Slackware 9.0 : quotacheck security fix in rc.M (SSA:2003-141-06)

An upgraded sysvinit package is available which fixes a problem with the use of quotacheck in /etc/rc.d/rc.M. The original version of rc.M calls quotacheck like this: echo 'Checking filesystem quotas: /sbin/quotacheck -avugM' /sbin/quotacheck -avugM The 'M' option is wrong. This causes the...

SSA-2003-141-06a REVISED quotacheck security fix in rc.M

NOTE: The original advisory quotes a section of the Slackware ChangeLog which had inadvertently reversed the options to quotacheck. The correct option to use is 'm'. A corrected advisory follows: An upgraded sysvinit package is available which fixes a problem with the use of quotacheck in...

REVISED quotacheck security fix in rc.M

NOTE: The original advisory quotes a section of the Slackware ChangeLog which had inadvertently reversed the options to quotacheck. The correct option to use is 'm'. A corrected advisory follows: An upgraded sysvinit package is available which fixes a problem with the use of quotacheck in...

quotacheck security fix in rc.M

An upgraded sysvinit package is available which fixes a problem with the use of quotacheck in /etc/rc.d/rc.M. The original version of rc.M calls quotacheck like this: echo "Checking filesystem quotas: /sbin/quotacheck -avugM" /sbin/quotacheck -avugM The 'M' option is wrong. This causes the...

CVE-1999-1329

The CVE describes a local privilege escalation caused by a buffer overflow in SysVInit on Red Hat Linux 5.1 and earlier. Affected component: SysVInit; vulnerable action: buffer overflow leading to privilege gain. Root cause: overflow in SysVInit that permits local users to escalate privileges to ...

CVE-1999-1329

Buffer overflow in SysVInit in Red Hat Linux 5.1 and earlier allows local users to gain privileges...

CVE-1999-1329

Buffer overflow in SysVInit in Red Hat Linux 5.1 and earlier allows local users to gain privileges...