USN-6719-2 util-linux vulnerability

USN-6719-1 fixed a vulnerability in util-linux. Unfortunately, it was discovered that the fix did not fully address the issue. This update removes the setgid permission bit from the wall and write utilities. Original advisory details: Skyler Ferrante discovered that the util-linux wall command di...

CVE-2018-25078

man-db before 2.8.5 on Gentoo allows local users with access to the man user account to gain root privileges because /usr/bin/mandb is executed by root but not owned by root. Also, the owner can strip the setuid and setgid bits...

Debian DSA-044-1 : mailx

The mail program a simple tool to read and send email as distributed with Debian GNU/Linux 2.2 has a buffer overflow in the input parsing code. Since mail is installed setgid mail by default this allowed local users to use it to gain access to mail group. Since the mail code was never written to ...