Debian DSA-1255-1 : libgtop2 - buffer overflow

Liu Qishuai discovered that the GNOME gtop library performs insufficient sanitising when parsing the system's /proc table, which may lead to the execution of arbitrary code. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were extracted...

DSA-1255-1 libgtop2

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[USN-407-1] libgtop2 vulnerability

=========================================================== Ubuntu Security Notice USN-407-1 January 15, 2007 libgtop2 vulnerability https://launchpad.net/bugs/79206 =========================================================== A security issue affects the following Ubuntu releases: Ubuntu 5.10...

libgtop buffer overflow

Buffer overflow on /proc FS parsing...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : kernel (MDKSA-2006:124)

A race condition in the Linux kernel 2.6.17.4 and earlier allows local users to obtain root privileges due to a race condition in the /proc filesystem. The provided packages are patched to fix these vulnerabilities. All users are encouraged to upgrade to these updated kernels immediately and rebo...

Debian DSA-1017-1 : kernel-source-2.6.8 - several vulnerabilities

Several local and remote vulnerabilities have been discovered in the Linux kernel that may lead to a denial of service or the execution of arbitrary code. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems : - CVE-2004-1017 Multiple overflows exist in the ioedgepor...

Debian DSA-1070-1 : kernel-source-2.4.19 - several vulnerabilities

Several local and remote vulnerabilities have been discovered in the Linux kernel that may lead to a denial of service or the execution of arbitrary code. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems : - CVE-2004-0427 A local denial of service vulnerability i...

Debian DSA-1018-2 : kernel-source-2.4.27 - several vulnerabilities

The original update lacked recompiled ALSA modules against the new kernel ABI. Furthermore, kernel-latest-2.4-sparc now correctly depends on the updated packages. For completeness we're providing the original problem description : Several local and remote vulnerabilities have been discovered in t...

kernel security update

CentOS Errata and Security Advisory CESA-2006:0617 Updated kernel packages that fix several security issues in the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 kernel are now available. This security advisory has been rated as having important security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team. The Linux kernel...

security flaw

Race condition in Linux kernel 2.6.17.4 and earlier allows local users to gain root privileges by using prctl with PRSETDUMPABLE in a way that causes /proc/self/environ to become setuid root...

Linux Kernel SCSI ProcFS拒绝服务漏洞

BUGTRAQ ID: 14790 CVECAN ID: CVE-2005-2800 Linux Kernel是开放源码操作系统Linux所使用的内核。 Linux Kernel的SCSI驱动的procfs接口中存在拒绝服务漏洞。本地攻击者可以反复读取/proc/scsi/sg/devices，而next iterator返回NULL或错误时没有正确的处理这种情况，耗尽kernel内存，导致拒绝服务。 Linux kernel = 2.6.13 Ubuntu Linux 5.0 4 powerpc Ubuntu Linux 5.0 4 i386 Ubuntu Linux 5.0 4...

USN-319-1: Linux kernel vulnerability

A race condition has been discovered in the file permission handling of the /proc file system. A local attacker could exploit this to execute arbitrary code with full root privileges...

[SECURITY] [DSA 1111-1] New Linux kernel 2.6.8 packages fix privilege escalation

-------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA 1111-1 [email protected] http://www.debian.org/security/ Dann Frazier Jul 16th, 2006 http://www.debian.org/security/faq -...

Linux Kernel 2.6.17.4 - 'proc' Local Privilege Escalation

/ Author: h00lyshit Vulnerable: Linux 2.6 ALL Type of Vulnerability: Local Race Tested On : various distros Vendor Status: unknown Disclaimer: In no event shall the author be liable for any damages whatsoever arising out of or in connection with the use or spread of this information. Any use of...

Linux Kernel <= 2.6.17.4 (proc) Local Root Exploit

Exploit for linux platform in category local exploits ================================================== Linux Kernel Example: h00lyshit /usr/X11R6/lib/libethereal.so.0.0.1 if y0u dont have one, make big file 100MB in /tmp with dd and try to junk the cache e.g. cat /usr/lib/ /dev/null / include...

Linux Kernel 2.6.x - Proc dentry_unused Corruption Local Denial of Service

Linux Kernel 2.6.x - Proc dentryunused Corruption Local Denial of Service source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18183/info The Linux kernel is prone to a local denial-of-service vulnerability. This issue is due to a flaw in the 'proc' filesystem. This vulnerability allows local users to cause...

Linux Kernel 2.6.x - Proc dentry_unused Corruption Local Denial of Service

source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18183/info The Linux kernel is prone to a local denial-of-service vulnerability. This issue is due to a flaw in the 'proc' filesystem. This vulnerability allows local users to cause a kernel panic, denying further service to legitimate users. This issue...

CVE-2006-2629

Race condition in Linux kernel 2.6.15 to 2.6.17, when running on SMP platforms, allows local users to cause a denial of service crash by creating and exiting a large number of tasks, then accessing the /proc entry of a task that is exiting, which causes memory corruption that leads to a failure i...

Ubuntu 4.10 / 5.04 / 5.10 : linux-source-2.6.8.1/-2.6.10/-2.6.12 vulnerabilities (USN-244-1)

Doug Chapman discovered a flaw in the reference counting in the sysmqopen function. By calling this function in a special way, a local attacker could exploit this to cause a kernel crash. CVE-2005-3356 Karl Janmar discovered that the /proc file system module used signed data types in a wrong way....

linux/x86 getppid + execve/proc/pid/exe 51 bytes

linux/x86 getppid + execve/proc/pid/exe 51 bytes. Shellcode exploit for linx86 platform / linux/x86 getppid + execve"/proc//exe", "/proc//exe", NULL - 51 bytes - izik / char shellcode = "\x6a\x40" // push $0x40 "\x58" // pop %eax "\xcd\x80" // int $0x80 // // : // "\x4c" // dec %esp "\x99" // clt...