IBM Lotus Domino Web Access ActiveX control stack buffer overflows

Overview The IBM Lotus Domino Web Access ActiveX control contains multiple stack buffer overflow vulnerabilities, which may allow a remote, unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code on a vulnerable system. Description IBM Lotus Domino includes an ActiveX control called Domino Web Access,...

ISC BIND generates cryptographically weak DNS query IDs

Overview ISC Internet Systems Consortiuim BIND generates cryptographically weak DNS query IDs which could allow a remote attacker to poison DNS caches. Description From the ISC Bind security page:The DNS query id generation is vulnerable to cryptographic analysis which provides a 1 in 8 chance of...

Lhaca buffer overflow vulnerability

Overview The Lhaca archiving program contains a buffer overflow vulnerability that may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code. Description LHA is an archive file format. LHA is used by the Lhaca compression utility.A stack buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the Lhaca program. This...

NETxAutomation NETxEIB OPC Server fails to properly validate OPC server handles

Overview The NETxAutomation NETxEIB OPC Server contains a vulnerability that may allow a remote attacker to execute arbitary code or cause a denial-of-service. Description OLE for Process Control OPC is a specification for a standard set of OLE COM objects for use in the process control and...

Mozilla Network Security Services (NSS) fails to properly handle the client master key

Overview A vulnerability in the way Mozilla Network Security Services NSS handles the client master key may lead to execution of arbitrary code. Description The SSLv2 protocol uses a client master key to generate all subsequent session keys. The validity of the client master key is determined...

Apple QuickTime PICT heap buffer overflow

Overview The Apple QuickTime player contains a heap buffer overflow vulnerability. This vulnerability may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code or create a denial-of-service condition. Description PICT is a graphics file format that was used by Apple Macintosh systems prior to OS X as their...

WordPress fails to properly sanitize input passed to the ix parameter in wp-includes/feed.php

Overview WordPress fails to properly sanitize input to the ix parameter in wp-includes/feed.php, which could allow a remote, unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary PHP code. Description WordPress is a blogging application that is written in PHP. WordPress 2.1.1 fails to properly sanitize...

Mozilla JavaScript engine vulnerable to memory corruption

Overview The Mozilla JavaScript engine contains multiple memory corruption vulnerabilities. These vulnerabilities may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code, or create a denial of service condition. Description The Mozilla Foundation supports several Open Source projects, including the...

Mozilla browsers "location.hostname" cross-domain vulnerability

Overview Mozilla-based browsers contain a cross-domain vulnerability, which may allow an attacker to access data in other sites. Description Mozilla uses a same origin security model to maintain separation between browser frames from different sources. This model is designed to prevent code in on...

Microsoft HTML Help ActiveX control fails to properly validate input

Overview The Microsoft HTML Help ActiveX control fails to properly validate input, which could allow a remote, unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code on a vulnerable system. Description The HTML Help Control HHCtrl Object is a Windows ActiveX control that provides the ability to view...

Adobe Acrobat allows pointer overwrite via specially crafted PDF file

Overview Adobe Acrobat and Adobe Reader fail to properly handle a specially crafted PDF file, which may allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on a vulnerable system. Description Adobe Acrobat and Adobe Reader are applications designed to create and view Portable Document Format PDF...

Apple Mac OS X ftpd may allow arbitrary users to determine account name validity

Overview Apple Mac OS X ftpd may allow arbitrary users to determine account name validity. This vulnerability may reveal protected information or allow an attacker to cause a denial-of-service condition. Description According to Apple Security Update 2006-007:When attempting to authenticate a val...

Apple QuickDraw Manager fails to properly handle malicious PICT images

Overview A vulnerability exists in how Apple OS X handles PICT images. If successfully exploited, this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code, or create a denial-of-service condition. Description From Apple,Certain applications invoke an unsupported QuickDraw operatio...

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...

MIT Kerberos (krb5) krshd and v4rcp do not properly validate setuid() or seteuid() calls

Overview Privilege escalation vulnerabilities in MIT krb5 krshd and v4rcp may allow an authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code. Description The MIT krb 5 krshd and v4rcp programs contain multiple privilege escalation vulnerabilities. MIT krb5 Security Advisory 2006-001 states that the...

Mozilla products vulnerable to memory corruption via large regular expression in JavaScript

Overview A vulnerability in the way the JavaScript engine of Mozilla products and derivative programs handles a large regular expression could allow a remote attacker to crash the application or execute arbitrary code on a vulnerable system. Description A regular expression is a special text stri...

Microsoft Internet Explorer does not honor ActiveX kill bit

Overview Internet Explorer fails to properly check the kill bit for ActiveX controls, which may allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on a vulnerable system. Description Microsoft COMMicrosoft COM is a technology that allows programmers to create reusable software components that can ...

Optimistic TCP acknowledgements can cause denial of service

Overview A vulnerability in the TCP congestion control mechanism could be leveraged by an attacker to cause a denial of service. Description The Transmission Control Protocol TCP is described in RFC 793 as a means to provide reliable host-to-host transmission in a packet-switched computer network...

Ruby safe-level security model bypass

Overview Ruby contains a vulnerability that may allow arbitrary code to be run without the intended safe-level checks being applied. Description Ruby is a object-oriented scripting language that supports execution of untrusted code with two mechanisms: taint flagging and safe levels. Safe levels...

Microsoft Internet Explorer JPEG rendering library vulnerable to buffer overflow

Overview A vulnerability in the Microsoft Internet Explorer JPEG image rendering routines may allow an attacker to remotely execute arbitrary code. Description Microsoft Internet Explorer is a web browser that is available for a variety of platforms and devices. A flaw in the image rendering...

Microsoft Client Server Runtime System Vulnerability

Overview The Microsoft Client Server Runtime System CSRSS incorrectly validates certain messages potentially resulting in privilege elevation. Description CSRSS is the user-mode part of the Win32 subsystem. Win32.sys is the kernel-mode portion of the Win32 subsystem. The Win32 subsystem must be...

NotifyLink web client fails to adequately restrict access to administrative functions

Overview The NotifyLink web interface contains a vulnerability that allows authenticated normal users to access functions that have been disabled by an administrator. Description Notify Technology NotifyLink Enterprise Server allows users to synchronize e-mail between a PDA and a mail server. The...

Squid LDAP authentication routines fail to check for invalid input

Overview The Squid LDAP authentication routine squidldapauth fails to check for input characters, such as whitespace, that could be misused to possibly bypass access restrictions. Description Squid functions as a web proxy and cache application for a number of protocols, and includes support for...

CUPS stores user account details in plain text in log file

Overview When an SMB printer is configured, CUPS stores plain text login information to the log file. Description CUPS is a cross-platform printing system for UNIX environments. It can use the IPP, LPD, SMB, and JetDirect protocols to interact with printers. The SMB protocol is used to communicat...

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 krb5_rd_cred() insecurely deallocates memory (double-free)

Overview The krb5rdcred function in the MIT Kerberos 5 library does not securely deallocate heap memory when decoding ASN.1 structures, resulting in a double-free vulnerability. A remote, authenticated attacker could execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service on any system running an...

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...

BlackJumboDog contains buffer overflow vulnerability

Overview BlackJumboDog fails to verify the length of several FTP commands, creating a buffer overflow vulnerability. Exploitation of this vulnerability may result in code execution on the target system with privileges of the FTP service. Description BlackJumboDog is a multi-function server for...

Microsoft Windows Virtual DOS Machine (VDM) contains null pointer dereference

Overview Microsoft Windows NT4.0 and Windows 2000 contain a vulnerability that could permit a local user to gain elevated privileges on the system. Description Microsoft Windows NT4.0 and Windows 2000 provide an Virtual DOS Machine VDM to support 16-bit legacy operations and applications. A...

Microsoft Windows contains buffer overflow in processing of WMF and EMF image formats

Overview A vulnerability exists in the APIs that handle Microsoft Windows Metafiles WMF and Enhanced Metafiles EMF image formats. Exploitation may lead to an attacker executing arbitrary code on the system. Description The code that renders Windows Metafiles WMF and Enhanced Metafiles EMF image...

Internet Security Systems Protocol Analysis Module (PAM) does not properly handle ICQ server response messages

Overview The Protocol Analysis Module PAM used by Internet Security Systems ISS intrusion detection and prevention products does not properly handle ICQ server response messages. An unauthenticated, remote attacker could execute arbitrary code by sending a specially crafted UDP packet. Descriptio...

Sun Solaris tcsh(1) contains vulnerability in the built-in ls-F command

Overview Sun Solaris tcsh1 contains a vulnerability in the built-in ls-F command that could allow an unprivileged user to create or remove files or gain privileges of another user. Description A vulnerability in the built-in ls-F command of the Sun Solaris tcsh1 may allow an intruder to create or...

Linux groff utility pic contains format string vulnerability

Overview The pic component of the image processing package groff contains a format string vulnerability that could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code. Description groff is an image processing package on Linux systems. A component of groff called pic contains a format-string...

Cisco VPN 3000 Concentrator forces device to reload when processing malformed SSH initialization packet

Overview A vulnerability in some Cisco Virtual Private Network VPN products could allow a remote attacker to cause a denial of service. Description The Cisco VPN 3000 Series Concentrators and the Cisco VPN 3002 Hardware Clients are Virtual Private Network VPN platforms designed to provide secure...

kernel-utils sets insecure permissions on "uml_net" utility

Overview The umlnet utility, part of the kernel-utils package in Red Hat Linux 8.0, was shipped with incorrect permissions. Description User-Mode Linux UML is a tool to provide a virtual machine in which to run another copy of Linux. In Red Hat linux 8.0, the kernel-utils package contains the UML...

Microsoft Internet Explorer allows read access to local files via incorrect VBScript handling

Overview A vulnerability in the cross-domain frame security model of Internet Explorer may allow remote attackers to view the contents of local files when a user views a malicious web page. Description There's a vulnerability in the cross-domain frame security model of Internet Explorer that may...

X11 vulnerable to buffer overflow in handling of -xrm option

Overview The X11 library included with many UNIX variants contains a buffer-overflow vulnerability that may allow attackers to gain root privileges. Description The X11 library contains an unspecified buffer-overflow vulnerability. Programs that use this library and accept the -xrm option includi...

Cisco CallManager contains memory leak

Overview The Cisco Call Manager contains a vulnerability that could permit an intruder to crash the Call Manager. Description The Cisco Call Manageris software to manage telephone calls in a mixed data and voice environment. Specifically the Cisco Call Manager "extends enterprise telephony featur...

ASN.1 parsing errors exist in implementations of SSL, TLS, S/MIME, PKCS#7 routines

Overview Abstract Syntax Notation number One ASN.1 is an international standard used to describe and transmit data packets between applications and across networks. There is a vulnerability related to ASN.1 that could permit an attacker to cause a denial of service or potentially execute arbitrar...

Microsoft SQL Server 2000 contains stack buffer overflow in SQL Server Resolution Service

Overview Microsoft SQL Server 2000 contains a remotely exploitable stack buffer overflow that allows attackers to execute arbitrary code with the same privileges as the SQL server. Description The SQL Server Resolution Service SSRS was introduced in Microsoft SQL Server 2000 to provide referral...

Apache Web Server ap_log_rerror() function discloses full path to CGI script

Overview There is a vulnerability in Apache 2.0 through 2.035 that could disclose the real path to a CGI script or other file. Description A vulnerability in the Apache web server could disclose sensitive information. Quoting from the Apache Change Log: Security Added the APLOGTOCLIENT flag to...

Yahoo! Messenger is vulnerable to DoS via multiple messages from spoofed names

Overview Yahoo! Messenger is an instant messaging client. A report indicates that there is a vulnerability that permits an attacker to spoof the source user name of a Yahoo! Messenger message. Description Yahoo! Messenger permits a user to place users on an ignore list. A vulnerability exists tha...

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...

iPlanet Web Server and Netscape Enterprise Server Web Publisher commands allow directory enumeration

Overview A vulnerability exists in iPlanet Web Server and Netscape Enterprise Server in which Web Publisher commands can be used to obtain directory listings. Description iPlanet Web Server and Netscape Enterprise Server permit unauthenticated remote users to enumerate server directories via Web...

Buffer overflows in Microsoft SQL Server 7.0 and SQL Server 2000

Overview There is a buffer overflow in Microsoft SQL Server 2000 and SQL Server 7.0 which could allow an intruder to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable systems. Description Microsoft Windows SQL Server 2000 and SQL Server 7.0 contain a buffer overflow in functions associated with text messages...

Microsoft Windows Universal Plug and Play service (UPNP) fails to limit the data returned in response to a NOTIFY message

Overview Microsoft Windows Universal Plug and Play UPnP is vulnerable to a denial-of-service attack that could negatively affect the performance of vulnerable machines. Description Universal Plug and Play UPnP is a system designed to allow network devices to operate together. One of the UPnP...

GnuPG format string vulnerability in do_get() in ttyio.c while prompting for a new filename

Overview There is a format string vulnerability in GNU Privacy Guard. By sending a GPG message with a carefully crafted malicious filename, an attacker may be able to execute arbitrary code as the user who decrypts the message. Description GNU Privacy Guard GPG is a free, RFC2440 compliant...

Tripwire vulnerable to arbitrary file overwriting via symlink redirection of temporary file

Overview Tripwire is a file integrity verification utility for Unix and Linux operating systems. In some implementations, tripwire opens insecure temporary files with predictable names in publically-writable directories. Using a symbolic link attack, a local intruder may overwrite or create...

Solaris rpc.yppasswdd does not adequately check input allowing users to execute arbitrary code

Overview A remotely exploitable buffer overflow exists in the 'rpc.yppasswd' service on Solaris 2.6, 2.7, and 2.8. Description Network Information Service NIS provides a simple network lookup service consisting of databases and processes. Its purpose is to provide information, that has to be know...