X Font Service Crafted XFS Query Remote Overflow

The remote X Font Service xfs is affected by a buffer overflow. An attacker may use this flaw to gain shell access on the remote host as 'root' or 'nobody'. C Tenable Network Security, Inc. It turns out the initial revision of this script would not crash all versions of the font service...

Network Service Long Line Handling Remote DoS

It was possible to kill the service by sending a single long text line. This may indicate the presence of a buffer overflow. An attacker may be able to use this flaw to crash your software or even execute arbitrary code on your system. C Tenable Network Security, Inc. include"compat.inc"; if...

Solaris X Window Font Service (XFS) daemon contains buffer overflow in Dispatch() function

Overview A remotely exploitable buffer overflow has been discovered in the Solaris X Window Font Service XFS daemon fs.auto. Description ISS X-Force released an Advisory today regarding a remotely exploitable buffer overflow in XFS. According to ISS, XFS is installed and running by default on the...

Multiple Sun RPC-based libc implementations fails to provide time-out mechanism when reading data from TCP connections

Overview A denial-of-service vulnerability exists in multiple vendor Sun RPC-based libc implementations. Description Multiple vendor Sun RPC-based libc implementations fail to properly read data from TCP connections. As a result, a remote attacker can deny service to system daemons. --- Impact A...

Advisory 03/2002: Fetchmail remote vulnerabilities

e-matters GmbH www.e-matters.de -= Security Advisory =- Advisory: Fetchmail remote vulnerabilities Release Date: 2002/09/29 Last Modified: 2002/09/29 Author: Stefan Esser [email protected] Application: Fetchmail = 6.0.0 Severity: Several vulnerabilities within Fetchmail could allow remote...

KPMG-2002035: IBM Websphere Large Header DoS

-------------------------------------------------------------------- Title: IBM Websphere Large Header DoS BUG-ID: 2002035 Released: 19th Sep 2002 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Problem: ======== A malicious user can issue a malformed HTTP request and cause t...

Foundstone Research Labs Advisory - Remotely Exploitable Buffer Overflow in ISS Scanner

Foundstone Research Labs Advisory - 091802-ISSC Advisory Name: Remotely Exploitable Buffer Overflow in ISS Scanner Release Date: September 18, 2002 Application: ISS Scanner 6.2.1 Platforms: Windows NT/2000/XP Severity: Remote code execution Vendors: Internet Security Systems http://www.iss.net...

Low BandWidth X proxy vulnerable to buffer overflow via crafted display command line option

Overview A locally exploitable buffer overflow exists in the Low BandWidth X proxy. Description The Low BandWidth X proxy is a component of XFree86 a freely redistributable open-source implementation of the X Window System. The Low BandWidth X proxy allows applications to transparently take...

IPSwitch IMail Advisory #2

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 2c79cbe14ac7d0b8472d3f129fa1df55 Security Advisory 6 PRODUCT IPSwitch IMail, All Current Versions VULNERABILITY the IMail Web Calendaring service, iwebcal, can be crashed by issuing a malformed POST request.. specifically one that neglects to include ...

util-linux package vulnerable to privilege escalation when "ptmptmp" file is not removed properly when using "chfn" utility

Overview The util-linux package contains a race condition vulnerability that can be used to elevate privileges on the system. Description util-linux is shipped with Red Hat Linux and numerous other Linux distributions. It contains a collection of utility programs, such as fstab, mkfs, and chfn. T...

Uudecode performs inadequate checks on user-specified output files

Overview The uudecode utility contains a vulnerability that allows an attacker to overwrite arbitrary files, symbolic links, and named pipes. Description The uudecode utility is used to decode files that have been encoded in the 7-bit printable format generated by uuencode. This format allows for...

KPMG-2002026: Jrun sourcecode Disclosure

-------------------------------------------------------------------- Title: Jrun sourcecode Disclosure BUG-ID: 2002026 Released: 01st Jul 2002 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Problem: ======== It is possible for a malicious user to trick the Jrun webserver int...

ISC BIND 9 fails to process additional data chains in responses correctly thereby causing the server to fail an internal consistency check

Overview A denial-of-service vulnerability exists in version 9 of the Internet Software Consortium's ISC Berkeley Internet Name Domain BIND server. ISC BIND versions 8 and 4 are not affected. Exploiting this vulnerability will cause vulnerable BIND servers to shut down. Description BIND is an...

BadBlue Web Server v1.7.0 Directory Contents Disclosure

BadBlue Web Server v1.7.0 Directory Contents Disclosure Author: p0p t4rtz and Bit Release Date: May 31, 2002 Class: Input Validation Error Remote/Local: Remote Object: BadBlue v1.7.0 and below Abstract:: ^^^^^^^^^^ BadBlue is a well known small-scale web server for sharing files with remote users...

ISC DHCPD contains format string vulnerability when logging DNS-update requests

Overview The DHCP daemon DHCPD is a server that is used to allocate network addresses and assign configuration parameters to dynamically configured hosts. A format string vulnerability may permit an intruder to execute code with the privileges of the DHCP daemon typically root. Description The...

2nd Buffer Overflow in Talentsoft's Web+ (#NISR13032002)

NGSSoftware Insight Security Research Advisory Name: Web+ Buffer Overflow Systems Affected: Web+ 4.6/5.0 on Windows NT/2000, Solaris, Linux Severity: High Risk Vendor URL: http://www.talentsoft.com Author: David Litchfield [email protected] Date: 13th March 2002 Advisory number: NISR13032002...

Multiple Vendor Malformed SNMP Message-Handling DoS

It was possible to disable the remote SNMP daemon by sending a malformed packet advertising bogus length fields. An attacker may use this flaw to prevent you from using SNMP to administer your network or use other flaws to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the SNMP daemon. C Tenable...

NSI RWhoisd contains format string vulnerability in print_error()

Overview A remotely exploitable format string vulnerability exists in the Referral Whois server daemon RWhoisd. Description As the Internet has grown, the centralized whois database was not able to scale. In order to deal with scaling the whois system, Referral Whois was developed. Referral Whois...

IBM AIX line printer daemon contains a buffer overflow in send_status()

Overview The Line Printer daemon lpd shipped with AIX systems contains a buffer overflow in sendstatus that potentially allow a malicious remote user to gain root privileges. Description A buffer overflow exists in the sendstatus function of the line printer daemon lpd on AIX systems. An intruder...

Default installations of the Lotus Domino web server disclose system information via HTTP headers

Overview The default configuration of the Lotus Domino web server discloses system characteristics to anonymous remote users. Description The default configuration of the Lotus Domino web server discloses system information in the HTTP headers it returns to a web browser. If these headers are...