Vulnerabilities > Slackware > Slackware Linux > 3.1

DATE CVE VULNERABILITY TITLE RISK
1998-07-13 CVE-1999-1434 Unspecified vulnerability in Slackware Linux
login in Slackware Linux 3.2 through 3.5 does not properly check for an error when the /etc/group file is missing, which prevents it from dropping privileges, causing it to assign root privileges to any local user who logs on to the server.
local
low complexity
slackware
7.2
1997-03-04 CVE-1999-1489 Buffer Overflow vulnerability in Slackware Linux 3.1
Buffer overflow in TestChip function in XFree86 SuperProbe in Slackware Linux 3.1 allows local users to gain root privileges via a long -nopr argument.
local
low complexity
slackware
7.2
1997-02-13 CVE-1999-0041 Buffer overflow in NLS (Natural Language Service).
network
low complexity
gnu cray ibm slackware redhat
7.5
1997-02-03 CVE-1999-1299 rcp on various Linux systems including Red Hat 4.0 allows a "nobody" user or other user with UID of 65535 to overwrite arbitrary files, since 65535 is interpreted as -1 by chown and other system calls, which causes the calls to fail to modify the ownership of the file.
network
low complexity
redhat slackware
critical
10.0