CVE-2007-2444: Improper Privilege Management

Logic error in the SID/Name translation functionality in smbd in Samba 3.0.23d through 3.0.25pre2 allows local users to gain temporary privileges and execute SMB/CIFS protocol operations via unspecified vectors that cause the daemon to transition to the root user...

[Full-disclosure] Local user to root escalation in apache 1.3.34 (Debian only)

Version 1.3.34-4 of Apache in the Debian Linux distribution contains a hole that allows a local user to access a root shell if the webserver has been restarted manually. This bug does not exist in the upstream apache distribution, and was patched in specifically by the Debian distribution. The bu...

Sudo 1.6.x - Environment Variable Handling Security Bypass (2)

Sudo 1.6.x - Environment Variable Handling Security Bypass 2 source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16184/info Sudo is prone to a security-bypass vulnerability that could lead to arbitrary code execution. This issue is due to an error in the application when handling environment variables. A...

GLSA-200409-19 : Heimdal: ftpd root escalation

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200409-19 Heimdal: ftpd root escalation Przemyslaw Frasunek discovered several flaws in lukemftpd, which also apply to Heimdal ftpd's out-of-band signal handling code. Additionally, a potential vulnerability that could lead to...

Heimdal: ftpd root escalation

Background Heimdal is an implementation of Kerberos 5. Description Przemyslaw Frasunek discovered several flaws in lukemftpd, which also apply to Heimdal ftpd's out-of-band signal handling code. Additionally, a potential vulnerability that could lead to Denial of Service by the Key Distribution...

NetBSD Security Advisory 2004-009: ftpd root escalation

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- NetBSD Security Advisory 2004-009 ================================= Topic: ftpd root escalation Version: NetBSD-current: source prior to Aug 10, 2004 NetBSD 2.0 branch: source prior to Aug 15, 2004 NetBSD 1.6.2: affected NetBSD 1.6.1: affected NetBSD 1.6: affect...

Samba-TNG 0.3.1 Security Release (fwd)

---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Sat, 22 Mar 2003 21:03:11 +0100 CET From: Stephan Lauffer [email protected] To: [email protected] Subject: ANNOUNCE Samba-TNG 0.3.1 Security Release Samba-TNG-0.3.1 released ========================== Mar 22th 2003 Today the...

DEBIAN-CVE-2001-1494

script command in the util-linux package before 2.11n allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files by setting a hardlink from the typescript log file to any file on the system, then having root execute the script command...