Mac OS X < 10.4 pty Permission Weakness

The remote host is running a version of Mac OS X which is older than version 10.4. Versions older than 10.4 contain a security issue in the way they handle the permissions of pseudo terminals. When an application uses a new pseudo terminal, it can not restrict its permissions to a safe mode. As a...

PT-2000-1029 · Red Hat · Red Hat

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Red Hat Linux affected versions not specified Description: The issue is related to the screen program in Red Hat Linux, which does not utilize Unix98 ptys. This allows local users to write to other terminals. Recommendations: At the moment,...

glibc_exploit.txt

Subject: Linux glibc 2.1.x / wu-ftpd =2.5 / BeroFTPD / lynx / vlock / mc / glibc 2.0.x To: [email protected] First of all, something less or more personal - sorry to all [email protected] people for this post. I'm really angry, as this stuff become well-known without my knowledge... so, only a...