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...

ABC2MTEX 1.6.1 - Process ABC Key Field Buffer Overflow

ABC2MTEX 1.6.1 - Process ABC Key Field Buffer Overflow source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12018/info abc2mtex is prone to a buffer overflow vulnerability. This issue is exposed when the program is used to convert ABC music notation files to MTEX format. In particular, the issue is due to...

ABC2MIDI 2004-12-04 - Multiple Stack Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities

source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12019/info It is reported that abc2midi is susceptible to two stack buffer overflow vulnerabilities. These issues are due to a failure of the application to properly bounds check user-supplied image data prior to copying it into fixed-size memory buffers...

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...

jabberd -- remote buffer overflow vulnerability

Caused by improper bounds-checking of username and password in the C2S module, it is possible for an attacker to cause a remote buffer overflow. The server directly handles the userinput with SQL backend functions - malicious input may lead to buffer overflow...

Raven Software Soldier Of Fortune 2 - Remote Buffer Overflow

Raven Software Soldier Of Fortune 2 - Remote Buffer Overflow source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11735/info It is reported that Soldier of Fortune 2 is susceptible to a buffer overflow vulnerability. This issue is due to a failure of the application to perform sufficient bounds checking on...

Security fix for the ALT Linux 8 package cyrus-imapd version 2.2.9-alt1

Nov. 23, 2004 Alexei Takaseev 2.2.9-alt1 - 2.2.9 - This release implements several bugfixes, notably one where lmtpproxyd could reuse a freed connection, another involving a pre-authentication buffer overrun in "imap magic plus" support CAN-2004-1011 and lack of bounds checking in PARTIAL and...

smbd -- buffer-overrun vulnerability

Caused by improper bounds checking of certain trans2 requests, there is a possible buffer overrun in smbd. The attacker needs to be able to create files with very specific Unicode filenames on the share to take advantage of this issue...

Samba: Multiple vulnerabilities

Background Samba is a freely available SMB/CIFS implementation which allows seamless interoperability of file and print services to other SMB/CIFS clients. Description Samba fails to do proper bounds checking when handling TRANSACT2QFILEPATHINFO replies. Additionally an input validation flaw exis...

XFree86 4.3 - Font Information File Buffer Overflow

XFree86 4.3 - Font Information File Buffer Overflow // source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/9636/info It has been reported that the XFree86 X Windows system is prone to a local buffer overflow vulnerability. The issue arises from improper bounds checking when parsing the 'font.alias' file...

Debian DSA-475-1 : linux-kernel-2.4.18-hppa - several vulnerabilities

Several local root exploits have been discovered recently in the Linux kernel. This security advisory updates the PA-RISC kernel 2.4.18 for Debian GNU/Linux. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems that are fixed with this update : - CAN-2003-0961 : An...

Debian DSA-439-1 : linux-kernel-2.4.16-arm - several vulnerabilities

Several local root exploits have been discovered recently in the Linux kernel. This security advisory updates the ARM kernel for Debian GNU/Linux. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems that are fixed with this update : - CAN-2003-0961 : An integer...

Debian DSA-450-1 : linux-kernel-2.4.19-mips - several vulnerabilities

Several local root exploits have been discovered recently in the Linux kernel. This security advisory updates the mips kernel 2.4.19 for Debian GNU/Linux. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems that are fixed with this update : - CAN-2003-0961 : An...

GLSA-200409-13 : LHa: Multiple vulnerabilities

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200409-13 LHa: Multiple vulnerabilities The command line argument as well as the archive parsing code of LHa lack sufficient bounds checking. Furthermore, a shell meta character command execution vulnerability exists in LHa, since...

GLSA-200405-06 : libpng denial of service vulnerability

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200405-06 libpng denial of service vulnerability libpng provides two functions pngchunkerror and pngchunkwarning for default error and warning messages handling. These functions do not perform proper bounds checking on the provide...

GLSA-200408-27 : Gaim: New vulnerabilities

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200408-27 Gaim: New vulnerabilities Gaim fails to do proper bounds checking when: Handling MSN messages partially fixed with GLSA 200408-12. Handling rich text format messages. Resolving local hostname. Receiving long URLs. Handli...