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 2.2: DNS-based vulnerability exists
22 April 1998
A DNS-based vulnerability exists when uucpd is used. By default uucpd is not enabled in the OpenBSD
OpenBSD
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OpenBSD 2.2: Exploitable buffer mismangement exists in a subroutine
22 April 1998
An exploitable buffer mismanagement exists in a subroutine used by lprm and lpd. The problem is expl
OpenBSD
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OpenBSD 2.2: Vulnerabiltiy exists in ping(8)
31 March 1998
A vulnerability exists in ping(8); if the -R option is used to record routes, an attacker can spoof
OpenBSD
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OpenBSD 2.2: Vulnerability with /etc/named.conf
31 March 1998
A vulnerability exists when (and only when) /etc/named.conf has the fake-iquery option enabled.
OpenBSD
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FreeBSD-SA-98:02:security compromise via mmap
12 March 1998
Due to a 4.4BSD VM system problem, it is possible to memory-map a read-only descriptor to a char
FreeBSD
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OpenBSD 2.2: Vulnerabilities with mountd(8)
01 March 1998
If a line in /etc/exports which contains hostnames results in an empty list because none of the supp
OpenBSD
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OpenBSD 2.2: Vulnerability with shared library lonker ld. (pmax)
27 February 1998
A security problem in the shared library linker ld.so requires that you replace it with a new binary
OpenBSD
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OpenBSD 2.2: Bug in vm system
25 February 1998
A bug in the vm system permits a file descriptor opened read-only on a device, to later on be mmap(2
OpenBSD
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OpenBSD 2.2: localhost+remote host vulnerability exists
12 February 1998
A combination localhost+remote host security problem exists if a local user running a setuid binary
OpenBSD
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OpenBSD 2.2: Possible kernel vulnerability
03 February 1998
If the sysctl variable net.inet.ip.forwarding is enabled (value 1), but the variable net.inet.ip.sou
OpenBSD
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FreeBSD-SA-97:06:Pentium processors have flaw allowing unpriviledged crashes
09 December 1997
A specific sequence of instructions, starting with the byte codes F0 0F (hex) cause Pentium proc
FreeBSD
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FreeBSD-SA-98:01:LAND attack can cause harm to running FreeBSD systems
01 December 1997
A problem exists in most FreeBSD derived stacks that allows a malicious user to send a packet th
FreeBSD