Redhat ≫ Linux

Buffer overflow in the dump utility in the Linux ext2fs backup package allows local users to gain privileges via a long command line argument.

Buffer overflow in mhshow in the Linux nmh package allows remote attackers to execute commands via malformed MIME headers in an email message.

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

Red Hat 6.0 allows local users to gain root access by booting single user and hitting ^C at the password prompt.

An installation of Red Hat uses DES password encryption with crypt() for the initial password, instead of md5.

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 con...

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 att...

Red Hat Linux screen program does not use Unix98 ptys, allowing local users to write to other terminals.

Red Hat userhelper program in the usermode package allows local users to gain root access via PAM and a .. (dot dot) attack.

Buffer overflow in linuxconf 1.11r11-rh2 on Red Hat Linux 5.1 allows local users to gain root privileges via a long LANG environmental variable.