I Have Only One Security Prediction for 2010

Instead of the usual top ten lists that are all-too-common with predictions for the new year, I have just one: 2010 will be the year of desktop applications handling untrusted data in sandboxed processes, and it will be about time. Since the release of Windows XP SP2, there have been significantl...

Deserialization of untrusted data

misc.php in DeluxeBB 1.3 allows remote attackers to register accounts without a valid email address via a valemail action with the valmem set to a pre-assigned user ID, which is visible from a memberlist action...

Deserialization of untrusted data

comments.php in Simplog 0.9.3.2, and possibly earlier, does not properly restrict access, which allows remote attackers to edit or delete comments via the 1 edit or 2 del action...

Deserialization of untrusted data

Google Chrome 0.2.149.27 allows user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service browser crash via an IMG tag with a long src attribute, which triggers the crash when the victim performs an "Inspect Element" action...

Deserialization of untrusted data

index.php in MiniTwitter 0.2 beta allows remote authenticated users to modify certain options of arbitrary accounts via an opt action...

Deserialization of untrusted data

index.php in BlogPHP 2.0 allows remote attackers to gain administrator privileges via a crafted email parameter in a register2 action...

Vim: Improper Implementation of shellescape()/Arbitrary Code Execution

Summary Product : Vim -- Vi IMproved Version : = 7.2a.013; tested with 7.2b Impact : Arbitrary code execution Wherefrom: Local, possibly remote Original : http://www.rdancer.org/vulnerablevim-shellescape.html http://www.rdancer.org/vulnerablevim-latest.tar.bz2 Improper implementation of the...

Deserialization of untrusted data

Apple QuickTime before 7.4.5 enables deserialization of QTJava objects by untrusted Java applets, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted applet...

Deserialization of untrusted data

actions.php in WebPortal CMS 0.6-beta generates predictable passwords containing only the time of day, which makes it easier for remote attackers to obtain access to any account via a lostpass action...

Deserialization of untrusted data

myEvent 1.6 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via 1 a Log In action without a password to login.php, or an invalid 2 view or 3 monthno parameter to myevent.php, which reveals the path in various error messages...

Pubcookie Login Server -- XSS vulnerability

Nathan Dors, Pubcookie Project reports: A new non-persistent XSS vulnerability was found in the Pubcookie login server's compiled binary "index.cgi" CGI program. The CGI program mishandles untrusted data when printing responses to the browser. This makes the program vulnerable to carefully crafte...

Deserialization of untrusted data

PHP 4 before 4.4.5, and PHP 5 before 5.2.1, when registerglobals is enabled, allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via deserialization of session data, which overwrites arbitrary global variables, as demonstrated by calling sessiondecode on a string beginning with...

[Full-disclosure] PHP import_request_variables() vs extract()

Please note that also extract will override any variable exluded $GLOBALS but the main difference is that on http://it2.php.net/extract you are advised to do not use "extract against untrusted data, like user-input $GET, ...." quote if you want to run old code that relies on registerglobals...

Important: Red Hat Security Advisory: php security update

Updated PHP packages that fix several security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1. This update has been rated as having important security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team. PHP is an HTML-embedded scripting language commonly used with the Apache HTTP Web server....

Deserialization of untrusted data

profile.php in FunkBoard CF0.71 allows remote attackers to change arbitrary passwords via a modified uid hidden form field in an Edit Profile action...

FreeBSD : bogofilter -- heap corruption through malformed input (92140bc9-7bde-11da-8ec4-0002b3b60e4c)

Matthias Andree reports : When using Unicode databases default in more recent bogofilter installations, upon encountering invalid input sequences, bogofilter or bogolexer could overrun a malloc'd buffer, corrupting the heap, while converting character sets. Bogofilter would usually be processing...

FreeBSD : mod_pubcookie -- XSS vulnerability (91afa94c-c452-11da-8bff-000ae42e9b93)

Nathan Dors of the Pubcookie Project reports : Non-persistent XSS vulnerabilities were found in the Pubcookie Apache module modpubcookie and ISAPI filter. These components mishandle untrusted data when printing responses to the browser. This makes them vulnerable to carefully crafted requests...

mod_pubcookie -- cross site scripting vulnerability

Nathan Dors of the Pubcookie Project reports: Non-persistent XSS vulnerabilities were found in the Pubcookie Apache module modpubcookie and ISAPI filter. These components mishandle untrusted data when printing responses to the browser. This makes them vulnerable to carefully crafted requests...

security flaw

The deserialization code in PHP before 4.3.10 and PHP 5.x up to 5.0.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and execute arbitrary code via untrusted data to the unserialize function that may trigger "information disclosure, double-free and negative reference index array underflow"...

GLSA-200512-01 : Perl: Format string errors can lead to code execution

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200512-01 Perl: Format string errors can lead to code execution Jack Louis discovered a new way to exploit format string errors in Perl that could lead to the execution of arbitrary code. This is perfomed by causing an integer wra...