Halloween Linux 4.0,RedHat Linux 6.1/6.2 imwheel Vulnerability (2)

No description provided by source. source: http://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...

Fred N. van Kempen dip 3.3.7 - Buffer Overflow Vulnerability (2)

No description provided by source. source: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/86/info A buffer overflow resides in 'dip-3.3.7o' and derived programs. This is a problem only on systems where 'dip' is installed setuid. The culpable code is an 'sprintf' in line 192 in 'main.c': sprintfbuf, %s/LCK..%s,...

XFree86 4.2 XLOCALEDIR Local Buffer Overflow Vulnerability (3)

No description provided by source. source: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/7002/info Several XFree86 utilities may be prone to a buffer overflow condition. The vulnerability exists due to insufficient boundary checks performed by these utilities when referencing the XLOCALEDIR environment...

QNX RTOS 6.2 Application Packager Non-Explicit Path Execution Vulnerability

No description provided by source. source: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6146/info A vulnerability has been discovered in an application packager shipped with QNX RTOS. It should be noted that the vulnerable packager is installed setuid root by default. It has been reported that the packager...

linux/x86 setuid(0) + execve("/bin/sh", ["/bin/sh", NULL]) 31 bytes

No description provided by source. / Linux/x86 setuid0 + execve/bin/sh, /bin/sh, NULL - 31 bytes - [email protected] / char shellcode = \x6a\x17 // push $0x17 \x58 // pop %eax \x31\xdb // xor %ebx, %ebx \xcd\x80 // int $0x80 \x31\xd2 // xor %edx, %edx \x6a\x0b // push $0xb \x58 // pop %eax \x52 //...

Oracle <= 8 8.1.5 Intelligent Agent Vulnerability (2)

No description provided by source. source: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/585/info A vulnerability in the Oracle Intelligent Agent allows local malicious users to execute arbitrary commands and to create world writable files as the root user. The problem lies in the dbsnmp program located in...

mod_wsgi: possible privilege escalation in setuid() failure scenarios

It was found that modwsgi did not properly drop privileges if the call to setuid failed. If modwsgi was set up to allow unprivileged users to run WSGI applications, a local user able to run a WSGI application could possibly use this flaw to escalate their privileges on the system. Note: modwsgi i...

mod_wsgi: possible privilege escalation in setuid() failure scenarios

It was found that modwsgi did not properly drop privileges if the call to setuid failed. If modwsgi was set up to allow unprivileged users to run WSGI applications, a local user able to run a WSGI application could possibly use this flaw to escalate their privileges on the system. Note: modwsgi i...

CVE-2014-0907 - SetUID/SetGID Programs Allow Privilege Escalation Via Insecure RPATH In IBM DB2

Vulnerability title: SetUID/SetGID Programs Allow Privilege Escalation Via Insecure RPATH In IBM DB2 CVE: CVE-2014-0907 Vendor: IBM Product: DB2 Affected version: V9.1, V9.5, V9.7, V10.1 and V10.5 Fixed version: V9.7 FP9a, V10.1 FP3a, V10.1 FP4 and V10.5 FP3a Reported by: Tim Brown Details: It ha...

openSUSE Security Update : kernel (openSUSE-SU-2013:1005-1)

The openSUSE 12.1 kernel was updated to fix a critical security issue and also some reiserfs bugs. CVE-2013-2850: Incorrect strncpy usage in the network listening part of the iscsi target driver could have been used by remote attackers to crash the kernel or execute code. This required the iscsi...

openSUSE Security Update : opie (openSUSE-SU-2011:0848-1)

This update fixes off-by-one errors in opiesu CVE-2011-2489 and missing setuid return value checks in opielogin CVE-2011-2490. This update also removes the setuid bit from opiesu program. If you rely on the setuid bit on opiesu, add the following line to /etc/permissions.local : /usr/bin/opiesu...

openSUSE Security Update : kernel (openSUSE-SU-2011:0861-1)

The openSUSE 11.3 kernel was updated to 2.6.34.10 to fix various bugs and security issues. Following security issues have been fixed: CVE-2011-2495: The /proc/PID/io interface could be used by local attackers to gain information on other processes like number of password characters typed or...

openSUSE Security Update : opie (openSUSE-SU-2011:0848-1)

This update fixes off-by-one errors in opiesu CVE-2011-2489 and missing setuid return value checks in opielogin CVE-2011-2490. This update also removes the setuid bit from opiesu program. If you rely on the setuid bit on opiesu, add the following line to /etc/permissions.local : /usr/bin/opiesu...

CVE-2014-3977 - Privilege Escalation in IBM AIX

Vulnerability title: Privilege Escalation in IBM AIX CVE: CVE-2014-3977 Vendor: IBM Product: AIX Affected version: 6.1.8 and later Fixed version: N/A Reported by: Tim Brown Details: It has been identified that libodm allows privilege escalation via arbitrary file writes with elevated privileges...

openSUSE Security Update : libgnomesu (openSUSE-SU-2011:0694-1)

The libgnomesu pam backend did not check the return value of the setuid functions. Local users could exploit that to gain root privileges CVE-2011-1946. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were extracted from openSUSE Securit...

openSUSE Security Update : libgnomesu (openSUSE-SU-2011:0694-1)

The libgnomesu pam backend did not check the return value of the setuid functions. Local users could exploit that to gain root privileges CVE-2011-1946. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were extracted from openSUSE Securit...

openSUSE Security Update : kernel (openSUSE-SU-2011:0860-1)

The openSUSE 11.4 kernel was updated to 2.6.37.6 fixing lots of bugs and security issues. Following security issues have been fixed: CVE-2011-2495: The /proc/PID/io interface could be used by local attackers to gain information on other processes like number of password characters typed or simila...

openSUSE Security Update : glibc (openSUSE-SU-2010:0912-1)

This update of glibc fixes two bugs and security issues : CVE-2010-3847: Decoding of the $ORIGIN special value in various LD environment variables allowed local attackers to execute code in context of e.g. setuid root programs, elevating privileges. This issue does not affect SUSE as an assertion...

IBM AIX 6.1.8 - libodm Arbitrary File Write

IBM AIX 6.1.8 - libodm Arbitrary File Write Vulnerability title: Privilege Escalation in IBM AIX CVE: CVE-2014-3977 Vendor: IBM Product: AIX Affected version: 6.1.8 and later Fixed version: N/A Reported by: Tim Brown Details: It has been identified that libodm allows privilege escalation via...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : libcap-ng (MDVSA-2014:117)

Updated libcap-ng packages fix security vulnerability : capnglock in libcap-ng before 0.7.4 sets securebits in an attempt to prevent regaining capabilities using setuid-root programs. This allows a user to run setuid programs, such as seunshare from policycoreutils, as uid 0 but without...