CVE-2008-5110

syslog-ng does not call chdir when it calls chroot, which might allow attackers to escape the intended jail. NOTE: this is only a vulnerability when a separate vulnerability is present. This flaw affects syslog-ng versions prior to and including 2.0.9...

syslog-ng2 -- startup directory leakage in the chroot environment

Florian Grandel reports: I have not had the time to analyze all of syslog-ng code. But by reading the code section near the chroot call and looking at strace results I believe that syslog-ng does not chdir to the chroot jail's location before chrooting into it. This opens up ways to work around t...

ruby: multiple insufficient safe mode restrictions

Ruby 1.8.5 and earlier, 1.8.6 through 1.8.6-p286, 1.8.7 through 1.8.7-p71, and 1.9 through r18423 does not properly restrict access to critical variables and methods at various safe levels, which allows context-dependent attackers to bypass intended access restrictions via 1 untracevar, 2...

ruby: multiple insufficient safe mode restrictions

Ruby 1.8.5 and earlier, 1.8.6 through 1.8.6-p286, 1.8.7 through 1.8.7-p71, and 1.9 through r18423 does not properly restrict access to critical variables and methods at various safe levels, which allows context-dependent attackers to bypass intended access restrictions via 1 untracevar, 2...

ruby: multiple insufficient safe mode restrictions

Ruby 1.8.5 and earlier, 1.8.6 through 1.8.6-p286, 1.8.7 through 1.8.7-p71, and 1.9 through r18423 does not properly restrict access to critical variables and methods at various safe levels, which allows context-dependent attackers to bypass intended access restrictions via 1 untracevar, 2...

Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200712-19 (syslog-ng)

The remote host is missing updates announced in advisory GLSA 200712-19. SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2008 E-Soft Inc. Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only ifdescription...

Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200712-19 (syslog-ng)

The remote host is missing updates announced in advisory GLSA 200712-19. OpenVAS Vulnerability Test $ Description: Auto generated from Gentoo's XML based advisory Authors: Thomas Reinke Copyright: Copyright c 2008 E-Soft Inc. http://www.securityspace.com Text descriptions are largely excerpted fr...

FreeBSD Ports: socat

The remote host is missing an update to the system as announced in the referenced advisory. VID f3017ce1-32a4-11d9-a9e7-0001020eed82 OpenVAS Vulnerability Test $ Description: Auto generated from vuxml or freebsd advisories Authors: Thomas Reinke Copyright: Copyright c 2008 E-Soft Inc...

FreeBSD Ports: sup

The remote host is missing an update to the system as announced in the referenced advisory. SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2008 E-Soft Inc. Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only...

Wireshark Multiple Vulnerabilities - July08 (Windows)

The host is running Wireshark/Ethereal, which is prone to multiple vulnerabilities. OpenVAS Vulnerability Test $Id: secpodwiresharkmultvulnjuly08win900010.nasl 7174 2017-09-18 11:48:08Z asteins $ Description: Wireshark Multiple Vulnerabilities - July08 Windows Authors: Chandan S Copyright:...

Wireshark Multiple Vulnerabilities - July08 (Linux)

The host is running Wireshark/Ethereal, which is prone to multiple vulnerabilities. OpenVAS Vulnerability Test $Id: secpodwiresharkmultvulnjuly08lin900011.nasl 7823 2017-11-20 08:54:04Z cfischer $ Description: Wireshark Multiple Vulnerabilities - July08 Linux Authors: Chandan S Copyright: Copyrig...

Wireshark Multiple Vulnerabilities (Jul 2008) - Linux

Wireshark is prone to multiple vulnerabilities. SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2008 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only CPE = "cpe:/a:wireshark:wireshark"; ifdescripti...

Wireshark Multiple Vulnerabilities (Jul 2008) - Windows

Wireshark/Ethereal is prone to multiple vulnerabilities. SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2008 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only ifdescription...

Ruby 1.9 - Safe Level Multiple Function Restriction Bypass

Ruby 1.9 - Safe Level Multiple Function Restriction Bypass source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30644/info Ruby is prone to multiple vulnerabilities that can be leveraged to bypass security restrictions or cause a denial of service: - Multiple security-bypass vulnerabilities occur because of...

Ruby 1.9 - 'WEBrick::HTTP::DefaultFileHandler' Crafted HTTP Request Denial of Service

source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30644/info Ruby is prone to multiple vulnerabilities that can be leveraged to bypass security restrictions or cause a denial of service: - Multiple security-bypass vulnerabilities occur because of errors in the 'safe level' restriction implementation...

Ruby 1.9 - WEBrick::HTTP::DefaultFileHandler Crafted HTTP Request Denial of Service

Ruby 1.9 - WEBrick::HTTP::DefaultFileHandler Crafted HTTP Request Denial of Service source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30644/info Ruby is prone to multiple vulnerabilities that can be leveraged to bypass security restrictions or cause a denial of service: - Multiple security-bypass...

Ruby 1.9 - Safe Level Multiple Function Restriction Bypass

source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30644/info Ruby is prone to multiple vulnerabilities that can be leveraged to bypass security restrictions or cause a denial of service: - Multiple security-bypass vulnerabilities occur because of errors in the 'safe level' restriction implementation...

Ruby 1.9 dl - Module DL.dlopen Arbitrary Library Access

source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30644/info Ruby is prone to multiple vulnerabilities that can be leveraged to bypass security restrictions or cause a denial of service: - Multiple security-bypass vulnerabilities occur because of errors in the 'safe level' restriction implementation...

ruby -- multiple vulnerabilities in safe level

The official ruby site reports: Several vulnerabilities in safe level have been discovereds:. untracevar is permitted at safe level 4; $PROGRAMNAME may be modified at safe level 4; insecure methods may be called at safe level 1-3; syslog operations are permitted at safe level 4; dl doesn't check...

Ruby multiple insufficient safe mode restrictions

Ruby 1.8.5 and earlier, 1.8.6 through 1.8.6-p286, 1.8.7 through 1.8.7-p71, and 1.9 through r18423 does not properly restrict access to critical variables and methods at various safe levels, which allows context-dependent attackers to bypass intended access restrictions via 1 untracevar, 2...