Linux kernel RDS protocol vulnerability

Overview The RDS protocol implementation of Linux kernels 2.6.30 through 2.6.38-rc8 contain a local privilege escalation vulnerability. Description Kernel functions fail to properly check if a user supplied address exists in the user segment of memory. By providing a kernel address to a socket ca...

GNU C library dynamic linker expands $ORIGIN in setuid library search path

Overview Certain versions of glibc unsafely handle the $ORIGIN ELF substitution sequence which can be exploited to gain local privilege escalation. Description Tavis Ormandy's advisory states:"$ORIGIN is an ELF substitution sequence representing the location of the executable being loaded in the...