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linuxconf.txt
Date: Sat, 22 Aug 1998 20:35:42 -0500 From: Alex Mottram Subject: Security concerns in linuxconf shipped w/RedHat 5.1 There exists a security / DOS problem with linuxconf-1.11.r11-rh3/i386 as upgraded from RedHat's FTP site. No other versions have been tested by me. Both the maintainer of linuxco...
resizecons.sh
There is a security hole in RedHat 2.1, which installs the program /usr/bin/resizecons suid root. The resizecons program allows a user to change the videmode of the console. During this process, it runs the program restoretextmode without an absolute pathname, assuming the correct version will be...
sysklogd.bof.txt
Date: Tue, 16 Feb 1999 02:22:56 -0500 From: Cory Visi To: [email protected] Subject: RedHat sysklogd vulnerability I'd like to apologize for being so late with this e-mail as I have known about this problem for months. The vulnerability was discussed in a Thu, 10 Sep 1998 BugTraq e-mail by...
RedHat Linux 5.2 i386/6.0 - No Logging
source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/320/info A vulnerability in PAM allows local malicious users to brute force passwords via the su command without any logging of their activity. su is a command that allows users to change identifies by supplying a password. If the password is correct su...
RedHat Linux 5.1 - xosview
RedHat Linux 5.1 - xosview // source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/362/info xosview is an X11 system monitoring application that ships with RedHat 5.1 installed setuid root. A buffer overflow vulnerability was found in Xrm.cc, the offending code listed below: char userrfilename1024;...
RedHat Linux 5.1 - xosview
// source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/362/info xosview is an X11 system monitoring application that ships with RedHat 5.1 installed setuid root. A buffer overflow vulnerability was found in Xrm.cc, the offending code listed below: char userrfilename1024; strcpyuserrfilename, getenv"HOME";...
RedHat Linux 5.0/5.1/5.2 / Slackware Linux 3.5 - 'klogd' Local Buffer Overflow (1)
// source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/398/info It is possible to cause a denial of service remote and local through generating old, obscure kernel messages not terminated with \n in klogd. The problem exists because of a buffer overflow in the klogd handling of kernel messages. It is...
RedHat Linux 5.05.15.2 Slackware Linux 3.5 - klogd Local Buffer Overflow (2)
RedHat Linux 5.05.15.2 Slackware Linux 3.5 - klogd Local Buffer Overflow 2 // source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/398/info It is possible to cause a denial of service remote and local through generating old, obscure kernel messages not terminated with \n in klogd. The problem exists because...
RedHat Linux 5.0/5.1/5.2 / Slackware Linux 3.5 - 'klogd' Local Buffer Overflow (2)
// source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/398/info It is possible to cause a denial of service remote and local through generating old, obscure kernel messages not terminated with \n in klogd. The problem exists because of a buffer overflow in the klogd handling of kernel messages. It is...
RedHat Linux 5.05.15.2 Slackware Linux 3.5 - klogd Local Buffer Overflow (1)
RedHat Linux 5.05.15.2 Slackware Linux 3.5 - klogd Local Buffer Overflow 1 // source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/398/info It is possible to cause a denial of service remote and local through generating old, obscure kernel messages not terminated with \n in klogd. The problem exists because...
RedHat Linux 5.1 / Caldera OpenLinux Standard 1.2 - Mountd
// source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/121/info NFS servers running certain implementations of mountd, primarily Linux systems. On some systems, the vulnerable NFS server is enabled by default. This vulnerability can be exploited even if the NFS server does not share any file systems. This...
RedHat Linux 5.1 Caldera OpenLinux Standard 1.2 - Mountd
RedHat Linux 5.1 Caldera OpenLinux Standard 1.2 - Mountd // source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/121/info NFS servers running certain implementations of mountd, primarily Linux systems. On some systems, the vulnerable NFS server is enabled by default. This vulnerability can be exploited even...
RedHat Linux 5.0 - msgchk Local Privilege Escalation
RedHat Linux 5.0 - msgchk Local Privilege Escalation // source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/383/info // // Similar to the mh vulnerability, a buffer overflow exists in the version of msgchk shipped with RedHat Linux 5.0. The vulnerability allows a user to execute arbritrary commands as root...
RedHat Linux 5.0 - 'msgchk' Local Privilege Escalation
// source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/383/info // // Similar to the mh vulnerability, a buffer overflow exists in the version of msgchk shipped with RedHat Linux 5.0. The vulnerability allows a user to execute arbritrary commands as root to compromise superuser access. // include define...
UNICOS 9/MAX 1.3/mk 1.5 / AIX 4.2 / libc 5.2.18 / RedHat 4 / IRIX 6 / Slackware 3 - NLS (1)
/ source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/711/info Cray UNICOS 9.0/9.2/MAX 1.3/mk 1.5,AIX = 4.2,Linux libc = 5.2.18,RedHat 4.0,IRIX 6.2,Slackware 3.1 Natural Language Service NLS Vulnerability 1 A buffer overflow condition affects libraries using the Natural Language Service NLS. The NLS is the...
UNICOS 9/MAX 1.3/mk 1.5 / AIX 4.2 / libc 5.2.18 / RedHat 4 / IRIX 6 / Slackware 3 - NLS (2)
/ source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/711/info Cray UNICOS 9.0/9.2/MAX 1.3/mk 1.5,AIX include include char shellcode = "\x31\xc0\xb0\x31\xcd\x80\x93\x31\xc0\xb0\x17\xcd\x80\x68\x59\x58\xff\xe1" "\xff\xd4\x31\xc0\x99\x89\xcf\xb0\x2e\x40\xae\x75\xfd\x89\x39\x89\x51\x04"...
RedHat Linux 2.1 - 'abuse.console' Local Privilege Escalation
source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/354/info Abuse is a game that is included with RedHat Linux 2.1 in the games package. The console version, abuse.console, is suid-root and will load the program sndrv as root without checking for an absolute pathname. This means that sndrv can be...
RedHat Linux 2.1 - abuse.console Local Privilege Escalation
RedHat Linux 2.1 - abuse.console Local Privilege Escalation source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/354/info Abuse is a game that is included with RedHat Linux 2.1 in the games package. The console version, abuse.console, is suid-root and will load the program sndrv as root without checking for...
