Weaknesses in MIT magic cookie and XDM X Windows authorization

Overview MIT magic cookie and XDM authorization contain vulnerabilities that could allow remote attackers to connect to X displays. Description Two widely used X Window System authorization schemes have weaknesses in their sample implementations. MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1 On some systems built without t...

Apache HTTPD contains denial of service vulnerability in basic authentication module

Overview The Apache HTTP server contains a denial-of-service vulnerability that allows remote attackers to to conduct denial-of-service attacks on the HTTP basic authentication module of an affected server. Description The Apache HTTP server contains a denial-of-service vulnerability in the...

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...

MIT Kerberos V5 KDC logging routines use unsafe format strings

Overview Early releases of the MIT Kerberos V5 KDC contain format string vulnerabilities that can be used by unauthenticated remote attackers to conduct denial of service attacks on KDC servers. Description Logging routines in some unspecified versions of the MIT Kerberos V5 Key Distribution Cent...

Avaya switches contains multiple undocumented accounts allowing full administrative access to the device

Overview Multiple Avaya switches do not adequately protect privileged access. Description Avaya's P882, P880, P580, and P550R series switches do not adequately protect account access. As a result, a remote attacker can gain access to the switch via http or telnet. --- Impact A remote attacker can...

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...

Microsoft Windows SMTP Service fails to properly handle responses from the NTLM authentication layer

Overview A flaw in the authentication code of the SMTP service provided with Windows 2000 server and Exchange 5.5 may allow a user access to the SMTP service. This acess could be used to relay mail in violation of the SMTP server's security policy, or consume CPU resources on the SMTP server...

Microsoft Internet Explorer (MSIE) Content-Disposition vulnerabilities

Overview Microsoft Internet Explorer IE may handle executable content automatically, opening it with another application on the client host that may, in turn, instruct the operating system to execute the file. Description IE does not properly verify the Content-Disposition and Content-Type header...

Novell Netware RCONAG6 fails to validate user password when "Secure IP" is used to establish connection

Overview Novell Netware RCONAG6 allows users to gain access to the server without a password. Description Novell Netware RCONAG6 allows users to remotely administer a Novell host. A vulnerability in RCONAG6 makes it possible for a remote user to connect to the server without supplying a password...

Nevrona Designs MiraMail stores all configuration and user account information in unencrypted text file

Overview Some versions of MiraMail store username and passwords in a text file without using encryption. Description MiraMail is a news server for Windows-based hosts. Versions of MiraMail up to and including 1.04 store MiraMail user data, including usernames and passwords, in unencrypted plainte...

Buffer overflow in Windows Multiple UNC Provider (MUP) service

Overview A buffer overflow in the Microsoft Windows Multiple UNC Provider MUP could allow a local user to execute code with system privileges. Description Microsoft Windows recognizes resources identified by the Uniform Naming Convention UNC. Requests for resources identified by UNC references ar...

Common Desktop Environment (CDE) ToolTalk RPC database server (rpc.ttdbserverd) does not adequately validate file descriptor arguement to _TT_ISCLOSE()

Overview The Common Desktop Environment CDE ToolTalk RPC database server does not adequately validate a client-supplied argument, allowing attackers to overwrite certain locations in memory with zeros. This vulnerability could be exploited in a number of ways, potentially allowing attackers to:...

Sun Solaris cachefsd vulnerable to stack overflow in fscache_setup() function

Overview Sun's NFS/RPC cachefs daemon cachefsd is shipped and installed by default with Sun Solaris 2.5.1, 2.6, 7, and 8 SPARC and Intel architectures. Cachefsd caches requests for operations on remote file systems mounted via the use of NFS protocol. An exploitable stack overflow exists in...

Squid Proxy Server contains buffer overflow in parsing of the authentication portion of FTP URLs

Overview There is a remotely exploitable buffer overflow in the Squid proxy/cache server. Exploitation of this vulnerability could lead to an intruder gaining a shell on the target Squid server. Description Squid versions 2.3 and 2.4 are vulnerable to a buffer overflow in the code that parses FTP...

AOL Instant Messenger client for Windows contains a buffer overflow while parsing TLV 0x2711 packets

Overview There is a remotely exploitable buffer overflow in AOL Instant Messenger AIM. An exploit has been publicly released. AOL has implemented a server side fix that has largely eliminated the chances of widespread automated exploitation of the vulnerability, but targeted exploitation of...

HP-UX Line Printer Daemon Vulnerable to Directory Traversal

Overview A remotely exploitable directory traversal vulnerability exists in the HP-UX line printer daemon. Description The line printer daemon rlpdaemon enables various clients to share printers over a network. By sending a specially crafted print request to an HP-UX host running the rlpdaemon, a...

Oracle9iAS Web Cache vulnerable to buffer overflow

Overview A remotely exploitable buffer overflow in the Oracle9iAS Web Cache allows intruders to execute arbitrary code or cause the web cache process to hang or exit. Description Defcom Labs has discovered a remotely exploitable buffer overflow vulnerability in the Oracle9iAS Web Cache on all...

Microsoft Windows 2000 Telnet Service uses named pipes with predictable names

Overview The Microsoft Windows 2000 Telnet Service contains a vulnerability that allows unprivileged local users to execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges. Description The Microsoft Windows 2000 Telnet Service creates a named pipe to share information between the processes that handle ea...

Cisco IOS vulnerable to DoS via crafted PPTP packet sent to port 1723/tcp

Overview Cisco IOS contains a vulnerability that allows an intruder to crash the router. Description By sending a specially crafted PPTP packet to port 1723, an intruder can crash a device running a vulnerable version of IOS. Quoting from the Cisco Advisory: By sending a crafted PPTP packet to a...

RIT Research Labs The Bat! does not properly parse <CR> characters not followed by a <LF> character

Overview Due to a problem parsing carriage return/line feeds in RFC822 format mail messages, The Bat! mail client may permaturely detect the end of a mail message, causing an error to occur. This error may prevent the mail user from retrieving other mail messages until the message with the error ...

Sun Solaris sadmind buffer overflow in amsl_verify when requesting NETMGT_PROC_SERVICE

Overview The sadmind program can be used to perform distributed system administration operations remotely using RPC. A stack buffer overflow in sadmind may be exploited by a remote attacker to execute arbitrary instructions and gain root access. Description The sadmind program is installed by...

Passwords sent via SSH encrypted with RC4 can be easily cracked

Overview Passwords sent using SSH with RC4 encryption can be easily cracked by an attacker who is able to capture and replay the session. This problem occurs for three reasons: SSH sessions can be replayed, the RC4 encryption algorithm has some specific weaknesses, and the SSH daemon provides too...

Vulnerabilities in TP-Link routers, WR710N-V1-151022 and Archer C5 V2

Overview TP-Link router WR710N-V1-151022 running firmware published 2015-10-22 and Archer-C5-V2-160201 running firmware published 2016-02-01 are susceptible to two vulnerabilities: 1. A buffer overflow during HTTP Basic Authentication allowing a remote attacker to corrupt memory allocated on a he...

SMA Technologies OpCon UNIX agent adds the same SSH key to all installations

Overview SMA Technologies OpCon UNIX agent adds the same SSH key on every installation and subsequent updates. An attacker with access to the private key can gain root access on affected systems. Description During OpCon UNIX agent installation and updates, an SSH public key is added to the root...

MatrixSSL contains multiple vulnerabilities

Overview MatrixSSL, version 3.8.5 and earlier, contains heap overflow, out-of-bounds read, and unallocated memory free operation vulnerabilities. Description CWE-122: Heap-based Buffer Overflow - CVE-2016-6890The Subject Alt Name field of X.509 certificates is not properly parsed. A specially...

Objective Systems ASN1C generates code that contains a heap overflow vulnerability

Overview ASN.1 is a standard representation of data for networking and telecommunications applications. Objective System's ASN1C compiler generates C and C++ code that may be vulnerable to heap overflow. Description CWE-122: Heap-based Buffer Overflow - CVE-2016-5080ASN1C is used to generate...

Qolsys IQ Panel contains multiple vulnerabilities

Overview All firmware versions of Qolsys IQ Panel contain hard-coded cryptographic keys, do not validate signatures during software updates, and use a vulnerable version of Android OS. Description Qolsys IQ Panel is an Android OS-based touch screen controller for home automation devices and...

Chiyu Technology fingerprint access control contains multiple vulnerabilities

Overview Multiple models of Chiyu Technology fingerprint access control devices contain a cross-site scripting XSS vulnerability and an authentication bypass vulnerability. Description CWE-80: Improper Neutralization of Script-Related HTML Tags in a Web Page Basic XSS- CVE-2015-2870According to t...

Multicast DNS (mDNS) implementations may respond to unicast queries originating outside the local link

Overview Multicast DNS implementations may respond to unicast queries that originate from sources outside of the local link network. Such responses may disclose information about network devices or be used in denial-of-service DoS amplification attacks. Description Multicast DNS mDNS is a way for...

Datum Systems satellite modem devices contain multiple vulnerabilities

Overview Datum Systems PSM-4500 and PSM-500 series satellite modem devices contain multiple vulnerabilities Description CWE-220:Sensitive Data Under FTP Root - CVE-2014-2950The Datum Systems SnIP operating system on PSM-4500 and PSM-500 satellite modem devices has FTP enabled by default with no...

Raritian PX power distribution software is vulnerable to the cipher zero attack.

Overview Raritan PX power distribution software version 01.05.08 and previous running on a model DPXR20A-16 device allows remote attackers to bypass authentication and execute arbitrary IPMI commands by using cipher suite 0 aka cipher zero and an arbitrary password. Description CWE-287: Improper...

libpng 1.6.1 through 1.6.7 contain a null-pointer dereference vulnerability

Overview libpng versions 1.6.1 through 1.6.7 fail to reject colormapped images with empty palettes, leading to a null-pointer dereference crash in pngdoexpandpalette. Description The PNG Development Group has reported that "libpng versions 1.6.1 through 1.6.7 fail to reject colormapped images wit...

SAP Sybase Adaptive Server Enterprise vulnerable to XML injection

Overview SAP Sybase Adaptive Server Enterprise Version 15.7 ESD 2 and possibly earlier versions contains an XML injection vulnerability CWE-91. Description CWE-611:Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference 'XXE' SAP Sybase Adaptive Server Enterprise ASE Version 15.7 ESD 2 contains an...

avast! Mobile Security Android application denial-of-service vulnerability

Overview avast! Mobile Security Android application version 2.0.3587, and possibly earlier versions, contains a denial-of-service vulnerability. Description avast! Mobile Security version 2.0.3587 crashes if an Intent is sent to com.avast.android.mobilesecurity.app.scanner.DeleteFileActivity with...

Askiaweb survey application contains multiple vulnerabilities

Overview The Askiaweb survey application contains multiple vulnerabilities. Description The Askiaweb survey application contains multiple vulnerabilities.CWE-89: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command 'SQL Injection' - CVE-2013-0123 The administration interface for the...

BigAnt IM Message server and components contain multiple vulnerabilities

Overview BigAnt IM Message server and components contain multiple vulnerabilities which could allow an attacker to perform administrative functions on the the system Description CWE-89: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command 'SQL Injection' - CVE-2012-6273During the SH...

Adobe Shockwave player installs Xtras without prompting

Overview Adobe Shockwave Player installs Xtras that are signed by Adobe or Macromedia without prompting, which can allow an attacker to target vulnerabilities in older Xtras. Description Adobe Macromedia Shockwave Player is software that plays active web content developed in Macromedia and Adobe...

Samsung and HTC android phone information disclosure vulnerability

Overview Certain Samsung and HTC android phones store user interactions to the dmesg buffer which could allow a a malicious application to derive certain user-inputted information from the phone. Description The Android operating system on certain Samsung and HTC mobile phones store certain user...

AutoFORM PDM Archive contains multiple vulnerabilities

Overview AutoFORM PDM Archive contains multiple vulnerabilities which could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the application. Description According to AutoFORM's website AutoFORM PDM Archive is a comprehensive output management solution that encompasses document...

dotCMS template permissions allow arbitrary code execution

Overview The dotCMS content management system version 1.9 and possibly earlier versions, contains a vulnerability that allows users with the appropriate permissions to create a malicious template with arbitrary code. Description An authenticated dotCMS user with the permissions required to author...

OpenSLP denial of service vulnerability

Overview OpenSLP contains a vulnerability in the handling of packets containing malformed extensions, which can result in a denial-of-service condition. Description Service Location Protocol is an IETF standards track protocol that provides a framework to allow networking applications to discover...

Snare Agent web interface cross-site request forgery vulnerabilities

Overview The Snare Agent web interface is susceptible to cross-site request forgery attacks. Description The web interface allows the administrator to manage several agent settings, including changing the listening port and password. These HTTP requests do not perform proper validity checks and a...

IntelliCom NetBiter Config HICP hostname buffer overflow

Overview The IntelliCom NetBiter Config HICP configuration utility has a buffer overflow vulnerability that can be triggered by a specially crafted hostname hn value. An attacker with network access could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running...

Microsoft Windows DNS Server response validation vulnerability

Overview The Microsoft Windows DNS server contains a response validation vulnerability. If successfully exploited, this vulnerability may allow an attacker to poison the affected DNS server's cache. Description The Domain Name System DNS is responsible for translating host names to IP addresses a...

HP Online Support Services ActiveX StartApp() arbitrary code execution

Overview The HP Online Support Services ActiveX control contains a method called StartApp. This may allow a remote, unauthenticated attacker to execute local files on a vulnerable system in the context of the local user. Description HP Services provides online product support services including H...

Adobe Flash Player asfunction protocol may enable cross-site scripting

Overview The Adobe Flash player asfunction protocol could allow an attacker to conduct cross-site scripting attacks on websites that host vulnerable Flash files. Description The Adobe Flash Player is a player for the Flash media format and enables frame-based animations and multimedia to be viewe...

Apple Mac OS X CoreText uninitialized pointer vulnerability

Overview Apple Mac OS X CoreText contains an uninitialized pointer vulnerability, which may allow a remote, unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code on a vulnerable system. Description Apple Mac OS X CoreText is a framework for handling text on Mac OS X Tiger 10.4 and later. Mac OS X...

Microsoft Windows Vista Contacts Gadget vulnerability

Overview The Windows Vista Contacts gadget contains a vulnerability that may allow an attacker to execute code. Description From Microsoft Security Bulletin MS07-048:Gadgets are mini-applications designed to provide the user with information or utilities. Windows Vista treats gadgets similar to t...

InterActual Player IAMCE ActiveX control stack buffer overflow

Overview The InterActual Player IAMCE ActiveX control contains a stack buffer overflow, which can allow a remote, unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code on a vulnerable system. Description InterActual Player is a video DVD playing application for Windows systems. InterActual Player wa...

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...