CVE-2017-6972

AlienVault USM and OSSIM before 5.3.7 and NfSen before 1.3.8 have an error in privilege dropping and unnecessarily execute the NfSen Perl code as root, aka AlienVault ID ENG-104945, a different vulnerability than CVE-2017-6970 and CVE-2017-6971...

CVE-2017-6972

CVE-2017-6972 affects AlienVault USM/OSSIM before 5.3.7 and NfSen before 1.3.8, exposing a privilege-dropping bug that causes NfSen Perl components to run as root. Public exploit references (exploit-db entries 42314, 42305/42306) describe remote command execution and potential root access when ex...

CVE-2017-6972: Improper Check for Dropped Privileges

AlienVault USM and OSSIM before 5.3.7 and NfSen before 1.3.8 have an error in privilege dropping and unnecessarily execute the NfSen Perl code as root, aka AlienVault ID ENG-104945, a different vulnerability than CVE-2017-6970 and CVE-2017-6971...

Oracle: Security Advisory (ELSA-2010-0819)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2015 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only ifdescription...

Race condition

Race condition in runner in Install.framework in the Install Framework Legacy component in Apple OS X before 10.10.5 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code in a privileged context via a crafted app that leverages incorrect privilege dropping associated with a locking error...

PT-2015-1806

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Install Framework Legacy versions prior to 10.10.5 Description The issue is related to a flaw in the privilege dropping procedure of the Install Framework Legacy component in Mac OS X. This flaw can be exploited by a remote attacker using a...

Apple MAC OS X Install.framework runner privilege dropping vulnerability

Apple Mac OS X is a commercial operating system. The Apple Mac OS X Install.framework 'runner' setuid program fails to properly discard privileges, allowing attackers to exploit the vulnerability to run malicious applications and execute arbitrary code...

CVE-2014-8583

CVE-2014-8583 : mod_wsgi (Apache) before 4.2.4 fails to handle when it cannot drop group privileges during daemon process group creation, potentially allowing local privilege escalation via unspecified vectors. Affected software: mod_wsgi before 4.2.4. Impact: attacker could gain privileges with ...

openSUSE Security Update : apache2-mod_wsgi (openSUSE-SU-2014:1590-1)

apache2-modwsgi was updated to fix one security issue. This security issue was fixed : - Failure to handle errors when attempting to drop group privileges CVE-2014-8583. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were extracted from...

openSUSE Security Update : puppet (openSUSE-SU-2012:0835-1)

Fixed bnc747657: CVE-2012-1053, CVE-2012-1054: improper privilege dropping and file handling flaws This was done by updating to the new version in stable branch. The stable branch receives only security fixes and this update does not provide any new features. - Fixed bnc755869 CVE-2012-1988:...

DEBIAN-CVE-2011-4406

The Ubuntu AccountsService package before 0.6.14-1git1ubuntu1.1 does not properly drop privileges when changing language settings, which allows local users to modify arbitrary files via unspecified vectors...

Oracle Linux 3 / 4 : util-linux (ELSA-2007-0969)

From Red Hat Security Advisory 2007:0969 : Updated util-linux packages that fix a security issue are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3, 4, and 5. This update has been rated as having moderate security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team. The util-linux package contains a large...

CentOS 6 : python-paste-script (CESA-2012:1206)

An updated python-paste-script package that fixes one security issue is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6. The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having moderate security impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base score, which gives a detailed severity...

SuSE 11.1 Security Update : puppet (SAT Patch Number 5876)

This update of puppet fixes two vulnerabilities that could potentially be exploited by local attackers to escalate privileges due to improper privilege dropping and file handling issues symlink flaws in puppet. CVE-2012-1053 / CVE-2012-1054 %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The...

RHEL 6 : krb5-appl (RHSA-2011:0920)

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 6 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2011:0920 advisory. The krb5-appl packages provide Kerberos-aware telnet, ftp, rcp, rsh, and rlogin clients and servers. While these have been replaced by tools such as...

krb5-appl: ftpd incorrect group privilege dropping (MITKRB5-SA-2011-005)

It was found that ftpd, a Kerberos-aware FTP server, did not properly drop privileges. On Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, the ftpd daemon did not check for the potential failure of the krb5setegid function call. On systems where the set real, set effective, or set saved group ID system calls might...

[BSA-032] Security update for tmux

Daniel Danner discovered that tmux, a terminal multiplexer, is not properly dropping group privileges. Due to a patch introduced by Debian, when invoked with the -S option, tmux is not dropping permissions obtained through its setgid installation CVE-2011-1496. For the lenny-backports distributio...

pam security update

1.1.1-4.1 - fix insecure dropping of priviledges in pamxauth, pamenv, and pammail - CVE-2010-3316 637898, CVE-2010-3435 641335 - fix insecure executing of scripts with user supplied environment variables in pamnamespace - CVE-2010-3853 643043...

CVE-2010-3430

The privilege-dropping implementation in the 1 pamenv and 2 pammail modules in Linux-PAM aka pam 1.1.2 does not perform the required setfsgid and setgroups system calls, which might allow local users to obtain sensitive information by leveraging unintended group permissions, as demonstrated by a...

CVE-2010-3431

The privilege-dropping implementation in the 1 pamenv and 2 pammail modules in Linux-PAM aka pam 1.1.2 does not check the return value of the setfsuid system call, which might allow local users to obtain sensitive information by leveraging an unintended uid, as demonstrated by a symlink attack on...