftpd server. The vulnerability arises when handling an ABOR after a data connection has closed, due to a flaw in the dologout() path that can allow a remote attacker to gain elevated privileges (potentially root). Exploitation could...
CVE-1999-1165
GNU fingerd 1.37 is affected. The flaw is failure to drop privileges before accessing user information, enabling local attackers to (1) gain root via a malicious .fingerrc and (2) read arbitrary files via .plan/.forward/.project symbolic links. No patch/version or remediation is specified in the ...