Advisory: popauth

Hi, there is a symlink problem in the popauth utility, which is part of the qpoper package. The binary is often istalled suid pop and follows symlinks in the -trace file option. This problem has been reported to vendors in June 2001. Impact: in case of suid popauth and valid shell for user pop, t...

Lotus Domino R5 Server vulnerable to DoS via nmap RPC scan on port 443/tcp

Overview Versions earlier than 5.0.9 of Lotus Domino R5 Servers with Secure Socket Layer SSL enabled are vulnerable to a denial of sevice. Description A remote user is able to crash the HTTP serving process on any Lotus Domino R5 Server using the nmap utility. Sending a request to port 443, the...

Sudo 1.6.x - Password Prompt Heap Overflow

// source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4593/info Sudo is a widely used Linux/Unix utility allow users to securely run commands as other users. Sudo is vulnerable to a heap overflow condition related to it's customizable password prompt feature. The nature of the sudo utility requires that i...

Buffer overflow vulnerability in action argument of dtaction

r0ar Security Advisory October 5, 2001 Buffer overflow vulnerability in action argument of dtaction Desription The dtaction utility allows applications or shell scripts, which are otherwise not connected into the CDE development environment, to invoke action requests. The action called actionname...

CVE-1999-1101

CVE-1999-1101 concerns the Kabsoftware Lydia utility, which stores user passwords in the lydia.ini file using weak encryption. This storage method allows local users to decrypt the passwords and potentially gain privileges. The root cause, as described, is the weak encryption used for password st...

CVE-1999-1395

Vulnerability in Monitor utility SYS$SHARE:SPISHR.EXE in VMS 5.0 through 5.4-2 allows local users to gain privileges...

CVE-1999-1395

CVE-1999-1395 describes a local privilege escalation in the Monitor utility (SYS$SHARE:SPISHR.EXE) affecting VMS 5.0 through 5.4-2. The vulnerability allows local users to gain privileges. The connected documents confirm the affected product and code component but do not provide specific technica...

CVE-1999-1444

genkey utility in Alibaba 2.0 generates RSA key pairs with an exponent of 1, which results in transactions that are sent in cleartext...

Digital Unix 4.0 - MSGCHK MH_PROFILE Symbolic Link

source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3320/info The msgchk utility under certain versions of Digital Unix contains an information disclosure vulnerability which could yield root privilege. Because msgchk fails to check file permissions before opening user configuration files in the user's hom...

Digital Unix 4.0 - MSGCHK MH_PROFILE Symbolic Link

Digital Unix 4.0 - MSGCHK MHPROFILE Symbolic Link source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3320/info The msgchk utility under certain versions of Digital Unix contains an information disclosure vulnerability which could yield root privilege. Because msgchk fails to check file permissions before...

rlmadmin v3.8M view file symlink vulnerability

-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Ministry-Of-Peace - Security Advisory 01 - 07th Sept 2001 rlmadmin v3.8M view file symlink vulnerability -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Overview: --------- rlmadmin is a user management...

CVE-2001-1000

rlmadmin RADIUS management utility in Merit AAA Server 3.8M, 5.01, and possibly other versions, allows local users to read arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the rlmadmin.help file...

Merit AAA RADIUS Server 3.8 - rlmadmin Symbolic Link

Merit AAA RADIUS Server 3.8 - rlmadmin Symbolic Link source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3302/info The 'rlmadmin' user management utility included with the Merit AAA RADIUS Server package is susceptible to a trivial symbolic link attack. The program allows users to specify a directory from...

Digital Unix 4.0 - MSGCHK Buffer Overflow

Digital Unix 4.0 - MSGCHK Buffer Overflow // source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3311/info The msgchk utility under certain versions of Digital Unix contains a buffer overflow vulnerability which could yield root privilege. If a local user invokes the msgchk utility at the command line,...

IBM AIX lsfs utility invokes grep and lslv with relative pathnames

Overview The IBM AIX operating system contains a vulnerability in the lsfs utility that allows a local user to execute arbitrary code as root. Description The IBM AIX lsfs utility displays filesystem information such as mount points, permissions and volume sizes. To list this information, it...

Digital Unix 4.0 - MSGCHK Buffer Overflow

// source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3311/info The msgchk utility under certain versions of Digital Unix contains a buffer overflow vulnerability which could yield root privilege. If a local user invokes the msgchk utility at the command line, argumented with a sufficiently long string of...

CBOS Web-based Configuration Utility Vulnerability

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Intego FileGuard 2.0/4.0 - Weak Password Encryption

source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3213/info Intego FileGuard is a commercial access control utility for Mac OS versions 7-9.1. It's functionality includes the ability to enforce privileges, log activities, manage user accounts, restrict access by time, etc. Intego FileGuard provides syste...

sort creates temporary files insecurely

Overview The sort utility creates temporary files insecurely, making sort subject to a denial-of-service attack. Description The UNIX sort utility creates temporary files with predictable names. The creation is done in a manner to prevent information loss via a symlink attack, but existence of th...

Solaris 2.6/7/8 (SPARC) - xlock Heap Overflow

// source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3160/info Xlock is a utility for locking X-windows displays. It is installed setuid root because it uses the user's password to authorize access to the display when it is locked. The version of xlock that ships with Solaris as part of OpenWindows...