tcpdump vulnerable to buffer overflow via parsing of AFS ACL packets

Overview Tcpdump version 3.5 contains a buffer overflow vulnerability permitting unauthorized remote root access. Description Tcpdump version 3.5 added support for handling AFS packets. Unfortunately the code responsible for printing AFS access control lists contains an unchecked buffer that can ...

ISC BIND 8.2.2-P6 vulnerable to DoS when processing SRV records, aka the "srv bug"

Overview There is a denial-of-service vulnerability in several versions of the Internet Software Consortium's ISC BIND software. This vulnerability is referred to by the ISC as the "srv bug" and affects ISC BIND versions 8.2 through 8.2.2-P6. Description This vulnerability can cause affected DNS...

ISC BIND 8 contains buffer overflow in transaction signature (TSIG) handling code

Overview The Berkeley Internet Name Domain BIND is an implementation of the Domain Name System DNS by the Internet Software Consortium ISC. There is a buffer overflow vulnerability in BIND 8.2.x, which may allow remote intruders to gain access to systems running BIND. DNS servers running BIND 8 a...

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...

Atlassian Bitbucket on Windows is vulnerable to privilege escalation due to weak ACLs

Overview Atlassian Bitbucket on Windows fails to properly set ACLs, which can allow an unprivileged Windows user to run arbitrary code with SYSTEM privileges. Description The Atlassian Bitbucket Windows installer fails to set a secure access-control list ACL on the default installation directory,...

IKE/IKEv2 protocol implementations may allow network amplification attacks

Overview Implementations of the IKEv2 protocol are vulnerable to network amplification attacks. Description CWE-406: Insufficient Control of Network Message Volume Network Amplification IKE/IKEv2 and other UDP-based protocols can be used to amplify denial-of-service attacks. In some scenarios, an...

Oracle Outside In 8.5.2 contains multiple stack buffer overflows

Overview Oracle Outside In versions 8.5.2 and earlier contain stack buffer overflow vulnerabilities in the parsers for WK4, Doc, and Paradox DB files, which can allow a remote, unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code on a vulnerable system. Description Oracle Outside In is a set of...

ReadyNet WRT300N-DD Wireless Router contains multiple vulnerabilities

Overview ReadyNet WRT300N-DD Wireless Router, firmware version 1.0.26, uses default credentials, is vulnerable to cross-site request forgery, and uses insufficiently random values for DNS queries. Description CWE-255: Credentials Management - CVE-2015-7280The ReadyNet WRT300N-DD Wireless Router...

HP ArcSight Logger contains multiple vulnerabilities

Overview HP ArcSight Logger contains multiple vulnerabilities, allowing authentication bypass and privilege escalation in certain scenarios. Description CWE-285: Improper Authorization- CVE-2015-2136A remote authenticated user without Logger Search permissions may be able to bypass authorization...

QNAP QTS is vulnerable to a path traversal attack when used with the AFP protocol and OS X

Overview QNAP QTS is a Network-Attached Storage NAS system. The QNAP QTS is vulnerable to a path traversal attack when used with the AFP protocol and OS X. Description CWE-23: Relative Path Traversal - CVE-2015-6003 When the Apple Filing Protocol AFP is enabled, any OS X user account including th...

Sierra Wireless GX, ES, and LS gateways running ALEOS contain hard-coded credentials

Overview Sierra Wireless GX, ES, and LS gateway devices running ALEOS versions 4.4.1 and earlier contain hard-coded credentials. Description CWE-259: Use of Hard-coded Password - CVE-2015-2897Sierra Wireless GX, ES, and LS gateways running ALEOS contain multiple hard-coded accounts with root...

Arris Touchstone cable modem information leakage vulnerabiliity

Overview Arris Touchstone DG950A cable modem enables SNMP public access by default. Description CWE-200- Information Exposure The Arris Touchstone DG950A cable modem running software version 7.10.131 was found to expose sensitive information such as passwords, ssids, and wifi keys via the SNMP...

OpenSSL TLS handshake Denial of Service

Overview A vulnerability exists in OpenSSL that may allow a remote attacker to cause a denial of service. Description OpenSSL contains a vulnerability in the way specially crafted TLS handshake packets are handled that may result in a denial of service. According to OpenSSL Security Advisory...

ClamAV upack heap buffer overflow vulnerability

Overview The ClamAV anti-virus scanner contains a vulnerability that may allow an attacker to execute code or cause ClamAV to crash. Description The Portable Executable PE file format is a file format for executable files that is used in Microsoft Windows. PE files can be packed with executable...

UltraVNC buffer overflow vulnerability

Overview UltraVNC viewer contains a buffer overflow vulnerability. If exploited, this vulnerability may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code. Description UltraVNC viewer is a remote desktop application that allows a user to control compatible VNC servers. The UltraVNC viewer includes a...

KAME project IPv6 IPComp header denial of service vulnerability

Overview The KAME project's IPv6 implementation does not properly process IPv6 packets that contain the IPComp header. If exploited, this vulnerability may allow an attacker to cause a vulnerable system to crash. Description Per RFC 3173:IP payload compression is a protocol to reduce the size of ...

Liferay Portal Forgot Password User-Agent HTTP header XSS

Overview Liferay Portal contains a cross-site scripting vulnerability in the handling of the User-Agent HTTP header, which can allow a remote, authenticated attacker to inject content into "Forgot Password" emails. Description Liferay Portal is an enterprise portal solution that uses Java...

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...

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 ...

Apple Mac OS X Finder DMG volume name buffer overflow

Overview Apple Mac OS X Finder fails to properly handle DMG files with large volume names, which could allow a remote, unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code on a vulnerable system. Description DMG files are disk images that can contain a variety of filesystems. Apple Mac OS X Finder...

Apple iChat AIM URI handler format string vulnerability

Overview Apple iChat contains a format string vulnerability. This vulnerability may allow a remote, unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitary code. Description The Apple iChat AIM URI handler fails to properly sanitize user-controlled data that is supplied to a formatted output function. This...

PGP Desktop service fails to validate user supplied data

Overview PGP Desktop fails to properly validate objects passed into the PGP Desktop service. This vulnerability may allow a remote, authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code. Description PGP Desktop versions prior to 9.5.1 fail to properly validate objects passed into the PGP Desktop servi...

Novell NetWare Client for Windows OpenPrinter() function vulnerable to buffer overflow

Overview A vulnerability exists in the Novell NetWare client that could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on an affected system. Description NetWare is a network operating system produced and maintained by Novell. Novell provides NetWare clients for Microsoft Windows and Linux...

Apple Mac OS X PPP driver fails to properly validate PADI packets

Overview The Apple Mac OS X PPP driver fails to properly handle PPPoE Active Discovery Initiation PADI packets. This vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code with system privileges. Description The Apple Mac OS X PPP driver fails to properly handle PADI packets allowing...

gzip contains an infinite loop vulnerability in its LZH handling

Overview The gzip program contains a infinite loop vulnerability that may allow an attacker to create a denial-of-service condition. Description The gzip program is used to compress and decompress archived files. A infinite loop vulnerability exists in the way gzip handles certain files. An...

Apple Mac OS X Server servermgrd authentication vulnerable to buffer overflow

Overview Apple Mac OS X Server servermgrd contains an unspecified buffer overflow vulnerability in the authentication handling routines. This vulnerability may lead to remote execution of arbitrary code. Description Mac OS X Server contains the servermgrd application for back-end management...

Microsoft Print Spooler service contains a buffer overflow

Overview A buffer overflow in the Microsoft Print Spooler service may allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on a vulnerable system. Description According to Microsoft, the Print Spooler service is ...an executable file that is installed as a service. The spooler is loaded when the...

Apple Mac OS X Server NetInfo Setup Tool fails to validate command line parameters

Overview Apple Mac OS X Server NeST tool contains a vulnerability in the processing of command line arguments that could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code. Description NeST is the NetInfo Setup Tool for Apple Mac OS X Server. There is a buffer overflow vulnerability in the way NeST...

KDE DCOPServer insecurely creates temporary files

Overview KDE DCOPServer insecurely creates and maintains temporary files used for authentication purposes. Unauthorized local users may be able to modify user account information and execute arbitrary commands with the privileges of the compromised account. Description The Desktop COmmunications...

tcpdump contains integer underflow vulnerability in ISAKMP "Identification Payload" handling

Overview A vulnerability in tcpdump could allow a remote attacker to cause a denial of service on an affected system. Description The tcpdump tool allows for the inspection of network packets and contains decoders for many standard protocols, including the Internet Security Association and Key...

Ethereal fails to properly decode Transaction IDs within TCAP packets

Overview Ethereal contains a vulnerability in the way the Transaction Capabilities Application Part TCAP protocol dissector parses ASN.1 encoded Transaction IDs within TCAP packets. Description Ethereal is a network traffic analysis package. It includes the ability to decode packets containing TC...

Apple Mac OS X TruBlueEnvironment vulnerable to buffer overflow

Overview Apple Mac OS X contains a buffer overflow in TruBlueEnvironment which could allow a local, authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code with root privileges. Description Mac OS X allows older Macintosh applications to run in an environment called Classic. TruBlueEnvironment is part o...

metamail contains multiple format string vulnerabilities

Overview Multiple format string vulnerabilities in the metamail package could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the vulnerable system. An attacker may be able to exploit these vulnerabilities via a specially-crafted email message. Description The metamail package is one of the...

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 HTML conversion library vulnerable to buffer overflow

Overview A buffer overflow vulnerability exists in a shared HTML conversion library used by Internet Explorer IE and other Windows applications. By enticing a victim to view an HTML document using IE, an attacker could execute arbitrary code with the victim's privileges or cause IE to crash...

Vulnerability in OpenSSH daemon (sshd)

Overview A vulnerability in the OpenSSH daemon sshd may give remote attackers a better chance of gaining access to restricted resources. Description OpenSSH is an implementation of the Secure Shell protocol. It is used to provide strong authentication and cryptographically secure communications...

MIT Kerberos V5 ASN.1 decoder fails to perform bounds checking on data element length fields

Overview The MIT Kerberos V5 implementation contains an ASN.1 decoding flaw that may allow remote attackers to crash affected Kerberos applications. Description Kerberos V5 protocol messages are defined using Abstract Syntax Notation One ASN.1, a formal language that allows protocol specification...

Apache discloses source code via POST requests to a location with WebDAV and CGI enabled

Overview There is an information leakage in Apache that results from an interaction between WebDAV and CGI. Description Apache version 2.0.42 allows remote attackers to obtain the source code of CGI scripts that are stored in locations for which both CGI and WebDAV are enabled. When a POST reques...

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...

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 contains buffer overflow vulnerabilities in multiple extended stored procedures

Overview Microsoft SQL Server 7.0 and SQL Server 2000 contain buffer overflow vulnerabilities in multiple extended stored procedures. A remote attacker could cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code or commands with the privileges of the SQL Server process, potentially gaining complete...

Microsoft SQL Server contains buffer overflow in pwdencrypt() function

Overview The Microsoft SQL Server contains a buffer overflow vulnerability that may allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code with system privileges. Description The Microsoft SQL Server provides multiple methods for users to authenticate to SQL databases. When SQL Server Authentication is...

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...

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...

Microsoft Internet Explorer (IE) calls telnet.exe with unsafe command-line arguments ("Telnet Invocation")

Overview A telnet client can be invoked with unsafe options by arbitrary HTML "web" pages when rendered by affected Microsoft Internet Explorer clients. Description This vulnerability is also known as the "telnet logging" or "telnet invocation" or "Microsoft IE Telnet Client File Overwrite"...

Microsoft PowerPoint and Excel fail to properly detect macros thereby automatically executing malicious code via crafted document (MS01-050)

Overview A malformed Microsoft Excel or PowerPoint document can bypass macro checking thereby allowing arbitrary code to be run on the target system. Description Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint scan documents when they are opened and check for the existence of macros. If the document contains...

Debian glibc 2 symlink issue could allow arbitrary file overwriting

Overview Some versions of ld.so, the loader for shared libraries in UNIX/LINUX, do not properly clear risky environment variables, allowing a symlink attack to overwrite arbitrary files. Description LDDEBUGOUTPUT specifies a directory in which ld.so creates a file with a predictable name based on...

Cisco IOS HTTP server authentication vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands

Overview A problem with the HTTP server component of Cisco IOS system software allows an intruder to execute privileged commands on Cisco routers if local authentication databases are used. Description By sending a particular URL to a Cisco IOS device with the HTTP server enabled, a remote attack...