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OpenSSH 3.0.1 and earlier with UseLogin enabled does not properly cleanse critical environment variables such as LD_PRELOAD, which allows local users to gain root privileges.

Buffer overflow in glob function of glibc allows attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a glob pattern that ends in a brace "{" character.

2.4.3-12 kernel in Red Hat Linux 7.1 Korean installation program sets the setting default umask for init to 000, which installs files with world-writeable permissions.

apmscript in Apmd in Red Hat 7.2 "Enigma" allows local users to create or change the modification dates of arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the LOW_POWER temporary file, which could be used to cause a denial of service, e.g. by creating /etc/nologin and disabling logins.

Red Hat Stronghold 2.3 to 3.0 allows remote attackers to retrieve system information via an HTTP GET request to (1) stronghold-info or (2) stronghold-status.

RPM Package Manager 4.0.x through 4.0.2.x allows an attacker to execute arbitrary code via corrupted data in the RPM file when the file is queried.

initscript in setserial 2.17-4 and earlier uses predictable temporary file names, which could allow local users to conduct unauthorized operations on files.

Red Hat Linux 7.1 sets insecure permissions on swap files created during installation, which can allow a local attacker to gain additional privileges by reading sensitive information from the swap file, such as passwords.

tcl/tk package (tcltk) 8.3.1 searches for its libraries in the current working directory before other directories, which could allow local users to execute arbitrary code via a Trojan horse library that is under a user-controlled directory.

expect before 5.32 searches for its libraries in /var/tmp before other directories, which could allow local users to gain root privileges via a Trojan horse library that is accessed by mkpasswd.

Squid before 2.3STABLE5 in HTTP accelerator mode does not enable access control lists (ACLs) when the httpd_accel_host and http_accel_with_proxy off settings are used, which allows attackers to bypass the ACLs and conduct unauthorized activities such as port scanning.

slapd in OpenLDAP 1.x before 1.2.12, and 2.x before 2.0.8, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via an invalid Basic Encoding Rules (BER) length field.

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

Buffer overflow in (1) wrapping and (2) unwrapping functions of slrn news reader before 0.9.7.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a long message header.

Format string vulnerability in Mutt before 1.2.5 allows a remote malicious IMAP server to execute arbitrary commands.

kdesu in kdelibs package creates world readable temporary files containing authentication info, which can allow local users to gain privileges.

makewhatis in the man package before 1.5i2 allows an attacker in group man to overwrite arbitrary files via a man page whose name contains shell metacharacters.

inetd in Red Hat 6.2 does not properly close sockets for internal services such as chargen, daytime, echo, etc., which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a series of connections to the internal services.

Buffer overflow in ultimate_source function of man 1.5 and earlier allows local users to gain privileges.

mkpasswd in expect 5.2.8, as used by Red Hat Linux 6.2 through 7.0, seeds its random number generator with its process ID, which limits the space of possible seeds and makes it easier for attackers to conduct brute force password attacks.

traceroute in NetBSD 1.3.3 and Linux systems allows local unprivileged users to modify the source address of the packets, which could be used in spoofing attacks.

squid 2.3 and earlier allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack in some configurations.

privatepw program in wu-ftpd before 2.6.1-6 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack.

arpwatch 2.1a4 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack in some configurations.

sdiff 2.7 in the diffutils package allows local users to overwrite files via a symlink attack.

rdist 6.1.5 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack.

vpop3d program in linuxconf 1.23r and earlier allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack.

useradd program in shadow-utils program may allow local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack.

gpm 1.19.3 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack.

traceroute in NetBSD 1.3.3 and Linux systems allows local users to flood other systems by providing traceroute with a large waittime (-w) option, which is not parsed properly and sets the time delay for sending packets to zero.

Zope before 2.2.4 does not properly compute local roles, which could allow users to bypass specified access restrictions and gain privileges.

getty_ps 2.0.7j allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack.

inn 2.2.3 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack in some configurations.

Buffer overflow in pam_localuser PAM module in Red Hat Linux 7.x and 6.x allows attackers to gain privileges.

GnoRPM before 0.95 allows local users to modify arbitrary files via a symlink attack.

cyrus-sasl before 1.5.24 in Red Hat Linux 7.0 does not properly verify the authorization for a local user, which could allow the users to bypass specified access restrictions.

Glint in Red Hat Linux 5.2 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files and cause a denial of service via a symlink attack.

Buffer overflow in ncurses library allows local users to execute arbitrary commands via long environmental information such as TERM or TERMINFO_DIRS.

Format string vulnerability in talkd in OpenBSD and possibly other BSD-based OSes allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a user name that contains format characters.

Kernel logging daemon (klogd) in Linux does not properly cleanse user-injected format strings, which allows local users to gain root privileges by triggering malformed kernel messages.

DiskCheck script diskcheck.pl in Red Hat Linux 6.2 allows local users to create or overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a temporary file.

Buffer overflow in mopd (Maintenance Operations Protocol loader daemon) allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a long file name.

The initscripts package in Red Hat Linux allows local users to gain privileges via a symlink attack.

The wrapper program in mailman 2.0beta3 and 2.0beta4 does not properly cleanse untrusted format strings, which allows local users to gain privileges.

umb-scheme 3.2-11 for Red Hat Linux is installed with world-writeable files.

Buffer overflows in the (1) outpack or (2) buf variables of ping in iputils before 20001010, as distributed on Red Hat Linux 6.2 through 7J and other operating systems, may allow local users to gain privileges.

ping in iputils before 20001010, as distributed on Red Hat Linux 6.2 through 7J and other operating systems, does not drop privileges after acquiring a raw socket, which increases ping's exposure to bugs that otherwise would occur at lower privileges.

userhelper in the usermode package on Red Hat Linux executes non-setuid programs as root, which does not activate the security measures in glibc and allows the programs to be exploited via format string vulnerabilities in glibc via the LANG or LC_ALL environment variables…

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

makewhatis in Linux man package allows local users to overwrite files via a symlink attack.