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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FreeBSD-SA-96:14:Firewall filter leak with user level ipfw
24 June 1996
A potential problem exists when users specify mask addresses to ipfw(8) using the address:mask s
FreeBSD
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FreeBSD-SA-96:13:unauthorized mail reading via comsat
05 June 1996
The comsat daemon does not properly set privileges before attempting to read mail files for disp
FreeBSD
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FreeBSD-SA-96:09:unauthorized access via mount_union / mount_msdos (vfsload)
22 May 1996
The mount_union and mount_msdos programs invoke another system utility in an insecure fashion wh
FreeBSD
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FreeBSD-SA-96:10:system stability compromise via mount_union program
22 May 1996
The union filesystem code had problems with certain mount ordering problems. By executing a cer
FreeBSD
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FreeBSD-SA-96:11:security compromise from man page utility
22 May 1996
The man program is setuid to the "man" user. By executing a particular sequence of commands, an
FreeBSD
2 - 3 min read
FreeBSD-SA-96:01:sliplogin unauthorized access vulnerability
21 May 1996
The sliplogin program is used to allow a remote user to dial into a FreeBSD system and start a S
FreeBSD
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FreeBSD-SA-96:02:apache httpd meta-character escaping
22 April 1996
Versions of the apache http daemon before release 1.05 do not properly restrict shell meta-chara
FreeBSD
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FreeBSD-SA-96:08:syslog vulnerability
21 April 1996
Bounds checking for syslog error messages was not being performed properly.
FreeBSD
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FreeBSD-SA-96:03:*suggested action only* sendmail smrsh now available
20 April 1996
Sendmail has the ability to deliver mail to a program on the local system via a pipe. This feat
FreeBSD