Netscape Messaging Server 3.55 & University of Washington imapd 10.234 - Remote Buffer Overflow

// source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/130/info A vulnerability exists in certain imapd implementations that allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code remotely. In certain instances, the code to be executed will be run with root privilege. Imap supports a command 'AUTHENTICATE' which...

FreeBSD-SA-97:04.procfs

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- ============================================================================= FreeBSD-SA-97:04 Security Advisory FreeBSD, Inc. Topic: security compromise via procfs Category: core Module: procfs Announced: 1997-08-19 Affects: FreeBSD 2.1., FreeBSD 2.2.,...

SGI IRIX 5.36.2 - ordist Local Privilege Escalation

SGI IRIX 5.36.2 - ordist Local Privilege Escalation // source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/415/info A buffer overflow exists in the ordist program, as shipped with Irix 6.x and 5.x from Silicon Graphics. By supplying long arguments to the '-d' option, containing a properly crafted buffer of...

SGI IRIX 6.2 - 'fsdump' Local Privilege Escalation

source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/355/info A number of vulnerabilities exist in the fsdump program included with Silicon Graphics Inc's IRIX operating system. Each of these holes can be used to obtain root privlilege. Variant 1: irix% /var/rfindd/fsdump -L/etc/passwd -F/tmp/dump / count t...

SGI IRIX 6.2 - fsdump Local Privilege Escalation

SGI IRIX 6.2 - fsdump Local Privilege Escalation source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/355/info A number of vulnerabilities exist in the fsdump program included with Silicon Graphics Inc's IRIX operating system. Each of these holes can be used to obtain root privlilege. Variant 1: irix%...