Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : cups (MDKSA-2005:138-1)

A vulnerability was discovered in the CUPS printing package where when processing a PDF file, bounds checking was not correctly performed on some fields. As a result, this could cause the pdtops filter to crash. Update : The patch to correct this problem was not properly applied to the Mandriva...

WebAdmin <= 2.0.4 USER Buffer Overflow Exploit

Exploit for unknown platform in category remote exploits ============================================== WebAdmin 'Alt-N WebAdmin USER Buffer Overflow', 'Version' = '$Revision: 1.1 $', 'Authors' = 'y0 at w00t-shell.net', , 'Arch' = 'x86' , 'OS' = 'win32', 'winnt', 'win2000', 'winxp', 'win2003' ,...

RHEL 4 : cups (RHSA-2005:706)

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 4 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2005:706 advisory. The Common UNIX Printing System CUPS provides a portable printing layer for UNIXR operating systems. When processing a PDF file, bounds checking was n...

Important: Red Hat Security Advisory: cups security update

Updated CUPS packages that fix a security issue are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux. This update has been rated as having important security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team. The Common UNIX Printing System CUPS provides a portable printing layer for UNIXR operating systems...

Slackware 9.1 / current : Kernel security update (SSA:2004-049-01)

New kernels are available for Slackware 9.1 and -current to fix a bounds-checking problem in the kernel's mremap call which could be used by a local attacker to gain root privileges. Please note that this is not the same issue as CAN-2003-0985 which was fixed in early January. The kernels in...

FreeBSD : xpdf -- makeFileKey2() buffer overflow vulnerability (f755545e-6fcd-11d9-abec-00061bd2d56f)

An iDEFENSE Security Advisory reports : Remote exploitation of a buffer overflow vulnerability in the xpdf PDF viewer included in multiple Unix and Linux distributions could allow for arbitrary code execution as the user viewing a PDF file. The vulnerability specifically exists due to insufficien...

Slackware 8.1 : Slackware 8.1 kernel security update (SSA:2004-008-01)

New kernels are available for Slackware 8.1 containing a backported fix from a bounds-checking problem in the kernel's mremap call which could be used by a local attacker to gain root privileges. This fix was previously issued for Slackware 9.0, 9.1, and -current SSA:2004-006-01. Sites running...

zlib: Buffer overflow

Background zlib is a widely used free and patent unencumbered data compression library. Description Tavis Ormandy of the Gentoo Linux Security Audit Team discovered a buffer overflow in zlib. A bounds checking operation failed to take invalid data into account, allowing a specifically malformed...

GLSA-200507-05 : zlib: Buffer overflow

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200507-05 zlib: Buffer overflow Tavis Ormandy of the Gentoo Linux Security Audit Team discovered a buffer overflow in zlib. A bounds checking operation failed to take invalid data into account, allowing a specifically malformed...

C&#039;Nedra 0.4 Network Plugin - &#039;Read_TCP_String&#039; Remote Buffer Overflow

source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13781/info C'Nedra Network Plug-in is prone to a remotely exploitable buffer overflow vulnerability. The issue exists in the 'gamemessagefunctions.cpp' source file and is due to inadequate bounds checking of user-supplied data. This vulnerability could be...

CNedra 0.4 Network Plugin - Read_TCP_String Remote Buffer Overflow

CNedra 0.4 Network Plugin - ReadTCPString Remote Buffer Overflow source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13781/info C'Nedra Network Plug-in is prone to a remotely exploitable buffer overflow vulnerability. The issue exists in the 'gamemessagefunctions.cpp' source file and is due to inadequate...

USN-120-1: Apache 2 vulnerability

Luca Ercoli discovered that the "htdigest" program did not perform any bounds checking when it copied the "user" and "realm" arguments into local buffers. If this program is used in remotely callable CGI scripts, this could be exploited by a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code with the...

Microsoft Word Unspecified Document File Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Description Microsoft Word is affected by a buffer overflow vulnerability. This issue is due to a failure in the application to do proper bounds checking on user-supplied data. Microsoft has not specified exactly where the error may occur. This could result in execution of arbitrary code in the...

iDEFENSE Security Advisory 03.02.05: Computer Associates License Client/Server GCR Checksum Buffer Overflow

Computer Associates License Client/Server GCR Checksum Buffer Overflow iDEFENSE Security Advisory 03.02.05 www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=215&type=vulnerabilities March 2, 2005 I. BACKGROUND The Computer Associates License Client/Server applications provide a method for CA products t...

CVE-2005-0132: newsfetch NNTP responses buffer overflow

Affected software: newsfetch (FreeBSD ports). Vulnerability: buffer overflow in handling NNTP server responses due to using sscanf without proper bounds checking, enabling overflow on long LIST responses. Impact (as stated): crash or potential arbitrary code execution on the system. Exploitation ...

newsfetch -- server response buffer overflow vulnerability

The newsfetch program uses the sscanf function to read information from server responses into static memory buffers. Unfortunately this is done without any proper bounds checking. As a result long server responses may cause an overflow when a newsgroup listing is requested from an NNTP server...

xpdf -- makeFileKey2() buffer overflow vulnerability

An iDEFENSE Security Advisory reports: Remote exploitation of a buffer overflow vulnerability in the xpdf PDF viewer included in multiple Unix and Linux distributions could allow for arbitrary code execution as the user viewing a PDF file. The vulnerability specifically exists due to insufficient...

iDEFENSE Security Advisory 12.16.04: MPlayer Bitmap Parsing Remote Heap Overflow Vulnerability

MPlayer Bitmap Parsing Remote Heap Overflow Vulnerability iDEFENSE Security Advisory 12.16.04 http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=168 December 16, 2004 I. BACKGROUND MPlayer is a movie player for Linux that also runs on many other Unices, and non- x86 CPUs. It plays most MPEG, VOB,...

RTF2LATEX2E 1.0 - Remote Stack Buffer Overflow

RTF2LATEX2E 1.0 - Remote Stack Buffer Overflow source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11994/info It is reported that rtf2latex2e is susceptible to a stack buffer overflow vulnerability. This issue is due to a failure of the application to properly bounds check user-supplied image data prior to...

CSV2XML 0.5.1 - Remote Buffer Overflow

CSV2XML 0.5.1 - Remote Buffer Overflow source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12027/info It is reported that csv2xml is susceptible to a buffer overflow vulnerability. This issue is due to a failure of the application to properly bounds check user-supplied data prior to copying it into a...