nbsmtp -- format string vulnerability

When nbsmtp is executed in debug mode, server messages will be printed to stdout and logged via syslog. Syslog is used insecurely and user-supplied format characters are directly fed to the syslog function, which results in a format string vulnerability. Under some circumstances, an SMTP server m...

gxine format string vulnerability

New gxine packages are available for Slackware 10.0, 10.1, and -current to fix a format string security issue. More details about this issue may be found in the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures CVE database: http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2005-1692 Here are the details from...

CVE-2004-2264

GNU less versions 358–382 contain a format-string bug in the open_altfile function (filename.c) that may allow local users to cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code via the LESSOPEN environment variable. The PT-2004-3159 advisory notes this is not a vulnerability unless priv...

CVE-2004-2264

Format string bug in the openaltfile function in filename.c for GNU less 382, 381, and 358 might allow local users to cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code via format strings in the LESSOPEN environment variable. NOTE: since less is not setuid or setgid, then this is not a...

Multiple Race Drivers game vulnerabilities

Buffer overflows, format string bugs,...

CVE-2004-2238

Format string vulnerability in vsybase.c in vpopmail 5.4.2 and earlier has unknown impact and attack vectors. NOTE: in a followup post, it was observed that the source code used constants that, when compiled, became static format strings. Thus this is not a vulnerability...

CVE-2004-2238

The CVE concerns a format-string issue in vsybase.c of vpopmail versions up to 5.4.2. A follow-up note indicates the source uses constants that, when compiled, become static format strings, and this is described as not a vulnerability. No concrete impact, attack vectors, or remediation details ar...

XV

New XV image viewer packages are available for Slackware 8.1, 9.0, 9.1, 10.0, 10.1, and -current to fix security issues. Format string and other issues could cause a crash or execution of arbitrary code if a specially crafted image is loaded with XV. Here are the details from the Slackware 10.1...

CVE-2001-1562

Format string vulnerability in nvi before 1.79 allows local users to gain privileges via format string specifiers in a filename...

CVE-2001-1566

Format string vulnerability in libvanessalogger 0.0.1 in Perdition 0.1.8 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in the vanessaloggerlog function...

CVE-2002-2022

The CVE-2002-2022 entry concerns Kaffe OpenVM 1.0.6 and earlier. Root cause: a format string vulnerability in the handling of forName attributes that can be triggered when a java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError is thrown, allowing a local attacker to execute arbitrary code. Affected component: the VM’s...

CVE-2002-2022

Format string vulnerability in Kaffe OpenVM 1.0.6 and earlier allows local users to execute arbitrary code, when a java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError is thrown, via format specifiers in the forName attribute...

CVE-2001-1562

CVE-2001-1562 affects the nvi editor; it is a format string vulnerability in which, before version 1.79, local users could gain privileges via format specifiers embedded in a filename. The Debian advisory DSA-085-1 and OpenVAS entries reiterate that nvi (and nvi-m17n) needed updates to address th...

CVE-2001-1566

Format string vulnerability in libvanessalogger 0.0.1 in Perdition 0.1.8 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in the vanessaloggerlog function...

CVE-2001-1562

Format string vulnerability in nvi before 1.79 allows local users to gain privileges via format string specifiers in a filename...

Slackware 8.1 / 9.0 / 9.1 / current : metamail security update (SSA:2004-049-02)

Metamail is a set of utilities for processing MIME mail. New metamail packages are available for Slackware 8.1, 9.0, 9.1, and -current. These fix two format string bugs and two buffer overflows which could lead to unauthorized code execution. Thanks to Ulf Hrnhammar for discovering these problems...

FreeBSD : sup -- format string vulnerability (2c5757f4-88bf-11d9-8720-0007e900f87b)

Debian Security Advisory reports : [email protected] discovered a format string vulnerability in sup, a set of programs to synchronize collections of files across a number of machines, whereby a remote attacker could potentially cause arbitrary code to be executed with the privileges of the...

FreeBSD : oops -- format string vulnerability (1033750f-cab4-11d9-9aed-000e0c2e438a)

A RST/GHC Advisory reports that there is an format string vulnerability in oops. The vulnerability can be found in the MySQL/PgSQL authentication module. Succesful exploitation may allow execution of arbitrary code. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and...

FreeBSD : dillo -- format string vulnerability (28ab7ddf-61ab-11d9-a9e7-0001020eed82)

dillo contains a format string vulnerability which could lead to execution of arbitrary code simply by viewing a web page or opening a HTML file. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were extracted from the FreeBSD VuXML...

FreeBSD : hashcash -- format string vulnerability (5ebfe901-a3cb-11d9-b248-000854d03344)

A Gentoo Linux Security Advisory reports : Tavis Ormandy of the Gentoo Linux Security Audit Team identified a flaw in the Hashcash utility that an attacker could expose by specifying a malformed reply address. Successful exploitation would permit an attacker to disrupt Hashcash users, and...