Where
AND
-Infinity
0
Severity
10
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

The line printer daemon (lpd) in the lpr package in multiple Linux operating systems authenticates by comparing the reverse-resolved hostname of the local machine to the hostname of the print server as returned by gethostname, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended access controls by modifying the DNS for the attacking IP.

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

The line printer daemon (lpd) in the lpr package in multiple Linux operating systems allows local users to gain root privileges by causing sendmail to execute with arbitrary command line arguments, as demonstrated using the -C option to specify a configuration file.

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

Buffer overflow in the man program in Linux allows local users to gain privileges via the MANPAGER environmental variable.

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

The Red Hat Linux su program does not log failed password guesses if the su process is killed before it times out, which allows local attackers to conduct brute force password guessing.

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

The snprintf function in the db library 1.85.4 ignores the size parameter, which could allow attackers to exploit buffer overflows that would be prevented by a properly implemented snprintf.

First published (updated )
Severity
2.1
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

netcfg 2.16-1 in Red Hat Linux 4.2 allows the Ethernet interface to be controlled by users on reboot when an option is set, which allows local users to cause a denial of service by shutting down the interface.

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

Buffer overflow in run-time linkers (1) ld.so or (2) ld-linux.so for Linux systems allows local users to gain privileges by calling a setuid program with a long program name (argv[0]) and forcing ld.so/ld-linux.so to report an error.

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

Buffer overflow in bash 2.0.0, 1.4.17, and other versions allows local attackers to gain privileges by creating an extremely large directory name, which is inserted into the password prompt via the \w option in the PS1 environmental variable when another user changes into that directory.

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

Buffer overflow in Vixie cron allows local users to gain root access via a long MAILTO environment variable in a crontab file.

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

Vixie Cron on Linux systems allows local users to set parameters of sendmail commands via the MAILTO environmental variable.

First published (updated )
Severity
7.5
Buffer Overflow
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Buffer overflow in Vixie Cron on Red Hat systems via the MAILTO environmental variable.

First published (updated )
Severity
6.4
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P

Remote attackers can cause a denial of service on Linux in.telnetd telnet daemon through a malformed TERM environmental variable.

First published (updated )
Severity
7.5
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Linux xmonisdn package allows local users to gain root privileges by modifying the IFS or PATH environmental variables.

First published (updated )
Severity
9.3
Buffer Overflow
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Buffer overflow in Berkeley automounter daemon (amd) logging facility provided in the Linux am-utils package and others.

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

Buffer overflow in Dosemu Slang library in Linux.

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

Buffer overflow in telnet daemon tgetent routing allows remote attackers to gain root access via the TERMCAP environmental variable.

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

Buffer overflow in SGI IRIX mailx program.

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

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

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

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

First published (updated )
Severity
5.4
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

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

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

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

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

Buffer overflow in NFS mountd gives root access to remote attackers, mostly in Linux systems.

First published (updated )

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