CVE Database

The printers program in IRIX has a buffer overflow that gives root access to local users.

Buffer overflow in kppp in KDE allows local users to gain root access via a long -c (account_name) command line argument.

Solaris rpc.mountd generates error messages that allow a remote attacker to determine what files are on the server.

Solaris ufsrestore buffer overflow.

suidexec in suidmanager 0.18 on Debian 2.0 allows local users to gain root privileges by specifying a malicious program on the command line.

Buffer overflow in Eudora Internet Mail Server (EIMS) 2.01 and earlier on MacOS systems allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a long USER command to port 106.

named in ISC BIND 4.9 and 8.1 allows local users to destroy files via a symlink attack on (1) named_dump.db when root kills the process with a SIGINT, or (2) named.stats when SIGIOT is used.

Stalker Internet Mail Server 1.6 allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service (crash) via a long HELO command.

Network Flight Recorder (NFR) 1.5 and 1.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service in nfrd (crash) via a TCP packet with a null header and data field.

Buffer overflows in Quake 1.9 client allows remote malicious servers to execute arbitrary commands via long (1) precache paths, (2) server name, (3) server address, or (4) argument to the map console command.

(1) ipxchk and (2) ipxlink in SGI OS2 IRIX 6.3 does not properly clear the IFS environmental variable before executing system calls, which allows local users to execute arbitrary commands.

Buffer overflow in Korn Shell (ksh) suid_exec program on IRIX 6.x and earlier, and possibly other operating systems, allows local users to gain root privileges.

Vulnerabilities in (1) ipxchk and (2) ipxlink in NetWare Client 1.0 on IRIX 6.3 and 6.4 allows local users to gain root access via a modified IFS environmental variable.

Buffer overflow in Apple AppleShare Mail Server 5.0.3 on MacOS 8.1 and earlier allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service (crash) via a long HELO command.

Solaris rpcbind can be exploited to overwrite arbitrary files and gain root access.

Denial of Service vulnerabilities in BIND 4.9 and BIND 8 Releases via CNAME record and zone transfer.

Denial of Service vulnerability in BIND 8 Releases via maliciously formatted DNS messages.

Inverse query buffer overflow in BIND 4.9 and BIND 8 Releases.

Buffer overflow in QuakeWorld 2.10 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary commands via a long initial connect packet.

Slackware Linux 3.4 pkgtool allows local attacker to read and write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the reply file.

Directory traversal vulnerability in pfdispaly.cgi program (sometimes referred to as "pfdisplay") for SGI's Performer API Search Tool (performer_tools) allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files.

System Manager sysmgr GUI in SGI IRIX 6.4 and 6.3 allows remote attackers to execute commands by providing a trojan horse (1) runtask or (2) runexec descriptor file, which is used to execute a System Manager Task when the user's Mailcap entry supports the x-sgi-task or x-sgi-exec type.

HP OpenMail can be misconfigured to allow users to run arbitrary commands using malicious print requests.

A configuration in a web browser such as Internet Explorer or Netscape Navigator allows execution of active content such as ActiveX, Java, Javascript, etc.

An account on a router, firewall, or other network device has a guessable password.

Nestea variation of teardrop IP fragmentation denial of service.

Buffer overflow in SMTP HELO command in Sendmail allows a remote attacker to hide activities.

Execute commands as root via buffer overflow in Tooltalk database server (rpc.ttdbserverd).

IRIX cdplayer allows local users to create directories in arbitrary locations via a command line option.

inetd in AIX 4.1.5 dynamically assigns a port N when starting ttdbserver (ToolTalk server), but also inadvertently listens on port N-1 without passing control to ttdbserver, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a large number of connections to port N-1, which are not properly closed by inetd.

Attackers can cause a denial of service in Ascend MAX and Pipeline routers with a malformed packet to the discard port, which is used by the Java Configurator tool.

ndd in Solaris 2.6 allows local users to cause a denial of service by modifying certain TCP/IP parameters.

ifdhcpc-done script for configuring DHCP on Red Hat Linux 5 allows local users to append text to arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the dhcplog file.

Buffer overflows in CDROM Confidence Test program (cdrom) allow local users to gain root privileges.

The NIS+ rpc.nisd server allows remote attackers to execute certain RPC calls without authentication to obtain system information, disable logging, or modify caches.

UDP messages to broadcast addresses are allowed, allowing for a Fraggle attack that can cause a denial of service by flooding the target.

A Unix account has a default, null, blank, or missing password.

Linux bdash game has a buffer overflow that allows local users to gain root access.

SunOS rpc.cmsd allows attackers to obtain root access by overwriting arbitrary files.

The info2www CGI script allows remote file access or remote command execution.

sadc in IBM AIX 4.1 through 4.3, when called from programs such as timex that are setgid adm, allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack.

Quake 2 server 3.13 on Linux does not properly check file permissions for the config.cfg configuration file, which allows local users to read arbitrary files via a symlink from config.cfg to the target file.

The WinGate telnet proxy allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a large number of connections to localhost.

Squid Internet Object Cache 1.1.20 allows users to bypass access control lists (ACLs) by encoding the URL with hexadecimal escape sequences.

FreeBSD mmap function allows users to modify append-only or immutable files.

Buffer overflow in web-admin tool in NetXRay 2.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service, and possibly execute arbitrary commands, via a long HTTP request.

Windows NT 4.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a malformed SMB logon request in which the actual data size does not match the specified size.

Bonk variation of teardrop IP fragmentation denial of service.

Screen savers in KDE beta 3 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the .kss.pid file.

Some web servers under Microsoft Windows allow remote attackers to bypass access restrictions for files with long file names.