Red Hat Linux 4.1

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.

Published: 2005-04-21T04:00:00.000Z
Updated: 2024-08-08T05:45:37.469Z

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.

Published: 2005-04-21T04:00:00.000Z
Updated: 2024-08-08T05:45:37.471Z

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

Published: 2000-04-10T04:00:00.000Z
Updated: 2024-08-08T05:05:54.100Z

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.

Published: 2000-02-08T05:00:00.000Z
Updated: 2024-08-08T05:05:53.936Z

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.

Published: 2001-09-12T04:00:00.000Z
Updated: 2024-08-01T17:02:53.700Z