DEBIAN-CVE-2014-6407

Docker before 1.3.2 allows remote attackers to write to arbitrary files and execute arbitrary code via a 1 symlink or 2 hard link attack in an image archive in a a pull or b load operation...

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS : linux vulnerabilities (USN-2417-1)

Nadav Amit reported that the KVM Kernel Virtual Machine mishandles noncanonical addresses when emulating instructions that change the rip Instruction Pointer. A guest user with access to I/O or the MMIO can use this flaw to cause a denial of service system crash of the guest. CVE-2014-3647 A flaw...

libXfont: unvalidated length fields when parsing xfs protocol replies

Multiple out-of-bounds write flaws were found in the way libXfont parsed replies received from an X.org font server. A malicious X.org server could cause an X client to crash or, possibly, execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the X.Org server...

Vulnerability in JP1/NETM/DM and Job Management Partner 1/Software Distribution data reproduction functionality

Overview JP1/NETM/DM and Job Management Partner 1/Software Distribution contain a vulnerability that prevents them from disabling writing to built-in USB storage devices. Impact An attacker can exploit this vulnerability to prevent the affected products from disabling writing to built-in type USB...

DEBIAN-CVE-2012-1111

lightdm before 1.0.9 does not properly close file descriptors before opening a child process, which allows local users to write to the lightdm log or have other unspecified impact...

GNU Wget FTP Symlink Arbitrary Filesystem Access

This module exploits a vulnerability in Wget when used in recursive -r mode with a FTP server as a destination. A symlink is used to allow arbitrary writes to the target's filesystem. To specify content for the file, use the "file:/path" syntax for the TARGETDATA option. Tested successfully with...

CVE-2014-3074 - Runtime Linker Allows Privilege Escalation Via Arbitrary File Writes in IBM AIX

Vulnerability title: Runtime Linker Allows Privilege Escalation Via Arbitrary File Writes in IBM AIX CVE: CVE-2014-3074 Vendor: IBM Product: AIX Affected version: AIX 6.1 and 7.1 and VIOS 2.2. Reported by: Tim Brown Details: It has been identified that the runtime linker allows privilege escalati...

AIX 7.1 TL 2 : malloc (IV62807)

It has been identified that the runtime linker allows privilege escalation via arbitrary file writes with elevated privileges programs. When MALLOCOPTIONS and MALLOCBUCKETS environment variables are set with bucket statistics options and by executing certain setuid programs, a non-privileged user...

AIX 7.1 TL 1 : malloc (IV61315)

It has been identified that the runtime linker allows privilege escalation via arbitrary file writes with elevated privileges programs. When MALLOCOPTIONS and MALLOCBUCKETS environment variables are set with bucket statistics options and by executing certain setuid programs, a non-privileged user...

AIX 6.1 TL 9 : malloc (IV60935)

It has been identified that the runtime linker allows privilege escalation via arbitrary file writes with elevated privileges programs. When MALLOCOPTIONS and MALLOCBUCKETS environment variables are set with bucket statistics options and by executing certain setuid programs, a non-privileged user...

SCO Unixware 7.0/7.0.1/7.1/7.1.1 'uidadmin' Vulnerability

No description provided by source. source: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/842/info Certain versions of SCO Unixware ship with an exploitable version of the /usr/bin/uidadmin program. The problem lies in that 'uidadmin' runs with root privileges and performs insecure writes to a scratch director...

AIX 6.1 TL 8 : malloc (IV61311)

It has been identified that the runtime linker allows privilege escalation via arbitrary file writes with elevated privileges programs. When MALLOCOPTIONS and MALLOCBUCKETS environment variables are set with bucket statistics options and by executing certain setuid programs, a non-privileged user...

AIX 7.1 TL 2 : malloc (IV61314)

It has been identified that the runtime linker allows privilege escalation via arbitrary file writes with elevated privileges programs. When MALLOCOPTIONS and MALLOCBUCKETS environment variables are set with bucket statistics options and by executing certain setuid programs, a non-privileged user...

AIX 6.1 TL 7 : malloc (IV61313)

It has been identified that the runtime linker allows privilege escalation via arbitrary file writes with elevated privileges programs. When MALLOCOPTIONS and MALLOCBUCKETS environment variables are set with bucket statistics options and by executing certain setuid programs, a non-privileged user...

DEBIAN-CVE-2014-0471

Directory traversal vulnerability in the unpacking functionality in dpkg before 1.15.9, 1.16.x before 1.16.13, and 1.17.x before 1.17.8 allows remote attackers to write arbitrary files via a crafted source package, related to "C-style filename quoting."...

kernel: cifs: incorrect handling of bogus user pointers during uncached writes

The cifsiovecwrite function in fs/cifs/file.c in the Linux kernel through 3.13.5 does not properly handle uncached write operations that copy fewer than the requested number of bytes, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory, cause a denial of service memory...

Oracle Linux 6 : unbreakable enterprise kernel (ELSA-2014-3014)

The remote Oracle Linux 6 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2014-3014 advisory. - netfilter: nfconntrackdccp: fix skbheaderpointer API usages Daniel Borkmann Orabug: 18421673 CVE-2014-2523 - cifs: ensure that uncached writes handle...

kernel: nfs: data leak during extended writes

The nfscanextendwrite function in fs/nfs/write.c in the Linux kernel before 3.13.3 relies on a write delegation to extend a write operation without a certain up-to-date verification, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory in opportunistic circumstances by...

kernel: cifs: incorrect handling of bogus user pointers during uncached writes

The cifsiovecwrite function in fs/cifs/file.c in the Linux kernel through 3.13.5 does not properly handle uncached write operations that copy fewer than the requested number of bytes, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory, cause a denial of service memory...

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS / 12.10 / 13.10 : thunderbird vulnerabilities (USN-2151-1)

Benoit Jacob, Olli Pettay, Jan Varga, Jan de Mooij, Jesse Ruderman, Dan Gohman and Christoph Diehl discovered multiple memory safety issues in Thunderbird. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted message with scripting enabled, an attacker could potentially exploit these to cause...