vlock vulnerability in RedHat 7.0

I've tried to lock all virtual consoles in RedHat 7.0 using vlock, which is delivered with this release of RedHat. If user root locks all consoles - it's no problem, but if normal user locks consoles then anybody can unlock without typing a password. Try to use it in the following way: 1. logon a...

RedHat 0.4 b15 restore - Insecure Environment Variables

RedHat 0.4 b15 restore - Insecure Environment Variables source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1914/info restore is a program for backup and recovery procedures, distributed with the RedHat Linux Operating System. A vulnerability exists that could allow a user elevated permissions. The problem...

Linux news 4.11.00

Linux 2.4 Todo Вышла новая редакция текста Linux 2.4 Todo - списка того, чего должно быть сделано до выхода новой серии стабильных ядер - Linux 2.4. Эта редакция соответствует ядру Linux 2.4.0test10. Подробнее: http://linuxtoday.com/newsstory.php3?ltsn=2000-11-03-011-04-NW-KN NetCraft расширяет...

RedHat 0.4 b15 restore - Insecure Environment Variables

source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1914/info restore is a program for backup and recovery procedures, distributed with the RedHat Linux Operating System. A vulnerability exists that could allow a user elevated permissions. The problem occurs in the RSH environment variable. restore is...

Linux news 24.10.00

2.4.0-test10-pre5 is out Вышла очередная пре версия тестового ядра 2.4.0-test10, в этой версии по сравнению с предыдущей много мелких фиксов, как минимум еще одна проблема остается открытой. Подробнее: http://dredd.crimea.edu/linuxnews/test10-pre5.txt Mandrake 7.2 выйдет 28 октября Выход следующе...

Linux news 20.10.00

Очередное обновление ветки 2.4 - test10-pre4 Новая патчь проходит под кодовым название "ещё куча небольших фиксов". Подробнее: http://linuxtoday.com/newsstory.php3?ltsn=2000-10-18-016-04-NW-KN AC Kernel Patch 2.2.x 2.2.18pre17 Вышел семнадцатый пререлиз нового ядра Linux - Linux Kernel Patch...

BSD 'lpr' 0.54 -4 - Arbitrary Command Execution

source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1834/info lpr is a set of printing tools for unix systems. The lpr package that ships with RedHat Linux 6.2 and possibly earlier versions contains a vulnerability that will allow an attacker to execute arbitrary commands with the privileges of group 'lp'...

Linux news 1.09.00

Ядро 2.4.0-test10-pre2 В этом патче для ядра содержатся исправления в функциях vmalloc и ioremap с удаленийм функции setpgdir. Исправления включены только для одной архитектуры x86. Разработчикам для других платформ также рекомендуется просмотреть код этих изменений и исправить свой код. Подробне...

Extent RBS directory Transversal.

Advisory Title: Extent RBS directory Transversal. Release Date: 09/21/2000 Application: Extent RBS Platform: Windows NT4 Windows 2000 RedHat Linux 6.x Sun Solaris 2.6+ Version: 2.63. Possibly older versions as well. have also tested 2.5 and found it vulnerable Severity: Any user can get any file ...

Linux news 13.09.00

2.2.18pre6 Похоже, Кокс решил закончить пятилетку за три года. Что ни день, то новая пре-версия стабильной ветки. Пофиксил несколько глупых багов, добавил несколько небольших фиксов, не компилируется только поддержка AGP. Похоже, Кокс готовится к большому прыжку. NFS? Подробнее:...

tmpwatch: local DoS : fork()bomb as root

sent through bugzilla.redhat.com no reply from responsible person. here it goes. Local DoS in /usr/sbin/tmpwatch. root forkbombs himself. tmpwatch is a bad boy Summary Local people can stop things working, and force you to reboot.  Longer summary Any user with write access to /tmp or /var/tmp ca...

RedHat 6 GLIBC/locale - Subsystem Format String

/ source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1634/info Conectiva 4.x/5.x,Debian 2.x,IBM AIX 3.x/4.x,Mandrake 7,RedHat 5.x/6.x,IRIX 6.x, Solaris 2.x/7/8,Turbolinux 6.x,Wirex Immunix OS 6.2 Locale Subsystem Format String Many UNIX operating systems provide internationalization support according to t...

RedHat 6 GLIBClocale - Subsystem Format String

RedHat 6 GLIBClocale - Subsystem Format String / source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1634/info Conectiva 4.x/5.x,Debian 2.x,IBM AIX 3.x/4.x,Mandrake 7,RedHat 5.x/6.x,IRIX 6.x, Solaris 2.x/7/8,Turbolinux 6.x,Wirex Immunix OS 6.2 Locale Subsystem Format String Many UNIX operating systems...

Remote vulnerability in Gopherd 2.x

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 G U A R D E N T GUARDENT SECURITY ADVISORY secure digital infrastructure A0208102000 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - Remote Vulnerability in Gopherd v2.x University of Minnesota August 10, 2000...

Redhat Linux 6.x remote root exploit

Hi, Included below is an exploit for the recently exposed linux rpc.statd format string vulnerability0. I have tailored it towards current Redhat Linux 6.x installations. It can easily be incorporated into attacks against the other vulnerable Linux distributions. I am not a security expert, but...

Redhat Linux 6.x remote root exploit

Hi, Included below is an exploit for the recently exposed linux rpc.statd format string vulnerability0. I have tailored it towards current Redhat Linux 6.x installations. It can easily be incorporated into attacks against the other vulnerable Linux distributions. I am not a security expert, but...

Redhat Linux 6.x remote root exploit

Hi, Included below is an exploit for the recently exposed linux rpc.statd format string vulnerability0. I have tailored it towards current Redhat Linux 6.x installations. It can easily be incorporated into attacks against the other vulnerable Linux distributions. I am not a security expert, but...

sperl 5.00503 (and newer ;) exploit

Not much to say except I feel little bit stupid posting it ... This exploit gives instant root, at least on RedHat 6.x/7.0 Linux boxes I have available for tests... And for sure, all other systems are vulnerable as well - it's just maybe this code will need some refining / tuning / minor changes...

Mandrake 7.0/7.1 / RedHat Kon2 0.3.9 - '/usr/bin/fld' Input File Overflow

/ source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1371/info KON Kanji On Console is a package for displaying Kanji text under Linux and comes with two suid binaries which are vulnerable to buffer overflows. "fld", one of the vulnerable programs, accepts options input from a text file. Through this...

Дырки в утилитах из RedHat

Дырки в утилитах gkermit egid==uucp; slocate gid slocate, slrn, C-Kermit gid=uucp, diskcheck и Mgetty-sendfaxперезапись любого файла, ksu sgid root, eSound, IMAP4rev1 v12.264 DoS,...