CVE Database

Buffer overflows in CDROM Confidence Test program (cdrom) allow local users to gain root privileges.

The NIS+ rpc.nisd server allows remote attackers to execute certain RPC calls without authentication to obtain system information, disable logging, or modify caches.

UDP messages to broadcast addresses are allowed, allowing for a Fraggle attack that can cause a denial of service by flooding the target.

A Unix account has a default, null, blank, or missing password.

Linux bdash game has a buffer overflow that allows local users to gain root access.

SunOS rpc.cmsd allows attackers to obtain root access by overwriting arbitrary files.

The info2www CGI script allows remote file access or remote command execution.

sadc in IBM AIX 4.1 through 4.3, when called from programs such as timex that are setgid adm, allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack.

Quake 2 server 3.13 on Linux does not properly check file permissions for the config.cfg configuration file, which allows local users to read arbitrary files via a symlink from config.cfg to the target file.

The WinGate telnet proxy allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a large number of connections to localhost.

Squid Internet Object Cache 1.1.20 allows users to bypass access control lists (ACLs) by encoding the URL with hexadecimal escape sequences.

FreeBSD mmap function allows users to modify append-only or immutable files.

Buffer overflow in web-admin tool in NetXRay 2.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service, and possibly execute arbitrary commands, via a long HTTP request.

Windows NT 4.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a malformed SMB logon request in which the actual data size does not match the specified size.

Bonk variation of teardrop IP fragmentation denial of service.

Screen savers in KDE beta 3 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the .kss.pid file.

Some web servers under Microsoft Windows allow remote attackers to bypass access restrictions for files with long file names.

Vulnerability in imapd and ipop3d in Slackware 3.4 and 3.3 with shadowing enabled, and possibly other operating systems, allows remote attackers to cause a core dump via a short sequence of USER and PASS commands that do not provide valid usernames or passwords.

Denial of service in AOL Instant Messenger when a remote attacker sends a malicious hyperlink to the receiving client, potentially causing a system crash.

The system configuration control (sysctl) facility in BSD based operating systems OpenBSD 2.2 and earlier, and FreeBSD 2.2.5 and earlier, does not properly restrict source routed packets even when the (1) dosourceroute or (2) forwarding variables are set, which allows remote attackers to spoof TCP connections.

mmap function in BSD allows local attackers in the kmem group to modify memory through devices.

Solaris volrmmount program allows attackers to read any file.

Buffer overflow in War FTP allows remote execution of commands.

Denial of service in AIX telnet can freeze a system and prevent users from accessing the server.

htmlscript CGI program allows remote read access to files.

Buffer overflow in SGI IRIX mailx program.

Stolen credentials from SSH clients via ssh-agent program, allowing other local users to access remote accounts belonging to the ssh-agent user.

Vulnerability in digest in AIX 4.3 allows printq users to gain root privileges by creating and/or modifing any file on the system.

Unauthorized privileged access or denial of service via dtappgather program in CDE.

pnserver in RealServer 5.0 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service by sending a short, malformed request.

Progressive Networks Real Video server (pnserver) can be crashed remotely.

sudo 1.5.x allows local users to execute arbitrary commands via a .. (dot dot) attack.

Buffer overflow in cidentd ident daemon allows local users to gain root privileges via a long line in the .authlie script.

AIX routed allows remote users to modify sensitive files.

DIT TransferPro installs devices with world-readable and world-writable permissions, which could allow local users to damage disks through the ff device driver.

ICMP messages to broadcast addresses are allowed, allowing for a Smurf attack that can cause a denial of service.

gcc 2.7.2 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary .i, .s, or .o files.

Buffer overflow in the Linux mail program "deliver" allows local users to gain root access.

Buffer overflow in Internet Explorer 4.0(1).

AAA authentication on Cisco systems allows attackers to execute commands without authorization.

Denial of service to NT mail servers including Ipswitch, Mdaemon, and Exchange through a buffer overflow in the SMTP HELO command.

Excite for Web Servers (EWS) allows remote command execution via shell metacharacters.

Denial of service through Solaris 2.5.1 telnet by sending ^D characters.

Netscape FastTrack Web server lists files when a lowercase "get" command is used instead of an uppercase GET.

Local users can execute commands as other users, and read other users' files, through the filter command in the Elm elm-2.4 mail package using a symlink attack.

Buffer overflow in Apache 1.2.5 and earlier allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service with a large number of GET requests containing a large number of / characters.

iPass RoamServer 3.1 creates temporary files with world-writable permissions.

Quake 2 server allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a spoofed UDP packet with a source address of 127.0.0.1, which causes the server to attempt to connect to itself.

Memory leak in Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) agent (snmp.exe) for Windows NT 4.0 before Service Pack 4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a large number of SNMP packets with Object Identifiers (OIDs) that cannot be decoded.

A later variation on the Teardrop IP denial of service attack, a.k.a. Teardrop-2.