kernel: fix inotify watch removal/umount races

The inotify functionality in Linux kernel 2.6 before 2.6.28-rc5 might allow local users to gain privileges via unknown vectors related to race conditions in inotify watch removal and umount...

kernel: fix inotify watch removal/umount races

The inotify functionality in Linux kernel 2.6 before 2.6.28-rc5 might allow local users to gain privileges via unknown vectors related to race conditions in inotify watch removal and umount...

FreeBSD Security Advisory (FreeBSD-SA-07:01.jail.asc)

The remote host is missing an update to the system as announced in the referenced advisory FreeBSD-SA-07:01.jail.asc ADV FreeBSD-SA-07:01.jail.asc OpenVAS Vulnerability Test $ Description: Auto generated from vuxml or freebsd advisories Authors: Thomas Reinke Copyright: Copyright c 2008 E-Soft In...

SafeGuard PrivateDisk 2.02.3 - privatediskm.sys Multiple Local Security Bypass Vulnerabilities

SafeGuard PrivateDisk 2.02.3 - privatediskm.sys Multiple Local Security Bypass Vulnerabilities // source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45749/info SafeGuard PrivateDisk is prone to multiple local security-bypass vulnerabilities. Attackers with physical access to a computer with the affected...

SafeGuard PrivateDisk 2.0/2.3 - 'privatediskm.sys' Multiple Local Security Bypass Vulnerabilities

// source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45749/info SafeGuard PrivateDisk is prone to multiple local security-bypass vulnerabilities. Attackers with physical access to a computer with the affected application installed can exploit these issues to bypass certain security restrictions and perfo...

CVE-2007-0166

The jail rc.d script in FreeBSD 5.3 up to 6.2 does not verify pathnames when writing to /var/log/console.log during a jail start-up, or when file systems are mounted or unmounted, which allows local root users to overwrite arbitrary files, or mount/unmount files, outside of the jail via a symlink...

DMA[2007-0109a] - 'Apple Finder Disk Image Volume Label Overflow / DoS'

DMA2007-0109a - 'Apple Finder Disk Image Volume Label Overflow / DoS' Author: Kevin Finisterre Vendors: http://www.apple.com Product: '= OSX 10.4 ?' References: http://www.digitalmunition.com/DMA2007-0109a.txt http://www.apple.com/macosx/features/finder/...

CVE-2007-0166: Undefined Security Weakness

The jail rc.d script in FreeBSD 5.3 up to 6.2 does not verify pathnames when writing to /var/log/console.log during a jail start-up, or when file systems are mounted or unmounted, which allows local root users to overwrite arbitrary files, or mount/unmount files, outside of the jail via a symlink...

DEBIAN-CVE-2005-2876

umount in util-linux 2.8 to 2.12q, 2.13-pre1, and 2.13-pre2, and other packages such as loop-aes-utils, allows local users with unmount permissions to gain privileges via the -r remount option, which causes the file system to be remounted with just the read-only flag, which effectively clears the...

CVE-2001-0759: Undefined Security Weakness

Buffer overflow in bctool in Jetico BestCrypt 0.8.1 and earlier allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a file or directory with a long pathname, which is processed during an unmount...