CVE-2000-0879

CVE-2000-0879: LPPlus programs dccsched, dcclpdser, dccbkst, dccshut, dcclpdshut, and dccbkstshut are installed setuid root and world‑executable, which allows arbitrary local users to start and stop various LPD services. The provided documents do not include exploitation details or remediation in...

CVE-2000-0880

The CVE-2000-0880 entry concerns LPPlus creating the lpdprocess file with world-writable permissions, which allows local users to kill arbitrary processes by specifying a process ID and using the setuid dcclpdshut program to terminate the specified process. Impact is local access and partial inte...

CVE-2000-0879

LPPlus programs dccsched, dcclpdser, dccbkst, dccshut, dcclpdshut, and dccbkstshut are installed setuid root and world executable, which allows arbitrary local users to start and stop various LPD services...

ntop 1.x - i Local Format String

ntop 1.x - i Local Format String source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1840/info ntop network top is a unix program used for displaying network usage statistics. It is often installed setuid root because it uses privileged ports. ntop is vulnerable to a format string vulnerability that can...

CVE-2000-0506

The CVE refers to the Linux kernel capabilities feature prior to 2.2.16. Local users can cause a denial of service or gain privileges by manipulating capabilities to prevent a setuid program from dropping privileges. The provided documents do not include exploit details or a specified fix/patch i...

ncurses-overflow.txt

OVERVIEW The CRT screen handling library ncurses contains buffer overflows, making programs using it vulnerable. If the programs are setuid or setgid, a local user may elevate their privilege. The problem exists in ncurses versions 4.2 and 5.0, probably earlier, and libocurses. The overflows can ...

MDKSA-2000:057 - openssh update

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Linux-Mandrake Security Update Advisory Package name: openssh Date: October 10th, 2000 Advisory ID: MDKSA-2000:057 Affected versions: 7.0, 7.1 Problem Description: A problem exists with openssh's scp program. If a user uses scp to move files from a...

ncurses buffer overflows

OVERVIEW The CRT screen handling library ncurses contains buffer overflows, making programs using it vulnerable. If the programs are setuid or setgid, a local user may elevate their privilege. The problem exists in ncurses versions 4.2 and 5.0, probably earlier, and libocurses. The overflows can ...

LBL Traceroute 1.4 a5 - Heap Corruption (1)

// source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1739/info Traceroute is a well-known network diagnostic tool used for analyzing the path on a network between two hosts. On unix systems, traceroute is typically installed setuid root because of its use of raw sockets. Certain versions of LBNL tracerou...

ld.so bug - LD_DEBUG_OUTPUT follows symlinks

Hi, ld.so from glibc2 doesn't unset variables LDDEBUGOUTPUT and LDDEBUG when running suid. If program calls setuid0 and then fork, child process will follow prepared symlink $LDDEBUGOUTPUT.$pid and overwrites any file in system. Jakub Vlasek...

Ports Security Advisory: FreeBSD-SA-00:49.eject

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- ============================================================================= FreeBSD-SA-00:49 Security Advisory FreeBSD, Inc. Topic: eject port allows local root exploit Category: ports Module: eject Announced: 2000-09-13 Affects: Ports collection. Corrected:...

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...

LPPlus 3.2.23.3 - Permissions Denial of Service

LPPlus 3.2.23.3 - 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...

[SECURITY] glibc update for Debian GNU/Linux 2.1 (update)

Package: glibc Vulnerability: local exploit Debian-specific: no Recently two problems have been found in the glibc suite, which could be used to trick setuid applications to run arbitrary code. An earlier advisory listed the updates for Debian 2.2/potato. This advisory contains updates for Debian...

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...

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...

screen 3.9.5 root vulnerability

PROBLEM DESCRIPTION A vulnerability exists in the program "screen" version 3.9.5 and earlier. If screen is installed setuid root, a local user may gain root privilege. There are many systems where the program isn't setuid root by default, but on many systems afaik at least SuSE Linux, Red Hat 5.2...

Serious vulnerability in glibc

PROBLEM DESCRIPTION A vulnerability exists in glibc versions up to version 2.1.3, ie. all released versions, allowing local users to get root access. Fix packages for most major Linux distributions have been released or will be released within a day or two. There's also a quick workaround describ...

[SECURITY] glibc update for Debian GNU/Linux 2.1

Package: glibc Vulnerability: local exploit Debian-specific: no Recently two problems have been found in the glibc suite, which could be used to trick setuid applications to run arbitrary code. An earlier advisory listed the updates for Debian 2.2/potato. This advisory contains updates for Debian...

[SECURITY] new version of screen released

Package: screen Vulnerability: local exploit Debian-specific: no A format string bug was recently discovered in screen which can be used to gain elevated privilages if screen is setuid. Debian 2.1 slink did ship screen setuid and the exploit can be used to gain root privilages. In Debian 2.2 pota...