[SECURITY] [DSA 1086-1] New xmcd packages fix denial of service

-------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA 1086-1 [email protected] http://www.debian.org/security/ Martin Schulze June 2nd, 2006 http://www.debian.org/security/faq -...

DSA-1086-1 xmcd - design flaw

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[Full-disclosure] [SECURITY] [DSA 1086-1] New xmcd packages fix denial of service

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA 1086-1 [email protected] http://www.debian.org/security/ Martin Schulze June 2nd, 2006 http://www.debian.org/security/faq -...

TFTP Weak Directory Permissions (HP Ignite-UX) - Active Check

The remote host has a vulnerable version of the HP Ignite-UX application installed that exposes a world-writeable directory to anonymous TFTP access. SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2005 Corsaire Limited Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the...

FTP Writeable Directories

The remote FTP server contains world-writeable files. By crawling through the remote FTP server, several directories were marked as being world writeable. SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2006 TNS Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective...

Ubuntu 4.10 : cpio vulnerability (USN-75-1)

Recently it was discovered that cpio created world-writeable files when used in -o/--create mode with giving an output file with -O. This allowed any user to modify the created cpio archives. Now cpio respects the current umask setting of the user. Note: This vulnerability has already been fixed ...

SUSE-SA:2005:062: permissions

The remote host is missing the patch for the advisory SUSE-SA:2005:062 permissions. SUSE LINUX ships with three pre defined sets of permissions, 'easy', 'secure' and 'paranoid'. The chkstat program contained in the permissions package is used to set those permissions to the chosen level. Level...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : kdebase (MDKSA-2005:160)

Ilja van Sprundel from suresec.org notified the KDE security team about a serious lock file handling error in kcheckpass that can, in some configurations, be used to gain root access. In order for an exploit to succeed, the directory /var/lock has to be writeable for a user that is allowed to...

Corsaire Security Advisory: HP Ignite-UX filesystem permissions issue

-- Corsaire Security Advisory -- Title: HP Ignite-UX filesystem permissions issue Date: 23.11.04 Application: HP Ignite-UX prior to version C.6.2.241 Environment: HP-UX Author: Martin O'Neal [email protected] Audience: General distribution Reference: c041123-002 -- Scope -- The aim of thi...

CVE-2002-1715

SSH 1 through 3, and possibly other versions, allows local users to bypass restricted shells such as rbash or rksh by uploading a script to a world-writeable directory, then executing that script to gain normal shell access...

CVE-2002-1715

SSH 1 through 3, and possibly other versions, allows local users to bypass restricted shells such as rbash or rksh by uploading a script to a world-writeable directory, then executing that script to gain normal shell access...

qpopper -- multiple privilege escalation vulnerabilities

Jens Steube reports that qpopper is vulnerable to a privilege escalation vulnerability. qpopper does not properly drop root privileges so that user supplied configuration and trace files can be processed with root privileges. This could allow a local attacker to create or modify arbitrary files...

Qpopper: Multiple Vulnerabilities

Background Qpopper is a widely used server for the POP3 protocol. Description Jens Steube discovered that Qpopper doesn't drop privileges to process local files from normal users CAN-2005-1151. The upstream developers discovered that Qpopper can be forced to create group or world writeable files...

USN-75-1: cpio vulnerability

Recently it was discovered that cpio created world-writeable files when used in -o/--create mode with giving an output file with -O. This allowed any user to modify the created cpio archives. Now cpio respects the current umask setting of the user. Note: This vulnerability has already been fixed ...

GLSA-200410-10 : gettext: Insecure temporary file handling

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200410-10 gettext: Insecure temporary file handling gettext insecurely creates temporary files in world-writeable directories with predictable names. Impact : A local attacker could create symbolic links in the temporary files...

php -- vulnerability in RFC 1867 file upload processing

Stefano Di Paola discovered an issue with PHP that could allow someone to upload a file to any directory writeable by the httpd process. Any sanitizing performed on the prepended directory path is ignored. This bug can only be triggered if the $FILES element name contains an underscore...

CVE-2003-0150

MySQL 3.23.55 and earlier creates world-writeable files and allows mysql users to gain root privileges by using the "SELECT INFO OUTFILE" operator to overwrite a configuration file and cause mysql to run as root upon restart, as demonstrated by modifying my.cnf...

CVE-2003-0150

MySQL 3.23.55 and earlier creates world-writeable files and allows mysql users to gain root privileges by using the "SELECT INFO OUTFILE" operator to overwrite a configuration file and cause mysql to run as root upon restart, as demonstrated by modifying my.cnf...

MySQL allows default user to be changed to root via custom "my.cnf" file

Overview MySQL reads configuration options from world-writeable files. This can lead to a remote user gaining elevated privileges. Description A message posted to the bugtraq mailing list details a vulnerability affecting versions of MySQL prior to 3.23.56. MySQL would permit users with 'FILE'...

Sun Cobalt RaQ 4.0 - Predictable Temporary Filename Symbolic Link Attack

Sun Cobalt RaQ 4.0 - Predictable Temporary Filename Symbolic Link Attack source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5529/info A vulnerability has been reported in Cobalt RaQ that may allow attackers to obtain elevated privileges. The vulnerability exists in the /usr/lib/authenticate utility which ...