IBM Tivoli Provisioning Manager for OS Deployment (TPMfOSD) allows buffer overflow via HTTP request

Overview The IBM Tivoli Provisioning Manager for OS Deployment TPMfOSD contains a buffer overflow vulnerability in the web server component. This vulnerability may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code with SYSTEM privileges or cause a denial of service. Description IBM Tivoli Provisioning...

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...

Microsoft Windows LSASS privilege escalation vulnerability

Overview The Windows LSASS service contains privilege escalation vulnerability. Description The Windows Local Security Authority Subsystem Service LSASS is a process that enforces the local security policy. Per Microsoft Security Bulletin MS08-002: An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists i...

SSH Tectia Client and Server ssh-signer local privilege escalation

Overview The SSH Communications Security Tectia Client and Server products are vulnerable to privilege escalation, which may allow a local user to gain root access. Description The SSH Tectia Client and Server products contain an unspecified privilege escalation vulnerability in ssh-signer. A loc...

Mozilla Firefox URL protocol handling vulnerability

Overview Mozilla Firefox protocol handlers may allow remotely supplied JavaScript to execute with elevated privileges. This may allow a remote, unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code on a vulnerable system. Description On Microsoft Windows systems, Mozilla Firefox installs protocol...

Adobe Flash Player FLV integer overflow

Overview A vulnerability in the Adobe Flash Player could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on an affected system. Description Adobe Flash Player is a player for the Flash media format and enables frame-based animations with sound to be viewed within a web browser. An integer...

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...

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...

HP Mercury products vulnerable to buffer overflow

Overview Some HP Mercury products are vulnerable to a buffer overflow and may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code. Description The magentproc.exe service provided with some HP Mercury products fails to properly parse values in the serveripname field. If an overly long value is sent in thi...

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...

Mozilla Layout Engine vulnerability

Overview A vulnerability exists in the Mozilla Layout Engine that may allow a remote attacker to compromise a vulnerable system. Description The Mozilla Layout Engine contains an unspecified vulnerability that may result in memory corruption. The impact of this memory corruption is unclear...

Apple AirPort driver fails to properly handle probe response frames

Overview A buffer overflow in certain Apple AirPort drivers may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code with system privileges, or create a denial-of-service condition. Description Apple Airport products are 802.11b and 802.11g compatible wireless devices that are produced by Apple. Airport...

Microsoft Office fails to properly parse malformed strings

Overview A vulnerability in the way Microsoft Office parses files with malformed strings may lead to execution of arbitrary code. Description Microsoft Office contains a vulnerability that could be exploited when parsing specially crafted strings. According to Microsoft Security Bulletin...

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...

OpenSSL may fail to properly parse invalid ASN.1 structures

Overview A vulnerability in OpenSSL may allow an attacker to create a denial-of-service condition. Description OpenSSL is an Open Source toolkit that implements the Secure Sockets Layer SSL v2/v3 and Transport Layer Security TLS v1 protocols.When parsing certain invalid ASN.1 structures, OpenSSL...

Microsoft Publisher does not adequately validate Publisher documents

Overview Microsoft Publisher does not adequately validate Publisher documents. This results in a buffer overflow vulnerability that could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running Publisher. Description Microsoft Publisher does not adequately validate...

BIND vulnerable to an INSIST failure via sending of multiple recursive queries

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...

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...

Microsoft Management Console cross-site scripting vulnerability

Overview Microsoft Management Console MMC is vulnerable to cross-site scripting, which may allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on a vulnerable system. Description MMCMMC is an application that allows a user to perform administrative tasks. Through the use of various snap-ins, MMC ca...

eIQnetworks Enterprise Security Analyzer Syslog server buffer overflow

Overview The eIQnetworks Enterprise Security Analyzer Syslog server contains a buffer overflow vulnerability, which may allow a remote, unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code on a vulnerable system. Description Enterprise Security Analyzer eIQnetworks Enterprise Security Analyzer ESA...

Microsoft Office fails to properly handle malformed strings

Overview Microsoft Office fails to properly handle specially crafted strings. This vulnerability could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code. Description Microsoft Office applications fail to properly validate strings. When an Office document containing malformed string is opened with...

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 Windows ART image handling buffer overflow

Overview Microsoft Windows ART image handling routines are vulnerable to a heap-based buffer overflow. This vulnerability may allow a remote, unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code on a vulnerable system. Description ART Images According to Microsoft Security Bulletin MS06-022: ART is...

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 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...

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...

Symantec VERITAS NetBackup Volume Manager daemon buffer overflow

Overview The Symantec VERITAS NetBackup Volume Manager daemon contains a buffer overflow vulnerability, which may allow a remote, unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code. Description Symantec VERITAS NetBackup Symantec VERITAS NetBackup is a client/server based backup software solution...

Microsoft Excel malformed description memory corruption vulnerability

Overview Microsoft Excel contains a memory corruption vulnerability. This vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on a vulnerable system. Description Microsoft Excel fails to properly validate description fields in Excel data files. When a file with a malformed...

Apple Safari automatically executes arbitrary shell commands or code

Overview Apple Safari fails to properly determine file safety, allowing a remote unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary commands or code. Description Safari Apple Safari is a web browser that comes with the Mac OS X operating system. Explicit binding Mac OS X supports a feature called...

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 ...

Sun Java Management Extensions privilege escalation vulnerability

Overview A vulnerability in the Sun Java Management Extensions API may allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code. Description According to Sun Microsystems:Java Management Extensions JMX technology provides the tools for building distributed, Web-based, modular and dynamic solutions for...

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...

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...

Microsoft Jet Database Engine fails to properly validate Access database files

Overview A vulnerability in the Microsoft Jet database engine could allow a remote attacker to execute code of their choice on a vulnerable system. Description The Microsoft Jet Database Engine Jet provides data access functionality to a number of other Microsoft and many third party applications...

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...

Microsoft Server Message Block vulnerable to buffer overflow

Overview Microsoft Server Message Block SMB is vulnerable to a buffer handling flaw when processing incoming SMB packets that may lead to remote code execution. Description Server Message Block is a protocol which allows sharing of files, printers, serial ports, and other abstractions. The SMB...

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...

Mozilla products vulnerable to heap overflow via specially crafted GIF file

Overview Mozilla products, including the Mozilla Suite, Mozilla Firefox, and Mozilla Thunderbird, are vulnerable to a heap-based overflow in the GIF image-processing routines. Description The Mozilla project produces an application suite Mozilla Suite, web browsers Mozilla Firefox, email software...

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,...

AWStats fails to properly filter user-supplied input

Overview A lack of input validation in AWStats may allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary commands. Description AWStats is a Perl CGI script that collects and graphically displays statistics from web, FTP, and mail servers. The configdir parameter, within the awstats.pl Perl script, is...

Microsoft Internet Explorer contains a Channel Definition Format (CDF) cross-domain vulnerability

Overview Microsoft Internet Explorer contains a vulnerability that may allow unintended information disclosure or remote code execution due to a flaw in handling Channel Definition Format CDF files. Description From the Microsoft Channel Definition Format description:Channel Definition Format CDF...

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...

Multiple devices process HTTP requests inconsistently

Overview Multiple interconnected devices process valid HTTP request headers inconsistently and in this may manner may allow a remote attacker to poison a cache, conduct cross-site scripting attacks, and hijack user sessions. Attackers may use these flaws to launch a class of attacks referred to a...

Microsoft Windows kernel vulnerable to denial-of-service condition via animated cursor (.ani) rate number

Overview A vulnerability exists in the way the Microsoft Windows kernel processes animated cursor .ani files with a rate number set to zero. Exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to cause a denial-of-service condition. Description A vulnerability exists in the way the...

Microsoft Internet Explorer contains a buffer overflow in CSS parsing

Overview A buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the way that Microsoft Internet Explorer processes Cascading Style Sheets CSS. This may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service. Description CSS is a mechanism for adding style to web documents. Microsoft Internet...

Microsoft Internet Explorer contains an integer overflow in the processing of bitmap files

Overview A vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on a vulnerable system. Description Microsoft Internet Explorer IE is a web browser. An integer overflow vulnerability has been discovered in the way that Internet Explorer processes...

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...