security flaw

Buffer overflow in the International Domain Name IDN support in Mozilla Firefox 1.0.6 and earlier, and Netscape 8.0.3.3 and 7.2, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service crash and possibly execute arbitrary code via a hostname with all "soft" hyphens character 0xAD, which is not...

Insufficiently Protected Credentials

Overview Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Insufficiently Protected Credentials. SSH, as implemented in OpenSSH before 4.0 and possibly other implementations, stores hostnames, IP addresses, and keys in plaintext in the knownhosts file, which makes it easier for an attacker that...

DEBIAN-CVE-2005-2666

SSH, as implemented in OpenSSH before 4.0 and possibly other implementations, stores hostnames, IP addresses, and keys in plaintext in the knownhosts file, which makes it easier for an attacker that has compromised an SSH user's account to generate a list of additional targets that are more likel...

CVE-2001-1500

ProFTPD 1.2.2rc2, and possibly other versions, does not properly verify reverse-resolved hostnames by performing forward resolution, which allows remote attackers to bypass ACLs or cause an incorrect client hostname to be logged...

CVE-2005-0590

The installation confirmation dialog in Firefox before 1.0.1, Thunderbird before 1.0.1, and Mozilla before 1.7.6 allows remote attackers to use InstallTrigger to spoof the hostname of the host performing the installation via a long "user:pass" sequence in the URL, which appears before the real...

ISC DHCP contains a stack buffer overflow vulnerability in handling log lines containing ASCII characters only

Overview The Internet Systems Consortium's ISC Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol DHCP 3 application contains a buffer overflow vulnerability. Exploitation of this vulnerability can cause a denial of service condition to the DHCP Daemon DHCPD and may permit a remote attacker to execute arbitrary...

D-Link AirPlus DI-614+ / DI-624 / DI-704 - DHCP Log HTML Injection

source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10587/info It is reported that the DI-614+, DI-704, and the DI-624 are susceptible to an HTML injection vulnerability in their DHCP log. An attacker who has access to the wireless, or internal network segments of the router can craft malicious DHCP...

CVE-2003-0321

Multiple buffer overflows in BitchX IRC client 1.0-0c19 and earlier allow remote malicious IRC servers to cause a denial of service crash and possibly execute arbitrary code via long hostnames, nicknames, or channel names, which are not properly handled by the functions 1 sendctcp, 2...

CVE-1999-0299

CVE-1999-0299 corresponds to a buffer overflow in the FreeBSD lpd daemon triggered by long DNS hostnames. Connected sources (Nessus plugin) identify the affected product as FreeBSD 2.x lpd and note remediation by upgrading to FreeBSD 3.x. The description and Red Hat/NVD entries reiterate the same...

CVE-1999-0303

CVE-1999-0303 describes a buffer overflow in the BNU UUCP daemon (uucpd) triggered by long hostnames. The issue affects the BNU UUCP daemon and is caused by improper handling of hostname lengths, with CVSS metrics indicating a local, low-complexity attack that could impact confidentiality, integr...

CVE-1999-0303

Buffer overflow in BNU UUCP daemon uucpd through long hostnames...

bitchx-dns-oddities.txt

--- PREFACE --- About month ago, I found interesting problem with ircd up to 2.9.5 I haven't newer versions. This bug ? partially affects irc clients, including nice NULL-pointer fault in BitchX-74p4 latest release... But, let's start from the beginning: RFC 1035, "DOMAIN NAMES - IMPLEMENTATION A...

Microsoft Windows NT 4.0/4.0 SP1/4.0 SP2/4.0 SP3 - Denial of Service Duplicate Hostname

source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/298/info NT Workstations and Servers must have unique hostnames if they reside on the same network. Should an NT host attempt to use an existing hostname, the second server with the new duplicate name will fail to start its workstation and server services...

CVE-1999-0303

Buffer overflow in BNU UUCP daemon uucpd through long hostnames...

PT-1998-1065 · Bnu · Uucpd

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: BNU UUCP daemon uucpd affected versions not specified Description: The issue is related to a buffer overflow in the BNU UUCP daemon uucpd that occurs when handling long hostnames. Recommendations: At the moment, there is no information about ...

CVE-1999-0299

Buffer overflow in FreeBSD lpd through long DNS hostnames...