LPPlus 3.2.2/3.3 - Permissions Denial of Service

source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1643/info Vulnerability 1: Several files that are part of the LPPlus print management system are installed setuid root by default. These files include: $LPHOME/bin/dccsched $LPHOME/bin/dcclpdser $LPHOME/bin/dccbkst These start the scheduler, LPD server an...

Juergen Weigert screen 3.9 - User Supplied Format String

Juergen Weigert screen 3.9 - User Supplied Format String // source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1641/info Various format string vulnerabilities exist in versions 3.9.5 and prior of 'screen' that may allow local users to elevate their privileges. If screen is setuid root, it is possible to...

Juergen Weigert screen 3.9 - User Supplied Format String

// source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1641/info Various format string vulnerabilities exist in versions 3.9.5 and prior of 'screen' that may allow local users to elevate their privileges. If screen is setuid root, it is possible to alter the contents of the variable which stores the user i...

David Bagley xlock 4.16 - User Supplied Format String (1)

// source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1585/info A vulnerability exists in versions of the xlockmore program, originally written by David Bagley. It is believed to affect all versions of xlock derived from xlockmore. This includes the xlock shipped with a number of popular operating systems...

CVE-2000-0615

LPRng 3.6.x improperly installs lpd as setuid root, which can allow local users to append lpd trace and logging messages to files...

LPRng lpd should not be SETUID root

Well, even in spite of all of my efforts, care, and paranoia, I finally dropped the hammer on my foot. Luckily it appears that I spotted this loophole before somebody on the LPRng mailing list did. Or worse yet, got a call from CERT about this problem :- SUMMARY: Versions of...

KDE 1.1.2 KApplication configfile - Local Privilege Escalation (1)

source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1291/info The KDE configuration-file management has a bug which could result in root compromise. Due to insecure creation of configuration rc files via KApplication-class, local users can modify ownership of arbitrary files when running setuid root...

KDE 1.1.2 KApplication configfile - Local Privilege Escalation (1)

KDE 1.1.2 KApplication configfile - Local Privilege Escalation 1 source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1291/info The KDE configuration-file management has a bug which could result in root compromise. Due to insecure creation of configuration rc files via KApplication-class, local users can...

xsoldier (FreeBSD 3.3/Linux Mandrake 7.0) - Local Buffer Overflow (1)

// source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/871/info Certain versions of FreeBSD 3.3 Confirmed and Linux Mandrake confirmed ship with a vulnerable binary in their X11 games package. The binary/game in question, xsoldier, is a setuid root binary meant to be run via an X windows console. The binar...

xsoldier (FreeBSD 3.3/Linux Mandrake 7.0) - Local Buffer Overflow (2)

/ source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/871/info Certain versions of FreeBSD 3.3 Confirmed and Linux Mandrake confirmed ship with a vulnerable binary in their X11 games package. The binary/game in question, xsoldier, is a setuid root binary meant to be run via an X windows console. The binary...

Security Advisory: FreeBSD-SA-00:16.golddig

============================================================================= FreeBSD-SA-00:16 Security Advisory FreeBSD, Inc. Topic: golddig port allows users to overwrite local files Category: ports Module: golddig Announced: 2000-05-09 Credits: Discovered during internal ports collection...

Potential security problem with mtr

Hi. One of my users asked me to install mtr, most adequately described as a GUI:ed combination of traceroute and ping. I thought it looked cool, and had a closer look. In this mail follows a warning about a potential security problem with this program if installed as suggested. No exploit has bee...

minor issue with IBM HTTPD and /usr/bin/ikeyman

Summary: /usr/bin/ikeyman is a shell script installed with setuid root permissions by the IBMHSSSB package on Solaris. The script does not seem to work very well in a Solaris 2.6 environment because of dynamic linker issues; if they are resolved, however, an unprivileged user may then be able to...

Halloween Linux 4.0 SuSE Linux 6.06.16.26.3 - kreatecd Local Privilege Escalation

Halloween Linux 4.0 SuSE Linux 6.06.16.26.3 - kreatecd Local Privilege Escalation source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1061/info A vulnerability exists in the kreatecd program for Linux. This program is a graphical front end to the cdrecord program, and is installed setuid root. This program...

FreeBSD-SA-00:10.orville-write

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- ============================================================================= FreeBSD-SA-00:10 Security Advisory FreeBSD, Inc. Topic: orville-write port contains local root compromise. Category: ports Module: orville-write Announced: 2000-03-15 Affects: Ports...

Halloween Linux 4.0 RedHat Linux 6.16.2 - imwheel (2)

Halloween Linux 4.0 RedHat Linux 6.16.2 - imwheel 2 // source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1060/info A vulnerability exists in the 'imwheel' package for Linux. This package is known to be vulnerable to a buffer overrun in its handling of the HOME environment variable. By supplying a...

Sam Hawker wmcdplay 1.0 beta1-2 - Local Buffer Overflow (2)

Sam Hawker wmcdplay 1.0 beta1-2 - Local Buffer Overflow 2 source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1047/info wmcdplay is cdplayer generally used with the WindowMaker X11 window-manager on unix systems. While wmcdplay is rarely installed at all by default, when it is installed it is typically set...

Sam Hawker wmcdplay 1.0 beta1-2 - Local Buffer Overflow (2)

source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1047/info wmcdplay is cdplayer generally used with the WindowMaker X11 window-manager on unix systems. While wmcdplay is rarely installed at all by default, when it is installed it is typically set setuid root. wmcdplay is vulnerable to a buffer overflow...

Halloween Linux 4.0 / RedHat Linux 6.1/6.2 - 'imwheel' (1)

// source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1060/info A vulnerability exists in the 'imwheel' package for Linux. This package is known to be vulnerable to a buffer overrun in its handling of the HOME environment variable. By supplying a sufficiently long string containing machine executable code...

AT Computing atsar_linux 1.4 - File Manipulation

AT Computing atsarlinux 1.4 - File Manipulation source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1048/info atsar is a linux load monitoring software package released under the GPL by AT Computing. atsadc is a setuid root binary that is included in the atsar package. atsadc is setuid because it obtains...