Mozilla products vulnerable to memory corruption in the JavaScript engine

Overview A number of vulnerabilities in the Mozilla JavaScript engine may allow the execution of arbitrary code or denial of service. Description The Mozilla JavaScript engine contains several vulnerabilities that may result in memory corruption. The impact of this memory corruption in specific...

Apple QuickTime remote command execution vulnerability

Overview Apple QuickTime contains a vulnerability that may allow an attacker to pass arbitrary commands to other applications. Description Apple QuickTime is a media player that is available for Microsoft Windows and Apple OS X. Apple QuickTime includes browser plugins for Internet Explorer,...

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...

Apple Mac OS X fails to properly handle corrupted UDTO HFS+ image structures

Overview Apple Mac OS X fails to properly handle corrupted UDTO HFS+ image structures. This vulnerability may allow an attacker to cause a denial-of-service condition. Description Hierarchical File System HFS+ is a file system that supports files that use 32-bit block addresses and Unicode file a...

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...

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 Excel fails to properly handle malformed IMDATA records

Overview A vulnerability in the way that Microsoft Excel handles malformed image records could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code on a vulnerable system. Description Microsoft Excel fails to properly validate the size of IMDATA records. When a file containing a malformed IMDATA record is...

Symantec Veritas NetBackup bpcd.exe CONNECT_OPTIONS buffer overflow

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

Microsoft Internet Explorer fails to properly handle malformed DHTML script function calls

Overview A vulnerability in the way Microsoft Internet Explorer handles malformed DHTML script function calls may allow a remote, unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code. Description According to Microsoft Security Bulletin MS06-072:When Internet Explorer interprets certain DHTML scrip...

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 Excel fails to properly handle Lotus 1-2-3 files

Overview Microsoft Excel contains a vulnerability in the handling of malformed Lotus 1-2-3 files, which may allow a remote, unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code on a vulnerable system. Description Microsoft Excel contains an unspecified vulnerability that could be exploited when Exc...

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...

Cisco IOS fails to properly verify the VTP configuration revision number

Overview Cisco IOS fails to properly verify the VTP configuration revision number. This vulnerability may allow a remote, unauthenticated attacker to prevent changes to the VLAN database from being properly propagated throughout the VTP domain. Description Cisco's VLAN Trunking Protocol VTP...

gzip contains a .bss buffer overflow in its LZH handling

Overview The gzip program contains a buffer overflow vulnerability that may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code or create a denial-of-service condition. Description The gzip program is used to compress and decompress archived files. Some implementations of gzip include support for the LZH...

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...

Adobe Macromedia Shockwave Player ActiveX installer buffer overflow vulnerability

Overview The ActiveX installer for Adobe Macromedia Shockwave contains a buffer overflow, which may allow a remote unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code on a vulnerable system. Description Shockwave Player Adobe Macromedia Shockwave Player is software that plays active web content...

Microsoft Windows Korean Input Method Editor vulnerability

Overview The Microsoft Windows Korean Input Method Editor IME contains a privilege escalation vulnerability. Description According to Microsoft: An IME is a program that allows computer users to enter complex characters and symbols, such as Japanese characters, using a standard keyboard. The...

Oracle Reports arbitrary file reading vulnerability

Overview Oracle Reports fails to validate URI parameters, possibly allowing a remote attacker to read arbitrary files on the Reports Server. Description Oracle Reports is an enterprise reporting tool that extracts data from multiple sources and inserts it into a formatted report. It is a componen...

Microsoft Windows Metafile handler SETABORTPROC GDI Escape vulnerability

Overview Microsoft Windows is vulnerable to remote code execution via an error in handling files using the Windows Metafile image format. Exploit code has been publicly posted and used to successfully attack fully-patched Windows XP SP2 systems. However, other versions of the Windows operating...

UW-IMAP vulnerable to a buffer overflow

Overview UW-IMAP contains a buffer overflow vulnerability that may allow a remote, authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code on a vulnerable system. Description The University of Washington IMAP Server UW-IMAP is an email server that uses the Internet Message Access Protocol lMAP. A lack o...

Microsoft DDS Library Shape Control (msdds.dll) COM object contains an unspecified vulnerability

Overview Microsoft DDS Library Shape Control COM object contains an unspecified vulnerability, 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...

Groove Mobile Workspace vulnerable to script injection via SharePoint lists containing picture columns

Overview A vulnerability in the way that Groove Mobile Workspace handles picture columns embedded within SharePoint lists may allow attackers to execute an arbitrary script. Description Groove Virtual Office provides a collaborative working environment that includes shared documents, databases,...

Apple Mac OS X chpass/chfn/chsh utilities do not properly validate external programs

Overview Apple Mac OS X Directory Service utilities use external programs insecurely, potentially allowing an attacker to execute arbitrary code. Description The OS X Directory Services have three utilities chpass, chfn, and chsh to update information in the user database, such as user name,...

Apple Cocoa applications vulnerable to denial of service via malformed TIFF image

Overview Apple Mac OS X applications using the Cocoa environment may quit due to an unhandled exception in TIFF image handling routines. Description Mac OS X applications may take advantage of the Cocoa programming environment, which is described by Apple as "an object-oriented application...

Microsoft font processing buffer overflow vulnerability

Overview A privilege elevation vulnerability exists in the way that Microsoft Windows processes certain fonts. This vulnerability could allow a logged on user to take complete control of the system. Description Due to an unchecked buffer in the processing of malicious fonts, a locally authenticat...

Apple Mac OS X vulnerable to information disclosure in "Message-ID" header

Overview The Mail application supplied with Apple's Mac OS X operating system identifies the system from which any electronic mail is sent. Description Mac OS X includes the Mail application for handling electronic mail. This application does include the Media Access Control MAC address of 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...

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...

Microsoft Windows processing of zip files contains a buffer overflow

Overview A buffer overflow exists in the way Microsoft Windows processes zip files that may allow remote code execution. Description Microsoft Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 feature the ability to natively handle zip files. Microsoft has released bulletin MS04-034 describing a remotely...

Microsoft Internet Explorer does not properly handle navigations from plug-ins

Overview Microsoft Internet Explorer contains a vulnerability in its handling of navigation commands from plug-ins. This could let an attacker spoof the address of a website. Description Microsoft Internet Explorer improperly handles navigations from plug-ins, such as ActiveX controls. This...

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...

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 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...

Microsoft ASN.1 Library improperly decodes malformed ASN.1 length values

Overview The Microsoft ASN.1 Library improperly decodes malformed ASN.1 length values which could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to execute arbitrary code with SYSTEM privileges. Description Abstract Syntax Notation number One ASN.1 is an international standard used to describe and...

Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 fails to assign user credentials to proper mailbox

Overview A flaw in the authentication mechanism that Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 uses for Outlook Web Access users in some configurations could expose another user's mailbox. Description Outlook Web Access OWA is a feature of Microsoft Exchange Server 2003. By using OWA, a server that is runni...

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...

Microsoft Internet Explorer contains buffer overflow in Type attribute of OBJECT element on double-byte character set systems

Overview Certain versions of Microsoft Internet Explorer IE that support double-byte character sets DBCS contain a buffer overflow vulnerability in the Type attribute of the OBJECT element. A remote attacker could execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running IE. Description...

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...

Multiple IPsec implementations do not adequately validate authentication data

Overview IPsec implementations from multiple vendors do not adequately validate the authentication data in IPsec packets, exposing vulnerable systems to a denial of service. Description For background: RFC 2401 Security Architecture for the Internet Protocol RFC 2402 IP Authentication Header RFC...

Microsoft Java implementation JDBC functions do not properly validate parameters

Overview The Java Database Connectivity JDBC classes of Microsoft's Java virtual machine VM contain functions that do not properly validate parameters. A malicious Java applet can exploit this vulnerability to crash programs on the client system. Description Microsoft's Java VM is installed on...

ypxfrd daemon fails to properly validate user supplied arguments in "getdbm" procedure

Overview A vulnerability in the ypxfrd daemon may allow a local attacker to read arbitrary files on the vulnerable system. Description Janusz Niewiadomski, of iSEC, discovered this vulnerability and produced the following advisory.Issue: ====== Improper arguments validation in ypxfrd may allow...

EFTP does not adequately validate user input thereby allowing directory traversal

Overview Encrypted File Transfer Program EFTP does not properly validate CWD commands, allowing authenticated users to read arbitrary directories and files. Description Encrypted File Transfer Program EFTP is an implementation of the FTP protocol using 448-bit Blowfish encryption. EFTP allows...

Integer overflow in xdr_array() function when deserializing the XDR stream

Overview There is an integer overflow present in the xdrarray function distributed as part of the Sun Microsystems XDR library. This overflow has been shown to lead to remotely exploitable buffer overflows in multiple applications, leading to the execution of arbitrary code. Although the library...

util-linux package vulnerable to privilege escalation when "ptmptmp" file is not removed properly when using "chfn" utility

Overview The util-linux package contains a race condition vulnerability that can be used to elevate privileges on the system. Description util-linux is shipped with Red Hat Linux and numerous other Linux distributions. It contains a collection of utility programs, such as fstab, mkfs, and chfn. T...

Uudecode performs inadequate checks on user-specified output files

Overview The uudecode utility contains a vulnerability that allows an attacker to overwrite arbitrary files, symbolic links, and named pipes. Description The uudecode utility is used to decode files that have been encoded in the 7-bit printable format generated by uuencode. This format allows for...

OpenBSD kernel fails to properly check closed file descriptors "0-2" when running setuid program

Overview The OpenBSD kernel does not adequately check file descriptors 0-2 prior to execing setuid binaries. Other OS kernels may be vulnerable as well. Description The OpenBSD kernel does not adequately check file descriptors 0-2 prior to execing setuid binaries. As a result, an attacker may be...

Nortel Networks CVX 1800 discloses privileged information

Overview The Nortel Networks CVX 1800 Multi-Service Access Switch discloses privileged information. Description The CVX 1800 Multi-Service Access Switch is a large modem bank typically used by large carriers and ISP's. When the CVX 1800 is queried with a specially crafted snmpwalk, it will respon...

AOL Instant Messenger vulnerable to denial of service via crafted file name

Overview AOL Instant Messenger AIM 4.1 and prior are vulnerable to a denial of service vulnerability. A denial of service occurs when filenames that contain a "%s" are sent to a victim. Description AOL Instant Messenger AIM is a program for communicating with other users over the Internet. AIM...