Oberthur smart cards generate weak certificates

Overview A flaw has been identified in Oberthur ID-One COSMO 64, v5.2 and v5.2a smart cards, which results in public keys that do not satisfy the requirements of the Digital Signature Standard as specified in FIPS PUB 186-3 and its predecessors. Description Oberthur ID-One COSMO 64, v5.2 and v5.2...

Enspire eClient SQL injection allows authentication bypass

Overview Enspire eClient contains a SQL injection vulnerability that could allow an attacker to bypass authentication and access the system with administrative privileges. Description The Enspire software suite includes an eClient web front-end which is susceptible to SQL injection attacks. This...

Windows font library file buffer overflow

Overview Microsoft Windows contains a buffer overflow vulnerability in the handling of font library files, which may allow a remote, unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges. Description Microsoft Windows supports a variety of font formats. One of which is the fon...

Oracle Outside In contains exploitable vulnerabilities in Lotus 123 and Microsoft CAB file parsers

Overview Oracle Outside In contains exploitable vulnerabilities in Lotus 123 and Microsoft CAB file parsers, which can allow a remote, unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code on a vulnerable system. Description Oracle Outside In is a set of libraries that can decode over 500 different...

Ghostscript Heap Corruption in TrueType bytecode interpreter

Overview The TrueType bytecode interpreter which is a part of Ghostscript is prone to heap corruption. Description Ghostscript includes a TrueType bytecode interpreter which is prone to an off by one bug which causes heap corruption. Further details can be found in the Ghostscript Bug 691044,...

Microsoft Internet Explorer CSS style element vulnerability

Overview Microsoft Internet Explorer IE does not safely reference CSS style elements. Using a specially crafted HTML page, an attacker can cause IE to crash and potentially execute arbitrary code. Description IE contains a vulnerability in the way it references CSS style elements. Processing a...

Wireshark Endace ERF unsigned integer wrap vulnerability

Overview Wireshark contains an unsigned integer wrap vulnerability that may occur when parsing Endace Extensible Record Format ERF files. Description Wireshark is a protocol analyzer that can open or import previously saved files. When processing an Endace ERF file an unsigned integer wrap...

NetBSD malformed ICMPv6 MLD-QUERY denial of service

Overview NetBSD fails to properly handle ICMPv6 MLD query packets, which can allow a remote, unauthenticated attacker to cause a denial of service. Description ICMPv6, which is defined in RFC 4443, is a version of the ICMP protocol for IPv6. Multicast Listener Discovery MLD for IPv6, which is...

Wonderware SuiteLink null pointer dereference

Overview A vulnerability in the way Wonderware SuiteLink handles malformed TCP packets could result in a denial of service. Description Wonderware SuiteLink is a protocol based on TCP/IP that runs as a service listening for connections on port 5413/tcp on Microsoft Windows operating systems. A...

Apache mod_jk2 host header buffer overflow

Overview A vulnerability exists in the legacy version of the modjk2 Apache module. If successfully exploited, the vulnerability may allow an attacker to run arbitrary code on affected system. Description The host header field allows HTTP 1.1 RFC 2616 compliant servers to host multiple domains usi...

Mozilla products may allow directory traversal

Overview A vulnerability exists in the way Mozilla products with certain extensions handle chrome: URIs that may allow directory traversal. Description Mozilla extensions are small add-ons that can be integrated with Mozilla products to provide added functionality. Mozilla products contain a...

OpenSSL FIPS Object Module fails to properly generate random seeds

Overview The OpenSSL FIPS Module fails to perform auto-seeding, which may allow an attacker to predict pseudo-randomly generated data. Description OpenSSL is a toolkit that provides SSL and TLS protocols as well as a general purpose cryptography library. The OpenSSL FIPS Object Module provides an...

Mortbay Jetty Dump Servlet vulnerable to cross-site scripting

Overview The Mortbay Jetty Dump Servlet contains a cross-site scripting vulnerability. Description Mortbay Jetty is a web server that is written in Java. The Dump Servlet that is included with Jetty is vulnerable to cross-site scripting. Note that according to the vendor, the Dump Servlet is for...

Oracle JInitiator ActiveX control stack buffer overflows

Overview The Oracle JInitiator ActiveX control contains multiple stack buffer overflows, which could allow a remote, unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code on a vulnerable system. Description Oracle JInitiator allows users to run Oracle Developer Server applications within a web...

MIT Kerberos kadmind RPC library gssrpc__svcauth_gssapi() uninitialized pointer free vulnerability

Overview The MIT Kerberos administration daemon kadmind can free an uninitialized pointer, which may allow a remote, unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service. Description The gssrpcsvcauthgssapi function used by the Kerberos administration daemon can free an...

Microsoft Office drawing object vulnerability

Overview Microsoft Office fails to properly handle malformed drawing objects. This vulnerability may allow a remote, unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code. Description Microsoft Office fails to properly handle malformed drawing objects embedded within Office documents. By convincing ...

Microsoft MFC component vulnerable to remote code execution via malformed embedded OLE object

Overview A memory corruption vulnerability exists in the MFC component that is provided with Microsoft Windows and Visual Studio Description The Microsoft Foundation Class Library MFC, is a Microsoft library that wraps parts of the Windows API in C++ classes. MFC is included in Microsoft Visual...

Citrix Access Gateway LDAP authentication bypass

Overview An error with LDAP authentication in Citrix Access Gateway appliances may allow an attacker to successfully authenticate without providing correct login credentials. Description Citrix Access Gateway appliances use SSL VPN technology to give remote users secure access shared resources...

gzip contains a .bss buffer overflow in its LZH handling

Overview The gzip program contains a buffer overflow vulnerability that may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code or create a denial-of-service condition. Description The gzip program is used to compress and decompress archived files. Some implementations of gzip include support for the LZH...

BIND vulnerable to an assertion failure when querying for SIG records

Overview A vulnerability in the BIND name server could allow a remote attacker to cause a denial of service against an affected system. Description The Berkeley Internet Name Domain BIND is a popular Domain Name System DNS implementation from Internet Systems Consortium ISC. A flaw exists in the...

Mozilla products VCard attachment buffer overflow

Overview Mozilla products fail to properly handle malformed VCard attachments, which allows a buffer overflow to occur. This vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on a vulnerable system. Description According to Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory 2006-49:A VCard...

OpenOffice.org may fail to recognize embedded Basic macros

Overview The OpenOffice.org team has reported a vulnerability in how the 1.1 and 2.0 versions of OpenOffice.org process basic macros. Description A vulnerability in OpenOffice.org may allow an attacker to inject basic code into documents such that the code will be executed when the document is...

LiveData ICCP Server heap buffer overflow vulnerability

Overview LiveData ICCP Server contains a heap-based buffer overflow. This vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to crash the server. Description Inter-Control Center Communications Protocol ICCP According to the LiveData ICCP Server white paper: The Inter-Control Center Communications Protoco...

Microsoft Windows help viewer vulnerable to heap overflow

Overview A vulnerability exists in the Microsoft Windows help viewer application that could allow a remote attacker to execute code of their choosing on a vulnerable system. Description The Microsoft Windows help viewer winhlp32.exe provides application assistance to users through a special type ...

Konqueror fails to restrict access to Java classes

Overview The Konqueror web browser may allow Java applets and JavaScripts to bypass the Java security settings and access restricted Java classes. Exploitation may allow a remote attacker to read and write arbitrary files on a vulnerable system. Description Konqueror is a web browser and file...

Microsoft Windows Internet Naming Service (WINS) contains a buffer overflow

Overview A buffer overflow in the WINS service may allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial-of-service condition. Description The Microsoft WINS service maps IP addresses to NETBIOS computer names.The WINS protocol contains a vulnerability that may allow a remote attack...

Linux kernel USB drivers do not initialize kernel memory properly

Overview Various Linux USB drivers contain an information disclosure vulnerability that may expose sensitive segments of kernel memory to users. Description USB drivers for several versions the Linux kernel do not properly initialize kernel memory before using it. When an affected USB driver copi...

GdkPixbuf BMP parser may enter an infinite loop

Overview A vulnerability exists in the BMP handling of GdkPixbuf. This vulnerability can lead to a denial-of-service condition. Description GdkPixbuf is a library used by GTK+ 2 for loading and rendering images. GTK+ is a multi-platform toolkit for creating graphical user interfaces. It is used b...

MIT Kerberos 5 ASN.1 decoding function asn1buf_skiptail() does not properly terminate loop

Overview The asn1bufskiptail function in the MIT Kerberos 5 library does not properly terminate a loop, allowing an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service in a Kerberos Distribution Center KDC, application server, or Kerberos client. Description As described on the MIT...

libpng integer overflow in image height processing

Overview The Portable Network Graphics library libpng contains a remotely exploitable vulnerability which could cause affected applications to crash. Description The Portable Network Graphics PNG image format is used as an alternative to other image formats such as the Graphics Interchange Format...

Gaim contains a buffer overflow vulnerability in the gaim_quotedp_decode() function

Overview There is a buffer overflow vulnerability in the Gaim gaimquotedpdecode function, which could cause a pointer to reference memory beyond the terminating null byte. Description Gaim is a multi-protocol instant messenger available for a number of operating systems. It includes a feature tha...

Microsoft ASN.1 Library improperly decodes constructed bit strings

Overview The Microsoft ASN.1 Library improperly decodes constructed bit strings which could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to execute arbitrary code with SYSTEM privileges. Description Abstract Syntax Notation number One ASN.1 is an international standard used to describe and transmit...

Microsoft Internet Explorer does not adequately validate javascript: protocol URL

Overview Microsoft Internet Explorer IE does not adequately validate javascript: protocol URLs. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to evaluate script in different security domains. By causing script to be evaluated in the Local Machine Zone, the attacker could execute arbitrary code wit...

Microsoft contains a buffer overflow in the Local Troubleshooter ActiveX control (Tshoot.ocx)

Overview Microsoft Windows ships with a troubleshooting application to assist users with problems. A vulnerability in this application may permit a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the current user. Description Microsoft Windows 2000 ships with an ActiveX control...

Microsoft Windows kernel contains stack overflow

Overview A stack overflow vulnerability exists in the Microsoft Windows kernel. Description The kernel is the core or "heart" of any operating system and is responsible for a variety of things, such as managing memory and allocating hardware resources. Entercept's Ricochet Team has discovered a...

Cryptographic weakness in Kerberos Version 4 protocol

Overview Several cryptographic vulnerabilities exist in the basic Kerberos Version 4 protocol that could allow an attacker to impersonate any user in a Kerberos realm and gain any privilege authorized through that Kerberos realm. Description The MIT Kerberos Development team has discovered a...

MIT Kerberos vulnerable to ticket splicing when using Kerberos4 triple DES service tickets

Overview Several cryptographic vulnerabilities exist in the basic Kerberos version 4 protocol that could allow an attacker to impersonate any user in a Kerberos realm and gain any privilege authorized through that Kerberos realm. Description The MIT Kerberos Development team has discovered a...

MySQL allows default user to be changed to root via custom "my.cnf" file

Overview MySQL reads configuration options from world-writeable files. This can lead to a remote user gaining elevated privileges. Description A message posted to the bugtraq mailing list details a vulnerability affecting versions of MySQL prior to 3.23.56. MySQL would permit users with 'FILE'...

Cached malformed SIG record buffer overflow

Overview A vulnerability in BIND allows remote attackers to execute code with the privileges of the process running named. This vulnerability is resolved in BIND versions 4.9.11, 8.2.7, 8.3.4, and BIND 9. Description A remotely exploitable buffer overflow exists in named. An attacker using...

Apache HTTPD server vulnerable to cross site scripting on error page when using wildcard DNS

Overview Versions of the Apache HTTPD server with wildcard DNS enabled and UseCanonicalName disabled, are vulnerable to a cross-site scripting attack. Description Apache HTTPD servers versions 2.0.42 and prior, and 1.3.26 and prior, with wildcard DNS enabled and UseCanonicalName disabled, are...

4D WebServer does not adequately validate user input thereby allowing directory traversal

Overview 4D WebServer does not properly validate HTTP requests, allowing directory traversal outside the root web directory. Description 4D WebServer versions 6.5.7 and earlier do not properly validate HTTP requests, allowing directory traversal outside the root web directory. --- Impact Remote...

Cisco VPN 3000 series concentrator does not properly handle malformed ISAKMP packets

Overview Cisco VPN 3000 series concentrators do not properly handle specially crafted Internet Security Association and Key Management Protocol ISAKMP packets, which can cause a vulnerable device to reload, denying service to legitimate users. Description According to information on the Cisco web...

Microsoft SQL Server service account registry key has weak permissions that permit privilege escalation

Overview The Microsoft SQL Server contains a vulnerability that allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands with system privileges. Description The Microsoft SQL Server typically runs under a dedicated "service account" that is defined by system administrators at installation time. This...

Multiple vendors' Domain Name System (DNS) stub resolvers vulnerable to buffer overflows

Overview Buffer overflow vulnerabilities exists in the DNS stub resolver library used by BSD, ISC BIND, and GNU glibc. Other systems that use DNS resolver code derived from ISC BIND may also be affected. An attacker who is able to control DNS responses could exploit arbitrary code or cause a deni...

Microsoft Internet Information Server (IIS) 4.0 and 5.0 buffer overflow in chunked encoding transfer mechanism for ASP

Overview A buffer overflow vulnerability in IIS 4.0 and 5.0 could allow an intruder to execute arbitrary code on an IIS server with the privileges of the ASP ISAPI extension. Description Chunked encoding is a means to transfer variable-sized units of data called chunks from a web client to a web...

HP-UX kernel specifies incorrect arguments for setrlimit()

Overview A problem exists in some versions of the HP-UX kernel allowing an intruder to cause kernel panics. Description Certain versions of HP-UX setrlimit system call contain a vulnerability that permits an intruder to cause kernel panics or compromise the system. Quoting from HP Security Bullet...

Various shells create temporary files insecurely when using << operator

Overview sh uses /tmp files of a predictable name in creating files for input redirection using the operator. Description When performing the "" redirection, /bin/sh creates a temporary file in /tmp with a name based on the process id, writes subsequent input out to that file, and then closes the...

Qt allows for privilege escalation due to hard-coding of qt_prfxpath value

Overview Prior to version 5.14, Qt hard-codes the qtprfxpath value to a fixed value, which may lead to privilege escalation vulnerabilities in Windows software that uses Qt. Description Prior to version 5.14, Qt hard-codes the qtprfxpath value to a value that reflects the path where Qt exists on...

Portrait Displays SDK applications are vulnerable to arbitrary code execution and privilege escalation

Overview Applications developed using the Portrait Display SDK, versions 2.30 through 2.34, default to insecure configurations which allow arbitrary code execution. Description CWE-276: Incorrect Default Permissions - CVE-2017-3210A number of applications developed using the Portrait Displays SDK...

Sungard eTRAKiT3 may be vulnerable to SQL injection

Overview According to the reporter, the Sungard eTRAKiT3 software version 3.2.1.17 may be vulnerable to SQL injection which may allow a remote unauthenticated attacker to run a subset of SQL commands against the back-end database. Description CWE-89: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements us...