Red Hat Linux 6.2

Kerberos FTP client allows remote FTP sites to execute arbitrary code via a pipe (|) character in a filename that is retrieved by the client.

Published: 2003-02-01T05:00:00.000Z
Updated: 2024-08-08T01:43:35.114Z

Memory leak in ypdb_open in yp_db.c for ypserv before 2.5 in the NIS package 3.9 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a large number of requests for a map that does not exist.

Published: 2004-09-01T04:00:00.000Z
Updated: 2024-08-08T03:19:28.137Z

dvips converter for Postscript files in the tetex package calls the system() function insecurely, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via certain print jobs, possibly involving fonts.

Published: 2004-09-01T04:00:00.000Z
Updated: 2024-08-08T03:03:49.020Z

setpwnam.c in the util-linux package, as included in Red Hat Linux 7.3 and earlier, and other operating systems, does not properly lock a temporary file when modifying /etc/passwd, which may allow local users to gain privileges via a complex race condition that uses an open file descriptor in utility programs such as chfn and chsh.

Published: 2003-04-02T05:00:00.000Z
Updated: 2024-08-08T02:56:38.516Z

rsync, when running in daemon mode, does not properly call setgroups before dropping privileges, which could provide supplemental group privileges to local users, who could then read certain files that would otherwise be disallowed.

Published: 2002-06-25T04:00:00.000Z
Updated: 2024-08-08T02:35:17.589Z