CVSTrac filediff Arbitrary Remote Code Execution

The remote host seems to be running cvstrac, a web-based bug and patch-set tracking system for CVS. This version of filediff has a flaw in the input sanitation which, when exploited, can lead to a remote attacker executing arbitrary commands on the system. Nessus has determined the vulnerability...

wv: Buffer overflow vulnerability

Background The wv library allows access to MS Word files. It can parse Word files and allow other applications, such as abiword, to import those files into their native formats. Description A use of strcat without proper bounds checking leads to an exploitable buffer overflow. The vulnerable code...

[Full-Disclosure] RS-2004-2: "Content-Type" XSS vulnerability affecting other webmail systems

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 =============================== - RS-Labs Security Advisory - =============================== Tittle: "Content-Type" XSS vulnerability affecting other webmail systems ID: RS-2004-2 Severity: Medium / High - Arbitrary tags injection in victim's browser...

RHEL 2.1 : ypserv (RHSA-2003:201)

Updated ypserv packages fixing a denial of service vulnerability are now available. The ypserv package contains the Network Information Service NIS server. A vulnerability has been discovered in the ypserv NIS server prior to version 2.7. If a malicious client queries ypserv via TCP and...

[SNS Advisory No.73] Usermin Cross-site Scripting Vulnerability

---------------------------------------------------------------------- SNS Advisory No.73 Usermin Cross-site Scripting Vulnerability Problem first discovered on: Sun, 11 Apr 2004 Published on: Fri, 11 Jun 2004 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Overview:...

Midnight Commander: Multiple vulnerabilities

Background Midnight Commander is a visual console file manager. Description Numerous security issues have been discovered in Midnight Commander, including several buffer overflow vulnerabilities, multiple vulnerabilities in the handling of temporary file and directory creation, and multiple forma...

phpBB < 2.0.7 Multiple XSS

There are cross-site scripting vulnerabilities in the files 'ViewTopic.php' and 'ViewForum.php' in the remote installation of phpBB. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. include'deprecatednasllevel.inc'; include'compat.inc'; if description scriptid12093; scriptversion"1.27";...

Important: Red Hat Security Advisory: gdk-pixbuf security update

Updated gdk-pixbuf packages that fix a crash are now available. The gdk-pixbuf package contains an image loading library used with the GNOME GUI desktop environment. Thomas Kristensen discovered a bitmap file that would cause versions of gdk-pixbuf prior to 0.20 to crash. To exploit this flaw, an...

WFTP 3.21 Multiple Vulnerabilities (OF, DoS)

The remote FTP server is vulnerable to at least two remote stack-based overflows and two Denial of Service attacks. An attacker can use these flaws to gain remote access to the WFTPD server. C Tenable Network Security, Inc. Date: Sat, 28 Feb 2004 21:52:33 +0000 From: axl rose To:...

mksmbpasswd shell script may create accounts

Description It has been confirmed that previous versions of Samba 3.0 are susceptible to a password initialization bug that could grant an attacker unauthorized access to a user account created by the mksmbpasswd.sh shell script. Samba administrators not wishing to upgrade to the current version...

CVS: possible root compromise when using CVS pserver

Background CVS, which stands for Concurrent Versions System, is a client/server application which tracks changes to sets of files. It allows multiple users to work concurrently on files, and then merge their changes back into the main tree which can be on a remote system. It also allows branching...

Moderate: Red Hat Security Advisory: : Updated Net-SNMP packages fix security and other bugs

Updated Net-SNMP packages are available to correct a security vulnerability and other bugs. The Net-SNMP project includes various Simple Network Management Protocol SNMP tools. A security issue in Net-SNMP versions before 5.0.9 could allow an existing user/community to gain access to data in MIB...

Opera: buffer overflows in 7.11 and 7.20

Background Opera is a multi-platform web browser. Description The Opera browser can cause a buffer allocated on the heap to overflow under certain HREFs when rendering HTML. The mail system is also deemed vulnerable and an attacker can send an email containing a malformed HREF, or plant the...

Important: Red Hat Security Advisory: stunnel security update

Updated stunnel packages are now available. These updates address problems stemming from improper use of non-reentrant functions in signal handlers. Stunnel is a wrapper for network connections. It can be used to tunnel an unencrypted network connection over an encrypted connection encrypted usin...

DSA-400 omega-rpg - buffer overflow

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Important: Red Hat Security Advisory: mozilla security update

Updated Mozilla packages that fix various bugs and security issues in previous versions of Mozilla are now available. Mozilla is an open source Web browser. A heap-based buffer overflow in Netscape and Mozilla allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a jar: URL that references a...

Important: Red Hat Security Advisory: mysql security update

Updated MySQL server packages fix a buffer overflow vulnerability. MySQL is a multi-user, multi-threaded SQL database server. Frank Denis reported a bug in unpatched versions of MySQL prior to version 3.23.58. Passwords for MySQL users are stored in the Password field of the user table. Under thi...

ProFTPD File Transfer Newline Character Overflow

The remote host is running a version of ProFTPD which seems to be vulnerable to a buffer overflow when a user downloads a malformed ASCII file. An attacker with upload privileges on this host may abuse this flaw to gain a root shell on this host. The author of ProFTPD did not increase the version...

pam_smb module contains remote buffer overflow

Overview The pamsmb module contains a remotely exploitable buffer overflow vulnerability. This module is used to authenticate users using an external Server Message Block SMB server. A remote attacker may be able to exploit this vulnerability to run arbitrary commands on the system. Description T...

[SNS Advisory No.66] Apache HTTP Server v2 Causes a DoS When Parsing a Type-Map File

---------------------------------------------------------------------- SNS Advisory No.66 Apache HTTP Server v2 Causes a DoS When Parsing a Type-Map File Problem first discovered on: Thu, 26 Dec 2002 Published on: Wed, 09 Jul 2003 Reference: http://www.lac.co.jp/security/english/snsadve/66e.html...