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.

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.

licq before 1.0.3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in a URL.

Buffer overflow in logging functions of licq before 1.0.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service, and possibly execute arbitrary commands.

Multiple shell programs on various Unix systems, including (1) tcsh, (2) csh, (3) sh, and (4) bash, follow symlinks when processing << redirects (aka here-documents or in-here documents), which allows local users to overwrite files of other users via a symlink attack.

pamconsole PAM module in Linux systems allows a user to access the system console and reboot the system when a display manager such as gdm or kdm has XDMCP enabled.

Vulnerability in gpm in Caldera Linux allows local users to delete arbitrary files or conduct a denial of service.

glibc 2.1.9x and earlier does not properly clear the RESOLVHOSTCONF, HOSTALIASES, or RESOPTIONS environmental variables when executing setuid/setgid programs, which could allow local users to read arbitrary files.

Vulnerability in Mandrake Linux usermode package allows local users to to reboot or halt the system.