CVE Database

Vulnerability in imapd and ipop3d in Slackware 3.4 and 3.3 with shadowing enabled, and possibly other operating systems, allows remote attackers to cause a core dump via a short sequence of USER and PASS commands that do not provide valid usernames or passwords.

Denial of service in AOL Instant Messenger when a remote attacker sends a malicious hyperlink to the receiving client, potentially causing a system crash.

The system configuration control (sysctl) facility in BSD based operating systems OpenBSD 2.2 and earlier, and FreeBSD 2.2.5 and earlier, does not properly restrict source routed packets even when the (1) dosourceroute or (2) forwarding variables are set, which allows remote attackers to spoof TCP connections.

mmap function in BSD allows local attackers in the kmem group to modify memory through devices.

Solaris volrmmount program allows attackers to read any file.

Buffer overflow in War FTP allows remote execution of commands.

Denial of service in AIX telnet can freeze a system and prevent users from accessing the server.

htmlscript CGI program allows remote read access to files.

Buffer overflow in SGI IRIX mailx program.

Stolen credentials from SSH clients via ssh-agent program, allowing other local users to access remote accounts belonging to the ssh-agent user.

Vulnerability in digest in AIX 4.3 allows printq users to gain root privileges by creating and/or modifing any file on the system.

Unauthorized privileged access or denial of service via dtappgather program in CDE.

pnserver in RealServer 5.0 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service by sending a short, malformed request.

Progressive Networks Real Video server (pnserver) can be crashed remotely.

sudo 1.5.x allows local users to execute arbitrary commands via a .. (dot dot) attack.

Buffer overflow in cidentd ident daemon allows local users to gain root privileges via a long line in the .authlie script.

AIX routed allows remote users to modify sensitive files.

DIT TransferPro installs devices with world-readable and world-writable permissions, which could allow local users to damage disks through the ff device driver.

ICMP messages to broadcast addresses are allowed, allowing for a Smurf attack that can cause a denial of service.

gcc 2.7.2 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary .i, .s, or .o files.

Buffer overflow in the Linux mail program "deliver" allows local users to gain root access.

Buffer overflow in Internet Explorer 4.0(1).

AAA authentication on Cisco systems allows attackers to execute commands without authorization.

Denial of service to NT mail servers including Ipswitch, Mdaemon, and Exchange through a buffer overflow in the SMTP HELO command.

Excite for Web Servers (EWS) allows remote command execution via shell metacharacters.

Denial of service through Solaris 2.5.1 telnet by sending ^D characters.

Netscape FastTrack Web server lists files when a lowercase "get" command is used instead of an uppercase GET.

Local users can execute commands as other users, and read other users' files, through the filter command in the Elm elm-2.4 mail package using a symlink attack.

Buffer overflow in Apache 1.2.5 and earlier allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service with a large number of GET requests containing a large number of / characters.

iPass RoamServer 3.1 creates temporary files with world-writable permissions.

Quake 2 server allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a spoofed UDP packet with a source address of 127.0.0.1, which causes the server to attempt to connect to itself.

Memory leak in Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) agent (snmp.exe) for Windows NT 4.0 before Service Pack 4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a large number of SNMP packets with Object Identifiers (OIDs) that cannot be decoded.

A later variation on the Teardrop IP denial of service attack, a.k.a. Teardrop-2.

Teardrop IP denial of service.

MIME buffer overflow in email clients, e.g. Solaris mailtool and Outlook.

Buffer overflow in Cisco 7xx routers through the telnet service.

Buffer overflow in CrackLib 2.5 may allow local users to gain root privileges via a long GECOS field.

FTP servers can allow an attacker to connect to arbitrary ports on machines other than the FTP client, aka FTP bounce.

Buffer overflow in statd allows root privileges.

Buffer overflow in Linux Slackware crond program allows local users to gain root access.

Livingston RADIUS code has a buffer overflow which can allow remote execution of commands as root.

Denial of service in Ascend and 3com routers, which can be rebooted by sending a zero length TCP option.

Land IP denial of service.

Xyplex terminal server 6.0.1S1, and possibly other versions, allows remote attackers to bypass the password prompt by entering (1) a CTRL-Z character, or (2) a ? (question mark).

Automount daemon automountd allows local or remote users to gain privileges via shell metacharacters.

Vulnerability in scoterm in SCO OpenServer 5.0 and SCO Open Desktop/Open Server 3.0 allows local users to gain root privileges.

xterm in Digital UNIX 4.0B *with* patch kit 5 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a core dump file, which is created when xterm is called with a DISPLAY environmental variable set to a display that xterm cannot access.

Solaris Solstice AdminSuite (AdminSuite) 2.1 and 2.2 allows local users to gain privileges via the save option in the Database Manager, which is running with setgid bin privileges.

Solaris Solstice AdminSuite (AdminSuite) 2.1 and 2.2 create lock files insecurely, which allows local users to gain root privileges.

Solaris Solstice AdminSuite (AdminSuite) 2.1 follows symbolic links when updating an NIS database, which allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files.