GPdf: heap overflows in included Xpdf code

Background GPdf is a Gnome PDF viewer. Description Dirk Mueller found a heap overflow vulnerability in the XPdf codebase when handling splash images that exceed size of the associated bitmap. Impact An attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted PDF file with GPdf, potentially...

Xpdf, Poppler: Heap overflow

Background Xpdf is a PDF file viewer that runs under the X Window System. Poppler is a PDF rendering library based on the Xpdf 3.0 code base. Description Dirk Mueller has reported a vulnerability in Xpdf. It is caused by a missing boundary check in the splash rasterizer engine when handling PDF...

Mozilla Firefox QueryInterface method memory corruption

Added: 02/10/2006 CVE: CVE-2006-0295 BID: 16476 OSVDB: 22893 Background Mozilla is a suite of Internet client products available for multiple platforms. Problem A memory corruption in the QueryInterface method of the Location and Navigator objects leads to command execution. Resolution Upgrade to...

linux/x86 - TCP Proxy Shellcode 236 bytes

linux/x86 TCP Proxy Shellcode 236 bytes. Shellcode exploit for linx86 platform // proxylib.c - is located at http://www.milw0rm.com/id.php?id=1476 /str0ke / hey all.. this is my attempt at a very small very functional tcp proxy shellcode.. to pull this off i ignored the "socks" protocols and...

Microsoft SQL Server 2000 resolution service buffer overflow

Added: 02/05/2006 CVE: CVE-2002-0649 BID: 5310 OSVDB: 4577 Background Microsoft SQL Server is a database server package for Windows platforms. SQL Server 2000 introduced the SQL Server Resolution Service, which runs on port 1434/UDP and identifies the port on which each SQL Server instance runs...

MyDNS: Denial of service

Background MyDNS is a DNS server using a MySQL database as a backend. It is designed to allow for fast updates and small resource usage. Description MyDNS contains an unspecified flaw that may allow a remote Denial of Service. Impact An attacker could cause a Denial of Service by sending malforme...

SHOUTcast 1.9.4 - File Request 'Leaked' Format String

/ Shoutcast include include include include include include include include include include include define SHELLPORT 7000 define SHELLCOMMAND "unset HISTFILE; uname -a; id;" if 1 unsigned char shellcode = / bindshell 7000 Unknown /...

Gallery: Cross-site scripting vulnerability

Background Gallery is a web application written in PHP which is used to organize and publish photo albums. It allows multiple users to build and maintain their own albums. It also supports the mirroring of images on other servers. Description Peter Schumacher discovered that Gallery fails to...

Ubuntu 4.10 : XML library vulnerabilities (USN-10-1)

Several buffer overflows have been discovered in libxml2's FTP connection and DNS resolution functions. Supplying very long FTP URLs or IP addresses might result in execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the process using libxml2. Since libxml2 is used in packages like php4-imagick, t...

Ubuntu 4.10 : squid vulnerabilities (USN-84-1)

When parsing the configuration file, squid interpreted empty Access Control Lists ACLs without defined authentication schemes in a non-obvious way. This could allow remote attackers to bypass intended ACLs. CAN-2005-0194 A remote Denial of Service vulnerability was discovered in the domain name...

sadmind AUTH_SYS authentication vulnerability

Added: 01/09/2006 CVE: CVE-2003-0722 BID: 8615 OSVDB: 4585 Background sadmind is a service which coordinates distributed system administration operations remotely. The Sun Solstice AdminSuite runs sadmind with the AUTHSYS authentication method by default. Problem The sadmind running with the...

VMware Workstation: Vulnerability in NAT networking

Background VMware Workstation is a powerful virtual machine for developers and system administrators. Description Tim Shelton discovered that vmnet-natd, the host module providing NAT-style networking for VMware guest operating systems, is unable to process incorrect 'EPRT' and 'PORT' FTP request...

XnView: Privilege escalation

Background XnView is an efficient multimedia viewer, browser and converter, distributed free for non-commercial use. Description Krzysiek Pawlik of Gentoo Linux discovered that the XnView package for IA32 used the DTRPATH field insecurely, causing the dynamic loader to search for shared libraries...

CVE-2005-4524

CVE-2005-4524 affects Mantis 1.0.0rc3 and covers improper handling of the "Make note private" action during bug resolution, with unknown impact and potential information leakage. Public sources (Debian DSA-944-1, Ubuntu CVE page, NVD) corroborate the issue as one of several Mantis vulnerabilities...

OpenLDAP, Gauche: RUNPATH issues

Background OpenLDAP is a suite of LDAP-related application and development tools. Gauche is an R5RS Scheme interpreter. Description Gentoo packaging for OpenLDAP and Gauche may introduce insecure paths into the list of directories that are searched for libraries at runtime. Impact A local attacke...

Break SSS technology blockade-vulnerability warning-the black bar safety net

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MailEnable IMAP W3C Logging Buffer Overflow

Added: 12/03/2005 CVE: CVE-2005-3155 BID: 15006 OSVDB: 19842 Background MailEnable is a mail server for Windows platforms. The standard edition supports the SMTP and POP3 protocols. MailEnable Professional and MailEnable Enterprise also support IMAP and HTTPMail. Problem MailEnable's IMAP service...

Have to say by the campus network see Network Security status-vulnerability warning-the black bar safety net

Preface originally really do not want to write this article, but really can not let people endure. Did not expect the school campus network security situation is actually so bad, one of the most impressive Willy-nilly. Or administrator of quality and safety awareness. Status of the recall a year...

HP Jet Admin 6.5 or less Vulnerability

The remote HP Web Jetadmin is vulnerable to multiple exploits. This includes, but is not limited to, full remote administrative access. An attacker can execute code remotely with SYSTEM level or root privileges by invoking the ExecuteFile function. To further exacerbate this issue, there is worki...

Netpbm: Buffer overflow in pnmtopng

Background Netpbm is a package of 220 graphics programs and a programming library, including pnmtopng, a tool to convert PNM image files to the PNG format. Description RedHat reported that pnmtopng is vulnerable to a buffer overflow. Impact An attacker could craft a malicious PNM file and entice ...