SUSE-SU-2017:0411-1 Security update for mariadb

This mariadb version update to 10.0.29 fixes the following issues: - CVE-2017-3318: unspecified vulnerability affecting Error Handling bsc1020896 - CVE-2017-3317: unspecified vulnerability affecting Logging bsc1020894 - CVE-2017-3312: insecure error log file handling in mysqldsafe, incomplete...

CVE-2016-6649

EMC RecoverPoint and RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines are affected by multiple command injection vulnerabilities in versions prior to 4.4.1.1 and 5.0 respectively. A malicious administrator with configuration privileges can bypass the UI and escalate to root privileges. Root cause: command injec...

Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-3780-1)

The remote host is missing an update for the Debian SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2017 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only ifdescription...

CVE-2017-1093

The CVE-2017-1093 issue affects IBM AIX 6.1, 7.1, and 7.2 where a local attacker could exploit a vulnerability in the bellmail binary to gain root privileges. Connected sources corroborate a local-privilege-escalation in bellmail and tie affected TLs/versions to AIX. The Nessus advisories link th...

CVE-2016-3053

IBM AIX contains an unspecified vulnerability that would allow a locally authenticated user to obtain root level privileges...

CVE-2016-7543

Bash before 4.4 allows local users to execute arbitrary commands with root privileges via crafted SHELLOPTS and PS4 environment variables...

UBUNTU-CVE-2016-1255

The pgctlcluster script in postgresql-common package in Debian wheezy before 134wheezy5, in Debian jessie before 165+deb8u2, in Debian unstable before 178, in Ubuntu 12.04 LTS before 129ubuntu1.2, in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS before 154ubuntu1.1, in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS before 173ubuntu0.1, in Ubuntu 17.04...

Nagios Core < 4.2.4 - Root Privilege Escalation (CVE-2016-9566)

INTRODUCTION ------------------------- Nagios Core daemon in versions below 4.2.4 was found to perform unsafe operations when handling the log file. This could be exploited by malicious local attackers to escalate their privileges from 'nagios' system user, or from a user belonging to 'nagios'...

CVE-2016-6470

A vulnerability in the installation procedure of the Cisco Hybrid Media Service could allow an authenticated, local attacker to elevate privileges to the root level. More Information: CSCvb81344. Known Affected Releases: 1.0...

CVE-2016-9638

BMC Patrol prior to 9.13.10.02 contains an elevation of privilege vulnerability in the listguests64 binary. The binary is setuid and, when executed, locates virsh via PATH and runs it with root privileges, enabling local users to gain root access. Affected: BMC Patrol up to version before 9.13.10...

CVE-2016-9774

The postinst script in the tomcat6 package before 6.0.45+dfsg-1deb7u4 on Debian wheezy, before 6.0.35-1ubuntu3.9 on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS and on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS; the tomcat7 package before 7.0.28-4+deb7u8 on Debian wheezy, before 7.0.56-3+deb8u6 on Debian jessie, before 7.0.52-1ubuntu0.8 on Ubuntu...

Huawei Play 5C phone TP touchscreen driver suffers from buffer overflow vulnerability

Huawei Play 5C is a smartphone from Huawei. A buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the TP touchscreen driver of the Huawei Play 5C phone. Due to the lack of parameter checking in the TP touchscreen driver, an attacker who gains root privileges and exploits the vulnerability can construct...

Security Advisory - Buffer Overflow Vulnerability in TP Driver of Huawei Smart Phone

Touch Panel TP driver of some Huawei products have one buffer overflow vulnerability due to the lack of a parameters check. An attacker can get ROOT privilege and to send given parameter to TP driver to crash the system or execute arbitrary code. Vulnerability ID: HWPSIRT-2016-05224 This...

Security Advisory - Buffer Overflow Vulnerability in HIFI Driver of Huawei Smart Phone

The HIFI driver of some Huawei products has buffer overflow vulnerability due to the lack of a parameters check. An attacker can get ROOT privilege and send given parameter to driver to crash the system or execute arbitrary code. Vulnerability ID: HWPSIRT-2016-05220 This vulnerability has been...

Nagios 4.2.2 - Local Privilege Escalation

Nagios 4.2.2 - Local Privilege Escalation Affected Product: Nagios 4 Vulnerability Type: root privilege escalation Fixed in Version: N/A Vendor Website: https://www.nagios.com/ Software Link: : https://sourceforge.net/projects/nagios/files/latest/download?source=directory-featured Affected Versio...

Nginx (Debian Based Distros + Gentoo) - logrotate Local Privilege Escalation

Nginx Debian Based Distros + Gentoo - logrotate Local Privilege Escalation !/bin/bash Nginx Debian-based distros + Gentoo - Root Privilege Escalation PoC Exploit nginxed-root.sh ver. 1.0 CVE-2016-1247 Discovered and coded by: Dawid Golunski dawidatlegalhackers.com https://legalhackers.com Follow...

The vulnerability of the Linux operating system allows a hacker to elevate their privileges to the level of the root user.

The vulnerability of the ptrace component in the Linux operating system is related to errors in the code. Exploiting this vulnerability allows a local attacker to elevate their privileges to the level of the root user by combining system calls for exec and ptrace...

Critical Flaws in MySQL Give Hackers Root Access to Server (Exploits Released)

Over a month ago we reported about two critical zero-day vulnerabilities in the world's 2nd most popular database management software MySQL: MySQL Remote Root Code Execution CVE-2016-6662 Privilege Escalation CVE-2016-6663 At that time, Polish security researcher Dawid Golunski of Legal Hackers w...

MySQL MariaDB PerconaDB 5.5.x5.6.x5.7.x - root System User Privilege Escalation

MySQL MariaDB PerconaDB 5.5.x5.6.x5.7.x - root System User Privilege Escalation !/bin/bash -p Source: https://legalhackers.com/advisories/MySQL-Maria-Percona-RootPrivEsc-CVE-2016-6664-5617-Exploit.html // http://legalhackers.com/exploits/CVE-2016-6664/mysql-chowned.sh MySQL / MariaDB / PerconaDB ...

mysql: general_log can write to configuration files, leading to privilege escalation (CPU Oct 2016)

It was discovered that the MySQL logging functionality allowed writing to MySQL configuration files. An administrative database user, or a database user with FILE privileges, could possibly use this flaw to run arbitrary commands with root privileges on the system running the database server...