gnomevfs -- unsafe URI handling

Alexander Larsson reports that some versions of gnome-vfs and MidnightCommander contain a number of extfs' scripts that do not properly validate user input. If an attacker can cause her victim to process a specially-crafted URI, arbitrary commands can be executed with the privileges of the victim...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : xpdf (MDKSA-2003:071-1)

Martyn Gilmore discovered flaws in various PDF viewers, including xpdf. An attacker could place malicious external hyperlinks in a document that, if followed, could execute arbitary shell commands with the privileges of the person viewing the PDF document. Update : New packages are available as t...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : dhcpcd (MDKSA-2003:003)

A vulnerability was discovered by Simon Kelley in the dhcpcd DHCP client daemon. dhcpcd has the ability to execute an external script named dhcpcd-.exe when an IP address is assigned to that network interface. The script sources the file /var/lib/dhcpcd/dhcpcd-.info which contains shell variables...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : gaim (MDKSA-2002:054-1)

Versions of Gaim an AOL instant message client prior to 0.58 contain a buffer overflow in the Jabber plug-in module. As well, a vulnerability was discovered in the URL-handling code, where the 'manual' browser command passes an untrusted string to the shell without reliable quoting or escaping...

Fedora Core 1 : kdepim-3.1.4-2 (2004-133)

The KDE team found a buffer overflow in the file information reader of VCF files. An attacker could construct a VCF file so that when it was opened by a victim it would execute arbitrary commands. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project cve.mitre.org has assigned the name CVE-2003-0988 t...

CVE-2004-0201

Heap-based buffer overflow in the HtmlHelp program hh.exe in HTML Help for Microsoft Windows 98, Me, NT 4.0, 2000, XP, and Server 2003 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a .CHM file with a large length field, a different vulnerability than CVE-2003-1041...

CVE-2004-0395

The xatitv program in the gatos package does not properly drop root privileges when the configuration file does not exist, which allows local users to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in a system call...

CVE-2002-1582

compose.cgi in Mailreader.com 2.3.30 and 2.3.31, when using Sendmail as the Mail Transfer Agent, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the RealEmail configuration variable, which is used to call Sendmail in network.cgi...

RHEL 2.1 : xchat (RHSA-2002:124)

A security issue in XChat allows a malicious server to execute arbitrary commands. XChat is a popular cross-platform IRC client. Versions of XChat prior to 1.8.9 do not filter the response from an IRC server when a /dns query is executed. Because XChat resolves hostnames by passing the configured...

RHEL 2.1 : XFree86 (RHSA-2003:065)

Updated XFree86 packages that resolve various security issues and additionally provide a number of bug fixes and enhancements are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1. XFree86 is an implementation of the X Window System, which provides the graphical user interface, video drivers, etc. f...

RHEL 2.1 : cvs (RHSA-2003:013)

Updated CVS packages are now available for Red Hat Linux Advanced Server. These updates fix a vulnerability which would permit arbitrary command execution on servers configured to allow anonymous read-only access. Updated 06 Feb 2003 Added fixed packages for Advanced Workstation 2.1 CVS is a...

format string vulnerability in Gnats

Zone-h Security Advisory Date of discovery : 21 june 2004 Date of release : 24 june 2004 Bug found by Khan Shirani [email protected] http://www.zone-h.org --------------------------------------- Software : GNU Gnats 4.00 Bugs : formats string bugs Risk : low/medium Platform : nix...

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

Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200406-18 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - http://security.gentoo.org/ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Severity:...

PHPX 3.x - forums.php Cross-Site Request Forgery Arbitrary Command Execution

PHPX 3.x - forums.php Cross-Site Request Forgery Arbitrary Command Execution source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10284/info It has been reported that PHPX is affected by multiple administrator command execution vulnerabilities. These issues are due to a failure of the application to properl...

PHPX 3.x - '/forums.php' Cross-Site Request Forgery / Arbitrary Command Execution

source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10284/info It has been reported that PHPX is affected by multiple administrator command execution vulnerabilities. These issues are due to a failure of the application to properly validate access to administrative commands. This issue could permit a remot...

PHPX 3.x - '/page.php' Cross-Site Request Forgery / Arbitrary Command Execution

source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10284/info It has been reported that PHPX is affected by multiple administrator command execution vulnerabilities. These issues are due to a failure of the application to properly validate access to administrative commands. This issue could permit a remot...

Coppermine Photo Gallery 1.2.2b - theme.php Remote File Inclusion

Coppermine Photo Gallery 1.2.2b - theme.php Remote File Inclusion source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10253/info Coppermine Photo Gallery is reported prone to multiple input-validation vulnerabilities, some of which may lead to arbitrary command execution. These issues occur because the...

Coppermine Photo Gallery 1.2.2b - 'theme.php' Remote File Inclusion

source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10253/info Coppermine Photo Gallery is reported prone to multiple input-validation vulnerabilities, some of which may lead to arbitrary command execution. These issues occur because the application fails to properly sanitize and validate user-supplied inp...

Coppermine Photo Gallery 1.2.2b - menu.inc.php Cross-Site Scripting

Coppermine Photo Gallery 1.2.2b - menu.inc.php Cross-Site Scripting source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10253/info Coppermine Photo Gallery is reported prone to multiple input-validation vulnerabilities, some of which may lead to arbitrary command execution. These issues occur because the...

Coppermine Photo Gallery 1.2.0 RC4 - init.inc.php Remote File Inclusion

Coppermine Photo Gallery 1.2.0 RC4 - init.inc.php Remote File Inclusion source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10253/info Coppermine Photo Gallery is reported prone to multiple input-validation vulnerabilities, some of which may lead to arbitrary command execution. These issues occur because t...