Clientless SSL VPN products break web browser domain-based security models

Overview Clientless SSL VPN products from multiple vendors operate in a way that breaks fundamental browser security mechanisms. An attacker could use these devices to bypass authentication or conduct other web-based attacks. Description Web browsers enforce the same origin policy to prevent one...

Microsoft Office PowerPoint code execution vulnerability

Overview Microsoft PowerPoint contains a vulnerability. If exploited, this vulnerability could allow an attacker to execute code. Description Microsoft Powerpoint is a component of Microsoft Office. Per Microsoft Security Advisory 969136: The vulnerability is caused when Microsoft Office PowerPoi...

Microsoft Internet Explorer data binding memory corruption vulnerability

Overview Microsoft Internet Explorer contains an invalid pointer vulnerability in its data binding code, which can allow a remote, unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code on a vulnerable system. Description Microsoft Internet Explorer contains an invalid pointer vulnerability in its da...

Windows Media Encoder WMEX.DLL ActiveX Control buffer overflow

Overview The WMEX.DLL ActiveX control, which is installed by Windows Media Encoder 9 Series, contains a buffer overflow vulnerability. Description According to Microsoft, the Windows Media Encoder is a tool used to capture audio and video content using Windows Media. The WMEX.DLL ActiveX control...

Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 contains a cross-domain vulnerability

Overview Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 is vulnerable to a cross-domain scripting violation, which can allow a remote, unauthenticated attacker to access the content of a web page in a different domain. Description IE uses a cross-domain security model to maintain separation between browser frames...

GnuTLS Server Name extension Denial of Service

Overview A vulnerability exists in GnuTLS that may allow a remote attacker to cause a denial of service. Description GnuTLS contains a vulnerability in gnults-serv that may result in a denial of service when handling a specially crafted Client Hello message. According to CERT-FI Vulnerability...

Apple Safari fails to properly handle a file name

Overview A vulnerabilty in Apple Safari handles specially crafted file name may allow execution of arbitrary code or denial of service. Description According to Apple Safari 3.1.1:A memory corruption issue exists in Safari's file downloading. By enticing a user to download a file with a malicious...

Microsoft Word code execution vulnerability

Overview Microsoft Word contains a vulnerability that may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code. Description Per Microsoft Security Bulletin MS08-009:A remote code execution vulnerability exists in the way that Word handles specially crafted Word files. The vulnerability could allow remote...

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...

Microsoft Windows DNS Server vulnerable to cache poisoning

Overview The Microsoft Windows DNS Server is vulnerable to cache poisoning, which may allow a remote, unauthenticated attacker to cause a Windows DNS server to provide incorrect responses to DNS queries. Description Microsoft Windows DNS Server is a service that provides DNS serving capabilities...

Mozilla XUL web applications may hide the titlebar

Overview Mozilla's XUL contains a vulnerability that may allow a web application to cover an active window's titlebar. Description XUL is Mozilla's XML-based user interface language. XUL can be used to create Mozilla applications, extensions, and web applications.From Mozilla Foundation Security...

IBM and Lenovo Access Support acpRunner ActiveX control fails to validate digital signatures

Overview The IBM Lenovo Access Support acpRunner ActiveX control fails to validate digital signatures, which can allow a remote, unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code on a vulnerable system. Description The Access Support software package for IBM and Lenovo systems includes several...

Microsoft Windows Active Directory fails to properly validate client sent LDAP requests

Overview Microsoft Windows Active Directory fails to properly validate client-sent LDAP requests and may result in a denial of service condition. Description Microsoft Windows Active Directory contains a vulnerability in the way that the LDAP service validates the number of convertible attributes...

Apple Mac OS X mDNSResponder buffer overflow vulnerability

Overview Apple Mac OS X mDNSresponder contains a buffer overflow vulnerability that may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code. Description mDNS uses IP multicast with DNS to provide the functionality of a DNS server for service discovery in networks that do not have a DNS server...

Axis Communications CamImage ActiveX control stack buffer overflow

Overview The Axis Communications CamImage ActiveX control contains a stack buffer overflow, which can allow a remote, unauthenticated attacker to run arbitrary code on a vulnerable system. Description Axis Communications provides an ActiveX control for viewing motion JPEG streams in Microsoft...

Internet Pictures Corporation iPIX Image Well ActiveX controls contain buffer overflows

Overview The Internet Pictures Corporation iPIX Image Well ActiveX controls contain buffer overflows, which can allow a remote, unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code on a vulnerable system. Description Internet Pictures Corporation has produced equipment and software to create 360...

Linux Kernel vulnerable to DoS via the ipv6_getsockopt_sticky() function

Overview The Linux Kernel contains a vulnerability that may allow a remote attacker to create a denial-of-service condition. Description Internet Protocol version 6 IPv6 is a IP standard that is designed to replace the Internet Protocol version 4 IPv4. The Linux kernel provides IPv6 support, and...

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...

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...

Cisco IOS fails to properly handle Session Initiated Protocol packets

Overview Cisco devices that run IOS and support voice traffic fail to properly handle Session Initiated Protocol packets. Exploitation of this vulnerability may result in a denial-of-service condition. Description Cisco IOS is an operating system that is used on Cisco network devices. According t...

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...

Microsoft Outlook fails to properly parse Office Saved Searches (.oss) files

Overview A vulnerability exists in the way Microsoft Outlook handles Office Saved Searches .oss. This vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code. Description Office Saved Searches .oss contain views of e-mail items that satisfy previous search criteria.Microsoft Outlook...

Microsoft .NET Framework contains a cross-site scripting vulnerability

Overview The Microsoft .NET Framework contains a cross-site scripting vulnerability that may allow an attacker to read or modify data in web pages and cookies. Description The Microsoft .NET Framework is a managed code programming model for Microsoft Windows operating systems. Microsoft ASP.NET i...

Apple Workgroup Manager fails to properly enable ShadowHash passwords

Overview Apple Workgroup Manager fails to properly enable ShadowHash passwords in a NetInfo parent. Workgroup Manager may appear to use ShadowHash passwords when crypt is used. Description Workgroup Manager is a system adimistration tool in Apple Mac OS X Server that manages users, groups, and...

Apple AirPort wireless drivers vulnerable to integer overflow

Overview An integer overflow exists in the Apple AirPort wireless drivers. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code, or create a denial-of-service condition. Description According to Apple,An integer overflow exists in the AirPort wireless...

Sun ONE and Sun Java System Applications vulnerable to cross-site scripting via default error page

Overview A cross-site scripting vulnerability in Sun ONE and Sun Java System Applications may allow an attacker to read or modify data in web pages and cookies. Description From Sun Alert Notification 102164: A Cross Site Scripting XSS vulnerability in various releases of the Sun Java System Web...

X.Org server buffer overflow in Xrender extension

Overview A vulnerability in the X.Org X server could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the server. Description The X Window System provides a number of components to support graphical user interfaces, primarily on Unix-like operating systems. It features a...

Microsoft Internet Explorer exception handling vulnerability

Overview Microsoft Internet Explorer fails to properly handle exception conditions. This may allow a remote, unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code. Description Internet Explorer allows objects to register exception handlers. These handlers may not properly handle some conditions, whi...

Mozilla contains multiple memory corruption vulnerabilities

Overview Mozilla contains several memory corruption vulnerabilities. This may allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code. Description Mozilla team members have discovered multiple vulnerabilities that cause the browser engine to crash. In certain circumstances, these vulnerabilities may...

Mozilla may associate persisted XUL attributes with an incorrect URL

Overview Mozilla can allow persisted XUL attributes to associate with the wrong URL. This may allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code. Description XULXUL is an XML-based user interface language, which is used by Mozilla. Persisted XUL XUL elements with the persist attribute maintain the...

Mozilla privilege escalation using addSelectionListener

Overview A privilege escalation vulnerability exists in the Mozilla addSelectionListener method. This may allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code. Description addSelectionListener Web content can add a SelectionListener to the Selection object by using addSelectionListener method of the...

Mozilla products JavaScript engine fail to properly handle garbage-collection

Overview A vulnerability in the way the JavaScript engine of Mozilla products and derivative programs handles garbage collection could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on a vulnerable system. Description The JavaScript programming language uses a method of memory management known...

Microsoft Internet Explorer fails to properly handle double-byte characters in specially crafted URLs

Overview Microsoft Internet Explorer IE fails to properly handle double-byte characters in URLs, which may allow a remote, unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code. Description IE fails to properly handle double-byte characters in URLs. When a specially crafted HTML file is opened in IE...

Microsoft Windows Media Player plug-in buffer overflow

Overview The Microsoft Windows Media Player plug-in for browsers other than Internet Explorer contains a buffer overflow, which may allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code. Description Windows Media Player Windows Media Player is a multimedia application that comes with Microsoft Window...

Apple QuickTime and iTunes QTIF image buffer overflow

Overview Apple QuickTime contains a heap-based buffer overflow that may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial-of-service condition. Description Apple QuickTime fails to properly validate QuickTime Images QTIF, potentially allowing a heap-based buffer overflow to occur. If ...

Apple QuickTime fails to properly handle corrupt GIF images

Overview Apple's QuickTime is a player for files and streaming media in a variety of different formats. A flaw in QuickTime's handling of files in the Graphics Interchange Format GIF could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on a vulnerable system. Description A heap overflow exists...

Multiple vulnerabilities in Internet Key Exchange (IKE) version 1 implementations

Overview Numerous vulnerabilities have been reported in various Internet Key Exchange version 1 IKEv1 implementations. The impacts of these vulnerabilities may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code, cause a denial-of-service condition, or cause an IKEv1 implementation to behave in an...

Microsoft Windows vulnerable to buffer overflow via specially crafted WMF file

Overview Microsoft Windows may be vulnerable to remote code execution via a buffer overflow in the Windows Metafile image format handling. Description Windows Metafile WMF format images are metafiles that can contain both vector and bitmap-based information. Microsoft Windows contains routines fo...

Helix Player format string vulnerability

Overview Helix Player, and media players based on the Helix Player, contain a format string vulnerability that may allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on a vulnerable system. Description Helix Player is used to play various types of media files on UNIX systems. The Helix Media Playe...

WebEOC privileges are based on client-side authorization

Overview WebEOC ties privileges and roles to client-side resources. If an attacker can access a resource directly, that attacker will be granted all the privileges associated with that resource. Description WebEOC is a web-based crisis information management application that provides functions to...

Linux kernel Bluetooth support fails to properly bounds check "protocol" variable

Overview Linux kernels with Bluetooth support do not adequately validate the "protocol" value, allowing a local user to execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges. Description Linux kernels with Bluetooth support may contain a local root vulnerability, even if Bluetooth hardware is not...

Multiple Telnet Clients vulnerable to buffer overflow via the env_opt_add() function in telnet.c

Overview Multiple Telnet clients contain a data length validation flaw that may allow a malicious server to execute arbitrary code on the client host with privs of client. Description The Telnet network protocol is described in RFC854 and RFC855 as a general, bi-directional communications facilit...

Gaim vulnerable to malformed SNAC packet infinite processing loop

Overview Gaim contains a flaw in the processing of certain packets that may cause a denial of service. Description From the Gaim project:Gaim is a multi-protocol instant messaging IM client for Linux, BSD, MacOS X, and Windows. It is compatible with AIM and ICQ Oscar protocol, MSN Messenger,...

Microsoft Internet Explorer contains a DHTML method heap memory corruption vulnerability

Overview Microsoft Internet Explorer contains a flaw in DHTML method handling which may allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code. Description The DHTML method handling in Internet Explorer fails to perform proper bounds checking. This vulnerability may allow data to be written outside th...

Apple Mac OS X "at" utilities fail to drop privileges properly

Overview Apple's Mac OS X operating system may allow local privilege escalation in family of "at" commands. Description Mac OS X includes the "at" family of commands in order to schedule tasks. However, a flaw in these commands results in the commands not dropping privileges correctly. This may...

Juniper JunOS Routing Engine MPLS denial of service

Overview Juniper routers will become severely disrupted when attacked with specially-crafted MPLS packets. Description Juniper routers running JUNOS have a vulnerability in which specially-crafted MPLS packets can cause normal operation of affected routers to be severely disrupted.According to...

LibTIFF contains multiple heap-based buffer overflows

Overview LibTIFF contains multiple heap-based buffer overflows that may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial-of-service condition. Description LibTIFF is a library used to encode and decode images in Tag Image File Format TIFF. Multiple LibTIFF routines contain buffer...

Ethereal fails to properly handle malformed SMB packets

Overview Ethereal contains a vulnerability in the way it processes Server Message Block SMB packets. Description The Server Message Block SMB protocol is used for sharing files, printers, and other resources between computers. SMB is used in Microsoft Windows to provide file and print services...

isakmpd fails to handle ISAKMP packets with "Payload Length" of zero

Overview A vulnerability exists in the isakmpd that could allow a remote attacker to cause a denial of service. Description The OpenBSD isakmpd establishes security associations for encrypted and authenticated IPsec network traffic. It implements the Internet Security Association and Key Manageme...

Microsoft Internet Information Server (IIS) 4.0 contains a buffer overflow in the redirect function

Overview There is a vulnerability in the redirect function of Microsoft's Internet Information Server IIS 4.0 that could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code on an affected system. Description Internet Information Server IIS is a web server available for the Microsoft Windows operating...