New Linux Bug Lets Attackers Hijack Encrypted VPN Connections

A team of cybersecurity researchers has disclosed a new severe vulnerability affecting most Linux and Unix-like operating systems, including FreeBSD, OpenBSD, macOS, iOS, and Android, that could allow remote 'network adjacent attackers' to spy on and tamper with encrypted VPN connections. The...

RunIt chpst privilege escalation

It's possible to obtain root group privilege...

[SA19323] RunIt "chpst" Multiple Groups Handling Security Issue

TITLE: RunIt "chpst" Multiple Groups Handling Security Issue SECUNIA ADVISORY ID: SA19323 VERIFY ADVISORY: http://secunia.com/advisories/19323/ CRITICAL: Less critical IMPACT: Privilege escalation WHERE: Local system SOFTWARE: runit 1.x http://secunia.com/product/8850/ DESCRIPTION: Tino Keitel ha...

CVE-2006-1319

chpst in runit 1.3.3-1 for Debian GNU/Linux, when compiled on little endian i386 machines against dietlibc, does not properly handle when multiple groups are specified in the -u option, which causes chpst to assign permissions for the root group due to inconsistent bit sizes for the gidt type...

DEBIAN-CVE-2006-1319

chpst in runit 1.3.3-1 for Debian GNU/Linux, when compiled on little endian i386 machines against dietlibc, does not properly handle when multiple groups are specified in the -u option, which causes chpst to assign permissions for the root group due to inconsistent bit sizes for the gidt type...

CVE-2006-1319

chpst in runit 1.3.3-1 for Debian GNU/Linux, when compiled on little endian i386 machines against dietlibc, does not properly handle when multiple groups are specified in the -u option, which causes chpst to assign permissions for the root group due to inconsistent bit sizes for the gidt type...

CVE-2006-1319

chpst in runit 1.3.3-1 for Debian GNU/Linux, when compiled on little endian i386 machines against dietlibc, does not properly handle when multiple groups are specified in the -u option, which causes chpst to assign permissions for the root group due to inconsistent bit sizes for the gidt type...

Code injection

chpst in runit 1.3.3-1 for Debian GNU/Linux, when compiled on little endian i386 machines against dietlibc, does not properly handle when multiple groups are specified in the -u option, which causes chpst to assign permissions for the root group due to inconsistent bit sizes for the gidt type...

CVE-2006-1319

chpst in runit 1.3.3-1 for Debian GNU/Linux, when compiled on little endian i386 machines against dietlibc, does not properly handle when multiple groups are specified in the -u option, which causes chpst to assign permissions for the root group due to inconsistent bit sizes for the gidt type...

CVE-2006-1319

chpst in runit 1.3.3-1 for Debian GNU/Linux, when compiled on little endian i386 machines against dietlibc, does not properly handle when multiple groups are specified in the -u option, which causes chpst to assign permissions for the root group due to inconsistent bit sizes for the gidt type...

CVE-2006-1319

CVE-2006-1319 concerns chpst in runit 1.3.3-1 (Debian GNU/Linux) when compiled on little-endian i386 with dietlibc. The issue arises in how multiple groups are handled in the -u option, leading to incorrect permissions being assigned to the root group due to inconsistent gid_t bit sizes. Document...