Solaris 2.6/7.0/8 - snmpXdmid Buffer Overflow

// source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2417/info Versions 2.6, 7, and 8 of Sun Microsystem's Solaris operating environment ship with service called 'snmpXdmid'. This daemon is used to map SNMP management requests to DMI requests and vice versa. SnmpXdmid contains a remotely exploitable buff...

Format string vulnerability in libutil pw_error(3) function

Overview There is an input validation vulnerability in the OpenBSD libutil system library that allows local users to gain superuser access via the chpass utility. Description On June 30, 2000, the OpenBSD development team repaired an input validation vulnerability in the pwerror function of the...

ISS Security Advisory: Insecure call of external programs in Red Hat Linux tmpwatch

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Internet Security Systems Security Advisory October 6, 2000 Insecure call of external programs in Red Hat Linux tmpwatch Synopsis: The tmpwatch utility is used in Red Hat Linux to remove temporary files. This utility has an option to call the "fuser" program,...

RedHat 6.2/7.0 Tmpwatch - Arbitrary Command Execution

// source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1785/info A vulnerability exists in tmpwatch, a utility which automates the removal of temporary files in unix-like systems. An optional component of tmpwatch, fuser, improperly handles arguments to system library calls. If an attacker creates a file...

ipop3d.4.xx.bof.txt

Date: Sun, 7 Mar 1999 01:41:25 +0100 From: Michal Zalewski Overflow in CAC.Washington.EDU ipop3d 4.xx CAC.Washington.EDU ipop3d 4.xx, at least on Linux platform, has serious security hole. When data is read from so-called mailbox lock created in /tmp directory this happens under certain condition...

Xi Graphics Maximum CDE 1.2.3TriTeal TED CDE 4.3Sun Solaris 2.5.1 - ToolTalk RPC Service Overflow (1)

Xi Graphics Maximum CDE 1.2.3TriTeal TED CDE 4.3Sun Solaris 2.5.1 - ToolTalk RPC Service Overflow 1 // source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/122/info An implementation fault in the ToolTalk object database server allows a remote attacker to run arbitrary code as the superuser on hosts...

Xi Graphics Maximum CDE 1.2.3/TriTeal TED CDE 4.3/Sun Solaris 2.5.1 - ToolTalk RPC Service Overflow (1)

// source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/122/info An implementation fault in the ToolTalk object database server allows a remote attacker to run arbitrary code as the superuser on hosts supporting the ToolTalk service. The affected program runs on many popular UNIX operating systems supportin...

RedHat Linux 5.0 - 'msgchk' Local Privilege Escalation

// source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/383/info // // Similar to the mh vulnerability, a buffer overflow exists in the version of msgchk shipped with RedHat Linux 5.0. The vulnerability allows a user to execute arbritrary commands as root to compromise superuser access. // include define...