EUVD-2004-1767

Malware in sbrugna...

Updated sharutils packages fix security vulnerability

It was discovered that unshar from sharutils contained a heap buffer overflow flaw that could result in a Denial of Service attack when processing a shar archive if the archive contains overlong lines...

The vulnerability of the Red Hat Linux operating system allows attackers to compromise the confidentiality, integrity, and accessibility of protected information.

The vulnerability of the sharutils-4.2.1 package of the Red Hat Linux operating system can lead to violations of confidentiality, integrity, and accessibility of protected information. This vulnerability can be exploited locally...

GNU Sharutils 4.2.1 - Local Format String

GNU Sharutils 4.2.1 - Local Format String / GNU sharutils include include include include include include include include include define GNUSOURCE define DEFAULTDTORS...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : sharutils (MDKSA-2002:052)

The uudecode utility creates output files without checking to see if it is about to write to a symlink or pipe. This could be exploited by a local attacker to overwrite files or lead to privilege escalation if users decode data into share directories, such as /tmp. This update fixes this...