qmail-DoS.txt

Date: Mon, 4 Jan 1999 00:04:09 -0500 From: Wietse Venema To: [email protected] Subject: Anonymous Qmail Denial of Service In recent postings, Daniel Bernstein expands on the insecurity of the Postfix world-writable directory for local mail submission. Of all the attacks possible with such a...

Oracle 8 8.1.5 - Intelligent Agent (1)

source: https://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 $ORACLEHOME/bin . This setuid root a...

[SECURITY] new version isdnutils fixes exploitable xmonisdn

We have received reports that the version of xmonisdn as distributed in the isndutils package from Debian GNU/Linux 2.1 has a security problem. Xmonisdn is an X applet that shows the status of the ISDN links. You can configure it to run two scripts when the left or right mouse button are clicked ...

VMware 1.0.1 - Local Buffer Overflow

VMware 1.0.1 - Local Buffer Overflow // source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/490/info VMWare is virtual machine software produced by VMWare inc. VMWare version 1.0.1 for Linux is vulnerable to a buffer overflow attack. Since VMWare is installed with binaries that are setuid root, local users...

SCO Open Server 5.0.5 - X Library Buffer Overflow (2)

SCO Open Server 5.0.5 - X Library Buffer Overflow 2 // source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/638/info A buffer overflow vulnerability in the shared X library may allows local users to obtain higher privileges. Any setuid applications linked against the library are possibly vulnerable. The...

SCO Open Server 5.0.5 - X Library Buffer Overflow (2)

// source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/638/info A buffer overflow vulnerability in the shared X library may allows local users to obtain higher privileges. Any setuid applications linked against the library are possibly vulnerable. The vulnerability is in the handling of the '-bg' command...

RedHat Linux 5.1 - xosview

// source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/362/info xosview is an X11 system monitoring application that ships with RedHat 5.1 installed setuid root. A buffer overflow vulnerability was found in Xrm.cc, the offending code listed below: char userrfilename1024; strcpyuserrfilename, getenv"HOME";...

CVE-1999-0462

suidperl in Linux Perl does not check the nosuid mount option on file systems, allowing local users to gain root access by placing a setuid script in a mountable file system, e.g. a CD-ROM or floppy disk...

Solaris 2.5.1 - kcms Local Buffer Overflow (2)

Solaris 2.5.1 - kcms Local Buffer Overflow 2 / source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/452/info There is an unchecked sprintf call in the versions of /usr/openwin/bin/kcmsconfigure shipped with solaris 2.5, 2.5.1 and 2.6. Unfortunately, kcmsconfigure is installed setuid root, making it possible...

HP-UX 10.x/11.x - Aserver PATH

source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1929/info Aserver is a server program that ships with HP-UX versions 10.x and above that is used to interface client applications with the audio hardware. Because it talks to hardware, it is installed setuid root by default. During normal execution, Aserv...

Subject: [SECURITY] Debian not vulnerable to recent minicom exploit

Description Recent messages on a computer security forum have again reported that there are buffer overflows in minicom. These can lead into root exploits if the program is installed setuid root. Vulnerability Debian GNU/Linux 2.0 is not vulnerable to this exploit. The program minicom as shipped...

[SECURITY] Seyon is vulnerable to a root exploit

Description We have received a report from SGI that a vulnerability has been discovered in the seyon program. This can lead to a root compromise. Any user who can execute the seyon program can exploit this vulnerability. Since SGI does not provide exploit information, we are unable to fix the...

[SECURITY] New versions of ncurses fixes security problem

We have received a report that using ncurses in setuid programs will give the user a way to open arbitrary files. We recommend you upgrade your ncurses3.4-dev package immediately. dpkg -i file.deb will install the referenced file. Debian GNU/Linux 2.0 alias hamm This version of Debian were releas...

[SECURITY] New versions of ncurses fixes security problem

We have received a report that using ncurses in setuid programs will give the user a way to open arbitrary files. We recommend you upgrade your ncurses3.4-dev package immediately. dpkg -i file.deb will install the referenced file. Debian GNU/Linux 2.0 alias hamm ------------------------------- Th...

Fred N. van Kempen dip 3.3.7 - Local Buffer Overflow (1)

Fred N. van Kempen dip 3.3.7 - Local Buffer Overflow 1 // source: https://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':...

Fred N. van Kempen dip 3.3.7 - Local Buffer Overflow (1)

// source: https://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", PATHLOCKD, nam; -----...

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

// source: https://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", PATHLOCKD, nam; / Linux x86...

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

Fred N. van Kempen dip 3.3.7 - Local Buffer Overflow 2 // source: https://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':...

Linux libc 5.3.12 (RedHat Linux 4.0 / Slackware Linux 3.1) - libc NLSPATH

// source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/379/info There is a serious vulnerability in linux libc affecting all Linux distributions using libc 5.2.18 and below. The vulnerability is centered around the NLSPATH environment variable. Through exporting the oversized and shell-code including buffe...

AIX 3.x - bugfiler Arbitrary File Creation

source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1800/info A vulnerability exists in AIX 3. versions of bugfiler, a utility which automates the process of reporting an filing system bugs. Bugfiler, installed setuid root, creates files in a directory specified by the user invoking the program example:...