Buffer overflow in WU-FTPD and related FTP servers allows remote attackers to gain root privileges via macro variables in a message file.

Denial of service in WU-FTPD via the SITE NEWER command, which does not free memory properly.

Buffer overflow in Vixie Cron library up to version 3.0 allows local users to obtain root access via a long environmental variable.

Buffer overflow and denial of service in Sendmail 8.7.5 and earlier through GECOS field gives root access to local users.

Sendmail allows local users to write to a file and gain group permissions via a .forward or :include: file.

Local users can start Sendmail in daemon mode and gain root privileges.

MIME conversion buffer overflow in sendmail versions 8.8.3 and 8.8.4.

Buffer overflow in University of Washington's implementation of IMAP and POP servers.

Command execution via shell metachars in INN daemon (innd) 1.5 using "newgroup" and "rmgroup" control messages, and others.

Buffer overflow of rlogin program using TERM environmental variable.

Buffer overflow in xlock program allows local users to execute commands as root.

Buffer overflow in Xt library of X Windowing System allows local users to execute commands with root privileges.

Buffer overflow in suidperl (sperl), Perl 4.x and 5.x.

Buffer overflow in lpr, as used in BSD-based systems including Linux, allows local users to execute arbitrary code as root via a long -C (classification) command line option.

DNS cache poisoning via BIND, by predictable query IDs.

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