SCO Unixware 7.07.0.17.17.1.1 - Privileged Program Debugging

SCO Unixware 7.07.0.17.17.1.1 - Privileged Program Debugging // source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/869/info Unixware's security model includes the concept of privileges. These can be assigned to processes and allow them to perform tasks that otherwise could only be performed by the root...

NetBSD 1.4 / OpenBSD 2.5 / Solaris 7.0 - 'profil(2)' Modify The Internal Data Space

/ source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/570/info Some BSD's use a profil2 system call that dates back to "version 6" unix. This system call arranges for the kernel to sample the PC and increment an element of an array on every profile clock tick. The security issue stems from the fact that...