Debian Security Vulnerabilities

CVE-1999-0368

Buffer overflows in wuarchive ftpd (wu-ftpd) and ProFTPD lead to remote root access, a.k.a. palmetto.

CVE-1999-0373

Buffer overflow in the "Super" utility in Debian GNU/Linux, and other operating systems, allows local users to execute commands as root.

CVE-1999-0374

Debian GNU/Linux cfengine package is susceptible to a symlink attack.

CVE-1999-0381

super 3.11.6 and other versions have a buffer overflow in the syslog utility which allows a local user to gain root access.

CVE-1999-0389

Buffer overflow in the bootp server in the Debian Linux netstd package.

CVE-1999-0405

A buffer overflow in lsof allows local users to obtain root privilege.

CVE-1999-0434

XFree86 xfs command is vulnerable to a symlink attack, allowing local users to create files in restricted directories, possibly allowing them to gain privileges or cause a denial of service.

CVE-1999-0457

Linux ftpwatch program allows local users to gain root privileges.

CVE-1999-0730

The zsoelim program in the Debian man-db package allows local users to overwrite files via a symlink attack.

CVE-1999-0732

The logging facility of the Debian smtp-refuser package allows local users to delete arbitrary files using symbolic links.

CVE-1999-0742

The Debian mailman package uses weak authentication, which allows attackers to gain privileges.

CVE-1999-0743

Trn allows local users to overwrite other users' files via symlinks.

CVE-1999-0769

Vixie Cron on Linux systems allows local users to set parameters of sendmail commands via the MAILTO environmental variable.

CVE-1999-0804

Denial of service in Linux 2.2.x kernels via malformed ICMP packets containing unusual types, codes, and IP header lengths.

CVE-1999-0831

Denial of service in Linux syslogd via a large number of connections.

CVE-1999-0832

Buffer overflow in NFS server on Linux allows attackers to execute commands via a long pathname.

CVE-1999-0872

Buffer overflow in Vixie cron allows local users to gain root access via a long MAILTO environment variable in a crontab file.

CVE-1999-0914

Buffer overflow in the FTP client in the Debian GNU/Linux netstd package.

CVE-1999-0939

Denial of service in Debian IRC Epic/epic4 client via a long string.

CVE-1999-0978

htdig allows remote attackers to execute commands via filenames with shell metacharacters.

CVE-1999-0986

The ping command in Linux 2.0.3x allows local users to cause a denial of service by sending large packets with the -R (record route) option.

CVE-1999-1330

The snprintf function in the db library 1.85.4 ignores the size parameter, which could allow attackers to exploit buffer overflows that would be prevented by a properly implemented snprintf.

CVE-1999-1496

Sudo 1.5 in Debian Linux 2.1 and Red Hat 6.0 allows local users to determine the existence of arbitrary files by attempting to execute the target filename as a program, which generates a different error message when the file does not exist.

CVE-1999-1565

Man2html 2.1 and earlier allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a temporary file.

CVE-2000-0076

nviboot boot script in the Debian nvi package allows local users to delete files via malformed entries in vi.recover.

CVE-2000-0107

Linux apcd program allows local attackers to modify arbitrary files via a symlink attack.

CVE-2000-0112

The default installation of Debian GNU/Linux uses an insecure Master Boot Record (MBR) which allows a local user to boot from a floppy disk during the installation.

CVE-2000-0145

The libguile.so library file used by gnucash in Debian GNU/Linux is installed with world-writable permissions.

CVE-2000-0229

gpm-root in the gpm package does not properly drop privileges, which allows local users to gain privileges by starting a utility from gpm-root.

CVE-2000-0289

IP masquerading in Linux 2.2.x allows remote attackers to route UDP packets through the internal interface by modifying the external source IP address and port number to match those of an established connection.

CVE-2000-0314

traceroute in NetBSD 1.3.3 and Linux systems allows local users to flood other systems by providing traceroute with a large waittime (-w) option, which is not parsed properly and sets the time delay for sending packets to zero.

CVE-2000-0315

traceroute in NetBSD 1.3.3 and Linux systems allows local unprivileged users to modify the source address of the packets, which could be used in spoofing attacks.

CVE-2000-0366

dump in Debian GNU/Linux 2.1 does not properly restore symlinks, which allows a local user to modify the ownership of arbitrary files.

CVE-2000-0510

CUPS (Common Unix Printing System) 1.04 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a malformed IPP request.

CVE-2000-0511

CUPS (Common Unix Printing System) 1.04 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a CGI POST request.

CVE-2000-0512

CUPS (Common Unix Printing System) 1.04 and earlier does not properly delete request files, which allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service.

CVE-2000-0513

CUPS (Common Unix Printing System) 1.04 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service by authenticating with a user name that does not exist or does not have a shadow password.

CVE-2000-0584

Buffer overflow in Canna input system allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via an SR_INIT command with a long user name or group name.

CVE-2000-0606

Buffer overflow in kon program in Kanji on Console (KON) package on Linux may allow local users to gain root privileges via a long -StartupMessage parameter.

CVE-2000-0607

Buffer overflow in fld program in Kanji on Console (KON) package on Linux may allow local users to gain root privileges via an input file containing long CHARSET_REGISTRY or CHARSET_ENCODING settings.

CVE-2000-0666

rpc.statd in the nfs-utils package in various Linux distributions does not properly cleanse untrusted format strings, which allows remote attackers to gain root privileges.

CVE-2000-0844

Some functions that implement the locale subsystem on Unix do not properly cleanse user-injected format strings, which allows local attackers to execute arbitrary commands via functions such as gettext and catopen.

CVE-2000-0867

Kernel logging daemon (klogd) in Linux does not properly cleanse user-injected format strings, which allows local users to gain root privileges by triggering malformed kernel messages.

CVE-2000-0888

named in BIND 8.2 through 8.2.2-P6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service by sending an SRV record to the server, aka the "srv bug."

CVE-2000-1135

fshd (fsh daemon) in Debian GNU/Linux allows local users to overwrite files of other users via a symlink attack.

CVE-2000-1136

elvis-tiny before 1.4-10 in Debian GNU/Linux, and possibly other Linux operating systems, allows local users to overwrite files of other users via a symlink attack.

CVE-2000-1221

The line printer daemon (lpd) in the lpr package in multiple Linux operating systems authenticates by comparing the reverse-resolved hostname of the local machine to the hostname of the print server as returned by gethostname, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended access controls by modi...

CVE-2001-0069

dialog before 0.9a-20000118-3bis in Debian GNU/Linux allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack.

CVE-2001-0111

Format string vulnerability in splitvt before 1.6.5 allows local users to execute arbitrary commands via the -rcfile command line argument.

CVE-2001-0112

Multiple buffer overflows in splitvt before 1.6.5 allow local users to execute arbitrary commands.