Buffer Overflow still exists in Netscape <= 4.76

Hello. I have noticed that the buffer overflow discovered by Michal Zalewski and covered extensively by the different unix distributions is still present in netscape 4.76 even though they claim it is not. Refer to these links for background information:...

glibc 2.2 local vulnerability on setuid binaries

glibc-2.2 contains a local vulnerability that affects all setuid root binaries. Any user on affected systems will be able to read any file on the system through a simple process: The user sets the RESOLVHOSTCONF environment variable to the name of the file that they wish to read, then runs any...

hhp-expect_adv0017.txt

------------------------------------------------------------------------------- hhp adv-17 Sec-Advisory/Exploit/Patch www.hhp-programming.net ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Topic: Expect. Versions: 5.31.8 and 5.28.1, maybe others. Date: 12/12/2000...

expect (/usr/bin/expect) buffer overflow

Exploit for linux platform in category local exploits ======================================== expect /usr/bin/expect buffer overflow ======================================== / hhp-expectsmash.c 12/11/00 expect /usr/bin/expect buffer overflow. Tested 5.31.8 and 5.28.1, slackware 7.x Maybe others...

expect (usrbinexpect) - Local Buffer Overflow

expect usrbinexpect - Local Buffer Overflow / hhp-expectsmash.c 12/11/00 expect /usr/bin/expect buffer overflow. Tested 5.31.8 and 5.28.1, slackware 7.x Maybe others. By: isox Site: www.hhp-programming.net Advisory: www.hhp-programming.net/ouradvisories/hhp-expectadv%2317.txt / include include...

expect (/usr/bin/expect) - Local Buffer Overflow

/ hhp-expectsmash.c 12/11/00 expect /usr/bin/expect buffer overflow. Tested 5.31.8 and 5.28.1, slackware 7.x Maybe others. By: isox Site: www.hhp-programming.net Advisory: www.hhp-programming.net/ouradvisories/hhp-expectadv%2317.txt / include include define NOP 0x90 define OFFSET 0 define BUFLEN...

GLIBC locale - bug mount

GLIBC locale - bug mount / mount exploit for glibc locale bug tested on redhat 6.2 and slackware 7.0 and debian 2.2 Debian 2.2 mount-2.10f : ./mnt -n 136 -a 0x080589a0 -i 192 Redhat 6.2 mount-2.10f : ./mnt -n 114 -a 0x080565dc -i 112 compiled on rh 6.2 mount-2.10m: ./mnt -n 114 -a 0x08059218 -i 1...

mount exploit for glibc locale bug

Exploit for linux platform in category local exploits ================================== mount exploit for glibc locale bug ================================== / mount exploit for glibc locale bug tested on redhat 6.2 and slackware 7.0 and debian 2.2 Debian 2.2 mount-2.10f : ./mnt -n 136 -a...

GLIBC locale - bug mount

/ mount exploit for glibc locale bug tested on redhat 6.2 and slackware 7.0 and debian 2.2 Debian 2.2 mount-2.10f : ./mnt -n 136 -a 0x080589a0 -i 192 Redhat 6.2 mount-2.10f : ./mnt -n 114 -a 0x080565dc -i 112 compiled on rh 6.2 mount-2.10m: ./mnt -n 114 -a 0x08059218 -i 112 "objdump /bin/mount |...

Slackware Linux - usrbinppp-off Insecure tmp Call

Slackware Linux - usrbinppp-off Insecure tmp Call !/bin/sh In SlackWare Linux the script /usr/bin/ppp-off writes the output of 'ps x' to /tmp/grep.tmp. Since root is the user that runs ppp-off, a non-privileged user could create a link from /tmp/grep.tmp to any fileie: /etc/issue, thus when root...

Slackware Linux /usr/bin/ppp-off Insecure /tmp Call Exploit

Exploit for linux platform in category dos / poc =========================================================== Slackware Linux /usr/bin/ppp-off Insecure /tmp Call Exploit =========================================================== !/bin/sh In SlackWare Linux the script /usr/bin/ppp-off writes the...

Slackware Linux - '/usr/bin/ppp-off' Insecure /tmp Call

!/bin/sh In SlackWare Linux the script /usr/bin/ppp-off writes the output of 'ps x' to /tmp/grep.tmp. Since root is the user that runs ppp-off, a non-privileged user could create a link from /tmp/grep.tmp to any fileie: /etc/issue, thus when root runs the ppp-off script, the output of 'ps x' woul...

buffer overflow vulnerability in Pine

Pine versions 4.21 and before contain a buffer overflow vulnerability which allows a remote user to execute arbitrary code on the local client by the sending of a special-crafted email message. The overflow occurs during the periodic "new mail" checking of an open folder. By upgrading to Pine 4.3...

Local /tmp vulnerability fixed in ppp-off

A local /tmp bug in the /usr/sbin/ppp-off program was found. This bug could allow a local user to corrupt system files. A fix has been made and an updated package is now available in the -current branch. The package described below will work for users of Slackware 7.0, 7.1, and -current...

root exploit with xlockmore fixed

A root exploit has been found in xlockmore packaged with Slackware. By providing a carefully crafted display variable to xlock, it is possible for a local attacker to gain root access. Anyone running xlock on a public machine should upgrade to this version of xlock or disable xlock altogether...

ppp-off.txt

Hi, In SlackWare Linux the script /usr/bin/ppp-off writes the output of 'ps x' to /tmp/grep.tmp Since root is the user that runs ppp-off, a non-privileged user could create a link from /tmp/grep.tmp to any file ie: /etc/issue, thus when root runs the ppp-off script, the output of 'ps x' would be...

Apache 1.3.14 available

Several security problems have been found in the Apache web server software. It is recommended that all users of Apache upgrade to the latest stable release to fix these problems. Apache is included in our N software series in the apache.tgz package. A new apache.tgz package including Apache 1.3....

wu-ftpd advisory update

UPDATE: This announcement was first mailed out on 28-Sep-2000. It was later determined that incorrect 16-bit sums and 128-bit MD5 message digests were included in the announcement. The announcement below is identical to the one from yesterday, but it includes the correct verification data. We...

wuftpd vulnerability - Slackware 4.0, 7.0, 7.1, -current

A vulnerability involving an input validation error in the "site exec" command has recently been identified in the wu-ftpd program CERT Advisory CA-2000-13. More information about this problem can be found at this site: http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2000-13.html The wu-ftpd daemon is part of...

klogd Kernel Logger vulnerability and fix

A string format / buffer overflow bug has been discovered in klogd, the kernel logging daemon. Please upgrade to the new sysklogd 1.4 package available on the Slackware FTP site. ========================================================================= sysklogd 1.4 AVAILABLE - a1/sysklogd.tgz...