Where
-Infinity
0
Severity
4.6
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

dxconsole in DEC OSF/1 3.2C and earlier allows local users to read arbitrary files by specifying the file with the -file parameter.

First published (updated )
Severity
4.6
Buffer Overflow
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Buffer overflow in BNU UUCP daemon (uucpd) through long hostnames.

First published (updated )
Severity
7.2
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

The suidperl and sperl program do not give up root privileges when changing UIDs back to the original users, allowing root access.

First published (updated )
Severity
7.2
Buffer Overflow
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

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

First published (updated )
Severity
5
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Oversized ICMP ping packets can result in a denial of service, aka Ping o' Death.

First published (updated )
Severity
10
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Telnet allows a remote client to specify environment variables including LDLIBRARYPATH, allowing an attacker to bypass the normal system libraries and gain root access.

First published (updated )
Severity
7.2
Buffer Overflow
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Buffer overflow in dxterm allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a long -xrm argument.

First published (updated )
Severity
7.2
Buffer Overflow
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Buffer overflow in uucp in Compaq Tru64/OSF1 3.x allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a long source (-s) command line parameter.

First published (updated )
Severity
7.2
Buffer Overflow
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Buffer overflow in inc mail utility for Compaq Tru64/OSF1 3.x allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a long MH environment variable.

First published (updated )

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