LinuxSecurity Contributor - Anthony Pell
Anthony Pell
Anthony Pell is an experienced Linux admin with decades of experience managing Linux systems. He is also an experienced pentester and ethical hacker who enjoys finding and fixing vulnerabilities in open-source software. Anthony loves writing about Linux security-related topics and has contributed content to LinuxSecurity.com for many years.
Education: Pentest Penguin Polytechnic: "Keep Calm and sudo On"
Experience: Experienced Linux Sysadmin, Pentester & Ethical Hacker
Citizenship: USA
Articles From Anthony Pell
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OpenBSD 2.6: Vulnerability in Sendmail
03 December 1999
A source code patch exists, which remedies this problem.
OpenBSD
4 - 6 min read
OpenBSD 2.6: overflow in the RSAREF code is possibly exploitable in isakmpd
01 December 1999
A buffer overflow in the RSAREF code included in the USA version of the libssl package (called sslUS
OpenBSD
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OpenBSD 2.6: Kernel permission problem
08 November 1999
Any user can change interface media configurations.
OpenBSD
3 - 4 min read
FreeBSD-SA-99:06:remote amd attack
16 September 1999
There are two buffer overflow vulnerabilities in the the amd daemon
FreeBSD
5 - 7 min read
FreeBSD-SA-99:04:Coredumps and symbolic links
15 September 1999
The fts library functions had a flaw in them where which would lead toa core dump when periodic ran
FreeBSD
3 - 4 min read
FreeBSD-SA-99:05:fts library routine vulnerability
15 September 1999
The fts library functions had a buffer overflow in them where whichwould lead to a core dump when pe
FreeBSD
2 - 4 min read
FreeBSD-SA-99:03:Three ftp daemons in ports vulnerable to attack.
05 September 1999
There are different security problems which can lead to remote rootaccess in these ports or packages
FreeBSD
3 - 5 min read
FreeBSD-SA-99:01:BSD File Flags and Programming Techniques
04 September 1999
A user can set flags and mode on the device which they logged into.Since a bug in login and other si
FreeBSD
1 - 2 min read
FreeBSD-SA-99:02:Profiling Across Exec Calls
04 September 1999
A flaw exists in the implementation which allows an attacker to causearbitrary locations in program
FreeBSD
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OpenBSD 2.5: General i386 Y2K fixes
29 August 1999
This patch corrects various OpenBSD/i386 2.5 problems with Y2K. The 2.6 release (released at 1 Dec 1
OpenBSD
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OpenBSD 2.5: Security fix with cron(8)
29 August 1999
In cron(8), make sure argv[] is NULL terminated in the fake popen() and run sendmail as the user, no
OpenBSD
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OpenBSD 2.5: Overrun with procfs and fdescfs
11 August 1999
The procfs and fdescfs filesystems had an overrun in their handling of uio_offset in their readdir()
OpenBSD