Slackware Linux 3.1 - Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

No description provided by source. source: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/364/info superprobe is an program supplied with XFree86 that helps determine video hardware. It is shipped with Slackware Linux 3.1 and is installed setuid root. There is an exploitable strcpy buffer overflow in the...

CVE-1999-1489

Vulnerability summary: CVE-1999-1489 describes a buffer overflow in the TestChip function of XFree86 SuperProbe used on Slackware Linux 3.1 . The overflow enables local users to obtain root privileges by supplying a long -nopr argument. Nature and impact (as documented): Local privilege escalatio...