Slackware: >> Slackware Linux Security Vulnerabilities
GNU locate in findutils 4.1 on Slackware 7.1 and 8.0 allows local users to gain privileges via an old formatted filename database (locatedb) that contains an entry with an out-of-range offset, which causes locate to write to arbitrary process memory.
CVSS Score
7.2
EPSS Score
0.001
Published
2001-08-31
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.
CVSS Score
5.0
EPSS Score
0.003
Published
2001-03-12
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.
CVSS Score
5.0
EPSS Score
0.004
Published
2001-03-12
Some functions that implement the locale subsystem on Unix do not properly cleanse user-injected format strings, which allows local attackers to execute arbitrary commands via functions such as gettext and catopen.
CVSS Score
10.0
EPSS Score
0.009
Published
2000-11-14
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.
CVSS Score
7.2
EPSS Score
0.001
Published
2000-11-14
Buffer overflow in fdmount on Linux systems allows local users in the "floppy" group to execute arbitrary commands via a long mountpoint parameter.
CVSS Score
7.2
EPSS Score
0.003
Published
2000-05-22
login in Slackware 7.0 allows remote attackers to identify valid users on the system by reporting an encryption error when an account is locked or does not exist.
CVSS Score
5.0
EPSS Score
0.002
Published
1999-12-01
A default configuration of in.identd in SuSE Linux waits 120 seconds between requests, allowing a remote attacker to conduct a denial of service.
CVSS Score
5.0
EPSS Score
0.04
Published
1999-08-16
XFree86 startx command is vulnerable to a symlink attack, allowing local users to create files in restricted directories, possibly allowing them to gain privileges or cause a denial of service.
CVSS Score
4.6
EPSS Score
0.002
Published
1999-03-21
During a reboot after an installation of Linux Slackware 3.6, a remote attacker can obtain root access by logging in to the root account without a password.
CVSS Score
7.2
EPSS Score
0.003
Published
1999-03-17