Buffer overflow in cddbd CD database server allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a long log message.

Kerberos 4 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via a malformed UDP packet that generates an error string that inadvertently includes the realm name and the last user.

dxchpwd in Digital Unix (OSF/1) 3.x allows local users to modify arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the dxchpwd.log file.

Local users can start Sendmail in daemon mode and gain root privileges.

Vulnerability in ppl in HP-UX 10.x and earlier allows local users to gain root privileges by forcing ppl to core dump.

fpkg2swpk in HP-UX allows local users to gain root access.

Buffer overflow in mstm in HP-UX allows local users to gain root access.

Indigo Magic System Tour in the SGI system tour package (systour) for IRIX 5.x through 6.3 allows local users to gain root privileges via a Trojan horse .exitops program, which is called by the inst command that is executed by the RemoveSystemTour program.

The WorkMan program can be used to overwrite any file to get root access.

Buffer overflow in lpr, as used in BSD-based systems including Linux, allows local users to execute arbitrary code as root via a long -C (classification) command line option.

PASV core dump in wu-ftpd daemon when attacker uses a QUOTE PASV command after specifying a username and password.

Bash treats any character with a value of 255 as a command separator.

MIME buffer overflow in Sendmail 8.8.0 and 8.8.1 gives root access.

HP Remote Watch allows a remote user to gain root access.

HP-UX gwind program allows users to modify arbitrary files.

Buffer overflow in xmcd 2.1 allows local users to gain access through a user resource setting.

HPUX sysdiag allows local users to gain root privileges via a symlink attack during log file creation.

Denial of service when an attacker sends many SYN packets to create multiple connections without ever sending an ACK to complete the connection, aka SYN flood.

Transarc DCE Distributed File System (DFS) 1.1 for Solaris 2.4 and 2.5 does not properly initialize the grouplist for users who belong to a large number of groups, which could allow those users to gain access to resources that are protected by DFS.

(1) bash before 1.14.7, and (2) tcsh 6.05 allow local users to gain privileges via directory names that contain shell metacharacters (` back-tick), which can cause the commands enclosed in the directory name to be executed when the shell expands filenames using the \w option in the PS1 variable.