BreakCalendar < 1.3 XSS

The remote host seems to be running BreakCalendar, a web-based calendar. The remote version of this software is vulnerable to a cross-site scripting attack that may allow an attacker to use the remote host to perform attacks against third-party users. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Securit...

Dropbear SSH Server DSS Verification Failure Remote Privilege Escalation

The remote host is running Dropbear prior to version 0.43. There is a flaw in this version of Dropbear that could enable a remote attacker to gain control of the system from a remote location. C Tenable Network Security, Inc. include"compat.inc"; if description scriptid14234; scriptversion"1.21";...

4D WebStar Pre-authentication FTP Overflow

There is a buffer overflow condition in the remote version of 4D WebStar FTP Server installed on the remote host. An attacker may exploit this flaw to execute arbitrary code on the remote host with the privileges of the FTP server root. C Tenable Network Security, Inc. include"compat.inc";...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : kernel (MDKSA-2003:038-1)

A bug in the kernel module loader code could allow a local user to gain root privileges. This is done by a local user using ptrace and attaching to a modprobe process that is spawned if the user triggers the loading of a kernel module. A temporary workaround can be used to defend against this fla...

Subversion < 1.0.6 mod_authz_svn Restricted File Access Bypass

You are running a version of Subversion which is older than 1.0.6. A flaw exists in older version, in the apache module modauthzsvn. An attacker can access to any file in a given subversion repository, no matter what restrictions have been set by the administrator. C Tenable Network Security, Inc...

Moodle < 1.3.3 'help.php' 'file' Parameter XSS

The version of Moodle running on the remote host is affected by a cross-site scripting vulnerability. Input to the 'file' parameter of 'help.php' is not properly sanitized. A remote attacker can exploit this by tricking a user into requesting a maliciously crafted URL, resulting in stolen...

Mensajeitor Tag Board Admin Bypass

The remote host is running Mensajeitor Tag Board. According to its banner, the remote version of Mensajeitor has a security bypass vulnerability. Admin authentication can be bypassed by passing a value 'si' to the 'AdminNick' parameter. A remote attacker could exploit this issue to post messages...

mod_ssl: Format string vulnerability

Background modssl provides Secure Sockets Layer encryption and authentication to Apache 1.3. Description A bug in sslengineext.c makes modssl vulnerable to a ssllog related format string vulnerability in the modproxy hook functions. Impact Given the right server configuration, an attacker could...

PHP < 4.3.8 Multiple Vulnerabilities

According to its banner, the version of PHP 4.3.x installed on the remote host is prior to 4.3.7. It is, therefore, potentially affected by a bug that could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code on the remote host if the option memorylimit is set. Another bug in the function striptags may...

MySQL fails to properly handle overly long "scramble" values

Overview There is a buffer overflow vulnerability in the way MySQL handles overly long "scramble" strings, which could allow an attacker to cause a denial of service or potentially execute arbitrary code. Description MySQL is an open-source database system available for Microsoft Windows, Linux,...

MoinMoin: Group ACL bypass

Background MoinMoin is a Python clone of WikiWiki, based on PikiPiki. Description MoinMoin contains a bug in the code handling administrative group ACLs. A user created with the same name as an administrative group gains the privileges of the administrative group. Impact If an administrative grou...

RHEL 2.1 : mgetty (RHSA-2003:008)

Updated Mgetty packages are now available to fix a possible buffer overflow and a permissions problem. Mgetty is a getty replacement for use with data and fax modems. Mgetty can be configured to run an external program to decide whether or not to answer an incoming call based on Caller ID...

MacOS X Version Unsupported

The version of Mac OS X on the remote system is unsupported, and therefore unable to receive the latest security updates from Apple. %NASLMINLEVEL 999999 @DEPRECATED@ Disabled on 2014/07/06. Deprecated by unsupportedoperatingsystem.nasl. C Tenable Network Security, Inc. include"compat.inc"; if...

RHEL 2.1 : stunnel (RHSA-2003:223)

Updated stunnel packages are now available. These updates correct a potential vulnerability in stunnel's signal handling. Stunnel is a wrapper for network connections. It can be used to tunnel an unencrypted network connection over a secure connection encrypted using SSL or TLS or to provide a...

Inktomi Search MS-DOS Device Name Request Path Disclosure

This web server is running a vulnerable version of Verity Ultraseek formerly Inktomi Search. Certain requests using MS-DOS special file names such as NUL can cause a python error. The error message contains sensitive information such as the physical path of the webroot. This information may be...

Linux 2.6 Netfilter TCP Option Matching DoS

It was possible to crash the remote host by sending a specially malformed TCP/IP packet with invalid TCP options. Only version 2.6 of the Linux kernel is known to be affected by this problem. An attacker may use this flaw to disable this host remotely. C Tenable Network Security, Inc. Ref: From:...

[ GLSA 200406-18 ] gzip: Insecure creation of temporary files

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Squid: NTLM authentication helper buffer overflow

Background Squid contains a bug in the function ntlmcheckauth. It fails to do proper bounds checking on the values copyied to the 'pass' variable. Description Squid is a full-featured Web Proxy Cache designed to run on Unix systems. It supports proxying and caching of HTTP, FTP, and other URLs, a...

aspell: Buffer overflow in word-list-compress

Background aspell is a popular spell-checker. Dictionaries are available for many languages. Description aspell includes a utility for handling wordlists called word-list-compress. This utility fails to do proper bounds checking when processing words longer than 256 bytes. Impact If an attacker...

Horde-IMP: Input validation vulnerability

Background Horde-IMP is the Internet Messaging Program. It is written in PHP and provides webmail access to IMAP and POP3 accounts. Description Horde-IMP fails to properly sanitize email messages that contain malicious HTML or script code. Impact By enticing a user to read a specially crafted...