BIND T_NXT record processing may cause buffer overflow

Overview A vulnerability in BIND, repaired in verison 8.2.2p5, allows remote attackers to execute code with the privileges of the process running named. This vulnerability was widely exploited from November 1999 to December 2000. Description There is a buffer overflow in the processing of NXT...

HyperTerminal Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 HyperTerminal Buffer Overflow Vulnerability USSR Advisory Code: USSR-2000055 Public Disclosure Date: October 18, 2000 Vendors Affected: Microsoft Corporation http://www.microsoft.com Hilgraeve, Inc. http://www.hilgraeve.com Systems Affected:...

glibc unsetenv bug

Hello, Two distribution vendors have recently issued updated packages and advisories regarding a glibc bug. While I don't consider this bug to be a serious security issue, a more detailed description of the bug and information on affected glibc versions is needed. I am forwarding a message I post...

upgrade.sendmail.8x.txt

Seems to me there's something really bad about software vendors. First of all, if author of program finds bug in it - even when this bug seems to be nasty - very often, he'll silently fix it, even without mentioning it in CHANGES blessed those who put there text like 'some security fixes', at lea...

PHP Code Injection

phpWhois PHP Code Injection\nVulnerability Overview\nphpWhois and some of its forks in versions before 5.1.0 are prone to a\ncode injection vulnerability due to insufficient sanitization of returned\nWHOIS data. This allows attackers controlling the WHOIS information of a\nrequested domain to...