CVE-2011-4578

event.c in acpid aka acpid2 before 2.0.11 does not have an appropriate umask setting during execution of event-handler scripts, which might allow local users to 1 perform write operations within directories created by a script, or 2 read files created by a script, via standard filesystem system...

Debian DSA-063-1 : xinetd - change default umask

zen-parse reported on bugtraq that there is a possible buffer overflow in the logging code from xinetd. This could be triggered by using a fake identd that returns special replies when xinetd does an ident request. Another problem is that xinetd sets it umask to 0. As a result any programs that...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : xinetd (MDKSA-2001:055-1)

A bug exists in xinetd as shipped with Mandrake Linux 8.0 dealing with TCP connections with the WAIT state that prevents linuxconf-web from working properly. As well, xinetd contains a security flaw in which it defaults to a umask of 0. This means that applications using the xinetd umask that do...

CVE-2001-1322

xinetd 2.1.8 and earlier runs with a default umask of 0, which could allow local users to read or modify files that are created by an application that runs under xinetd but does not set its own safe umask...

vixie-cron.sh

Attached shell-script exploits fopen + preserved umask vulnerability in Paul Vixie's cron code. It will work on systems where /var/spool/cron is user-readable eg. 0755 - AFAIR Debian does so. RedHat at least 6.1 and previous have mode 0700 on /var/spool/cron, and thus it isn't exploitable in its...

Veritas Volume Manager 3.0.x hole

Veritas Volume Manager 3.0.x for Solaris contains a security hole which can, under specific circumstances, allow local users to gain root access. Details ------- When a system with Veritas Volume Manger 3.0.x installed boots, the initialization script for the Storage Administrator Server...