IBM AIX 4.2.1 / Sun Solaris 7.0 - LC_MESSAGES libc Buffer Overflow (4)

// source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/268/info A buffer overflow in libc's handling of the LCMESSAGES environment variable allows a malicious user to exploit any suid root program linked agains libc to obtain root privileges. This problem is found in both IBM's AIX and Sun Microsystem's...

HP-UX 10.x/11.x - Aserver PATH

source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1929/info Aserver is a server program that ships with HP-UX versions 10.x and above that is used to interface client applications with the audio hardware. Because it talks to hardware, it is installed setuid root by default. During normal execution, Aserv...

Linux libc 5.3.125.4 (RedHat Linux 4.0) - vsyslog() Local Buffer Overflow

Linux libc 5.3.125.4 RedHat Linux 4.0 - vsyslog Local Buffer Overflow // source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/475/info A buffer overflow is present in linux libc 5.4.32 and below that allows a user to obtain local root access under some conditions. The overflow is in the function vsyslog and...

Linux libc 5.3.12/5.4 (RedHat Linux 4.0) - 'vsyslog()' Local Buffer Overflow

// source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/475/info A buffer overflow is present in linux libc 5.4.32 and below that allows a user to obtain local root access under some conditions. The overflow is in the function vsyslog and exploitable through the suid root program su, which passes the arg th...