Cyrus-SASL: Buffer overflow and SASL_PATH vulnerabilities

Background Cyrus-SASL is an implementation of the Simple Authentication and Security Layer. Description Cyrus-SASL contains a remote buffer overflow in the digestmda5.c file. Additionally, under certain conditions it is possible for a local user to exploit a vulnerability in the way the SASLPATH...

Netpbm: Multiple temporary file issues

Background Netpbm is a toolkit containing more than 200 separate utilities for manipulation and conversion of graphic images. Description Utilities contained in the Netpbm package prior to the 9.25 version contain defects in temporary file handling. They create temporary files with predictable...

[SA12692] MediaWiki "raw" Page Output Mode Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

TITLE: MediaWiki "raw" Page Output Mode Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability SECUNIA ADVISORY ID: SA12692 VERIFY ADVISORY: http://secunia.com/advisories/12692/ CRITICAL: Less critical IMPACT: Cross Site Scripting WHERE: From remote SOFTWARE: MediaWiki 1.x http://secunia.com/product/2546/ DESCRIPTIO...

Icecast Crafted URI Remote DoS

The remote server runs a version of Icecast, an open source streaming audio server that is older than version 1.3.11. This version is affected by a remote denial of service because Icecast server does not properly sanitize user-supplied input. A remote attacker could send a specially crafted URL,...

Debian DSA-500-1 : flim - insecure temporary file

Tatsuya Kinoshita discovered a vulnerability in flim, an emacs library for working with internet messages, where temporary files were created without taking appropriate precautions. This vulnerability could potentially be exploited by a local user to overwrite files with the privileges of the use...

Debian DSA-427-1 : linux-kernel-2.4.17-mips+mipsel - missing boundary check

Paul Starzetz discovered a flaw in bounds checking in mremap in the Linux kernel present in version 2.4.x and 2.6.x which may allow a local attacker to gain root privileges. Version 2.2 is not affected by this bug. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and...

Debian DSA-112-1 : hanterm - buffer overflow

A set of buffer overflow problems have been found in hanterm, a Hangul terminal for X11 derived from xterm, that will read and display Korean characters in its terminal window. The font handling code in hanterm uses hard limited string variables but didn't check for boundaries. This problem can b...

Debian DSA-011-2 : mgetty - insecure tempfile handling

Immunix reports that mgetty does not create temporary files in a secure manner, which could lead to a symlink attack. This has been corrected in mgetty 1.1.21-3potato1 %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were extracted from...

Debian DSA-057-1 : gftp - printf format attack

The gftp package as distributed with Debian GNU/Linux 2.2 has a problem in its logging code: it logged data received from the network but it did not protect itself from printf format attacks. An attacker can use this by making an FTP server return special responses that exploit this. %NASLMINLEVE...

Debian DSA-490-1 : zope - arbitrary code execution

A vulnerability has been discovered in the index support of the ZCatalog plug-in in Zope, an open source web application server. A flaw in the security settings of ZCatalog allows anonymous users to call arbitrary methods of catalog indexes. The vulnerability also allows untrusted code to do the...

Debian DSA-052-1 : sendfile - broken dropping of privileges

Daniel Kobras has discovered and fixed a problem in sendfiled which caused the daemon not to drop privileges as expected when sending notification mails. Exploiting this, a local user can easily make it execute arbitrary code under root privileges. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security,...

Debian DSA-018-1 : tinyproxy - remote nobody exploit

PkC have found a heap overflow in tinyproxy that could be remotely exploited. An attacker could gain a shell user nobody remotely. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were extracted from Debian Security Advisory DSA-018. The...

Debian DSA-162-1 : ethereal - buffer overflow

Ethereal developers discovered a buffer overflow in the ISIS protocol dissector. It may be possible to make Ethereal crash or hang by injecting a purposefully malformed packet onto the wire, or by convincing someone to read a malformed packet trace file. It may be possible to make Ethereal run...

Debian DSA-118-1 : xsane - insecure temporary files

Tim Waugh found several insecure uses of temporary files in the xsane program, which is used for scanning. This was fixed for Debian/stable by moving those files into a securely created directory within the /tmp directory. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text...

getmail: Filesystem overwrite vulnerability

Background getmail is a reliable fetchmail replacement that supports Maildir, Mboxrd and external MDA delivery. Description David Watson discovered a vulnerability in getmail when it is configured to run as root and deliver mail to the maildirs/mbox files of untrusted local users. A malicious loc...

GTK+ 2, gdk-pixbuf: Multiple image decoding vulnerabilities

Background GTK+ GIMP Toolkit + is a toolkit for creating graphical user interfaces. The GdkPixbuf library provides facilities for image handling. It is available as a standalone library as well as shipped with GTK+ 2. Description A vulnerability has been discovered in the BMP image preprocessor...

Mozilla contains integer overflows in bitmap image decoder

Overview A vulnerability in the way Mozilla and its derived programs handle certain bitmap images could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on a vulnerable system. Description The Mozilla web browser and related Mozilla products support the ability to natively display a number of...

MailEnable SMTP Connector Service DNS MX Response DoS

According to its banner, the remote host is running at least one instance of MailEnable's SMTP Connector service. A flaw exists in both the Standard Edition 1.7x and Professional Edition 1.2x/1.5a-e that results in this service crashing if it receives a DNS response with over 100 MX records. A...

Keene Digital Media Server Multiple Script XSS

The remote host runs Keene digital media server, a web server used to share digital information. This version is vulnerable to multiple cross-site scripting attacks. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. Ref: Drinsane include'deprecatednasllevel.inc'; include'compat.inc';...

ZoneAlarm Personal Firewall UDP Source Port 67 Bypass

This version of ZoneAlarm contains a flaw that may allow a remote attacker to bypass the ruleset. The issue is due to ZoneAlarm not monitoring and alerting UDP traffic with a source port of 67. This allows an attacker to bypass the firewall to reach protected hosts without setting off warnings on...