Linux Kernel 2.2.x/2.4.x Privileged Process Hijacking Vulnerability (1)

No description provided by source. source: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/7112/info A vulnerability has been discovered in the Linux kernel which can be exploited using the ptrace system call. By attaching to an incorrectly configured root process, during a specific time window, it may be...

DEBIAN-CVE-2013-1064

apt-xapian-index before 0.45ubuntu2.1, 0.44ubuntu7.1, and 0.44ubuntu5.1 does not properly use D-Bus for communication with a polkit authority, which allows local users to bypass intended access restrictions by leveraging a PolkitUnixProcess PolkitSubject race condition via a 1 setuid process or 2...

Linux Kernel 2.6.32 (Ubuntu 10.04) - proc Handling SUID Privilege Escalation

Linux Kernel 2.6.32 Ubuntu 10.04 - proc Handling SUID Privilege Escalation Source: http://www.halfdog.net/Security/2011/SuidBinariesAndProcInterface/ proc Handling of Already Opened Files: Subvert The Stack Base Address Randomization With Suid-Binaries Problem description: Latest ubuntu lucid sto...

NetBSD Security Advisory 2006-001: Kernfs kernel memory disclosure

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 NetBSD Security Advisory 2006-001 ================================= Topic: Kernfs kernel memory disclosure Version: NetBSD-current: source prior to November 23, 2005 NetBSD 3.0: not affected NetBSD 2.1: affected NetBSD 2.0.3: affected NetBSD 2.0:...

DEBIAN-CVE-2004-2069

sshd.c in OpenSSH 3.6.1p2 and 3.7.1p2 and possibly other versions, when using privilege separation, does not properly signal the non-privileged process when a session has been terminated after exceeding the LoginGraceTime setting, which leaves the connection open and allows remote attackers to...