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 QuickTime Player H.264 Codec contains an integer overflow

Overview Apple QuickTime fails to properly handle H.264 movies. This vulnerability may allow a remote, unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial-of-service condition. Description Apple QuickTime Player is multimedia software that allows users to view local and remote...

Multiple RSA implementations fail to properly handle signatures

Overview Multiple RSA implementations fail to properly handle RSA signatures. This vulnerability may allow an attacker to forge RSA signatures. Description RSA signatures are used to authenticate the source of a message. To prevent RSA signatures from being forged, messages are padded with data t...

Mozilla JavaScript engine contains multiple integer overflows

Overview The Mozilla JavaScript engine contains multiple integer overflows. This vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on a vulnerable system. Description Mozilla products that use the Mozilla JavaScript engine are vulnerable to integer overflows. Specifically, the...

Mozilla DHTML memory corruption vulnerabilities

Overview Mozilla products contain multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in the way they handle DHTML. These vulnerabilities may allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial-of-service condition. Description Mozilla products fail to properly handle DHTML. This may allow memor...

RealNetworks products vulnerable to buffer overflow via specially crafted MBC file

Overview Numerous RealNetworks products are vulnerable to a buffer overflow that may allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on a vulnerable system. Description RealNetworks RealPlayer RealNetworks RealPlayer is a multimedia application that allows users to view local and remote...

Microsoft Excel malformed parsing format file 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 parsing format files. When a file with a malformed parsing format files is...

Apple Safari vulnerable to buffer overflow

Overview Apple Safari is vulnerable to a stack-based buffer overflow. This may allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on a vulnerable system. Description Safari Apple Safari is a web browser that comes with the Mac OS X operating system. The Problem Apple Safari contains a stack-based...

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...

Microsoft HTML Help Workshop buffer overflow

Overview A buffer overflow in Microsoft HTML Help Workshop may allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on a vulnerable system. Description Microsoft HTML Help provides a standard help system for the Windows operating system. HTML Help Workshop is a component of the software development...

Mozilla QueryInterface memory corruption vulnerability

Overview Mozilla Firefox web browser and Thunderbird mail client contain a memory corruption vulnerability that may allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code. Description The Mozilla Firefox QueryInterface method contains a memory corruption vulnerability. According to Mozilla: Calling th...

Mozilla-based products fail to validate user input to the attribute name in "XULDocument.persist"

Overview A vulnerability in some Mozilla products that could allow a remote attacker to execute Javascript commands with the permissions of the user running the affected application. Description According to the Mozilla advisory on this issue:XULDocument.persist did not validate the attribute nam...

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 ...

Microsoft Windows buffer overflow in Enhanced Metafile rendering API

Overview Microsoft Windows Enhanced Metafile Format image rendering routines contain a buffer overflow flaw that may allow an attacker to cause a denial-of-service condition. Description Microsoft describes the Enhanced Metafile Format EMF as the following:An EMF image is a 32-bit format that can...

Apple Mac OS X Safari vulnerable to arbitrary command execution via URLs in PDF files

Overview Apple Mac OS X WebKit and Safari security controls may be bypassed, possibly allowing remote command execution. Description Mac OS X includes the Safari web browser, which can display Portable Document Format PDF files directly. This functionality is part of the WebKit system framework...

MIT Kerberos 5 allows unauthenticated attacker to cause MIT krb5 Key Distribution Center to free unallocated memory

Overview An unauthenticated attacker can cause MIT krb5 Key Distribution Center KDC to free unallocated memory, possibly leading to arbitrary code execution. Description Kerberos is a network authentication system which uses a trusted third party a KDC to authenticate clients and servers to each...

Adobe Acrobat and Acrobat Reader vulnerable to information disclosure via "LoadFile()" method in ActiveX control

Overview Adobe Acrobat Reader and Acrobat web control contain a flaw that allows the existence of local files to be discovered. Description The Adobe Acrobat Internet Explorer ActiveX web control may disclose the existence of local files if the LoadFile method is called with the complete file nam...

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...

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...

phpBB vulnerable to file disclosure

Overview The phpBB input validation methods may fail to sanitize user input resulting in a disclosure of arbitrary file data. Description phpBB is a customizable open source bulletin board package. It contains functionality that allows users to specify graphic files for use as "avatars." These...

OpenConnect Webconnect read-only directory traversal vulnerability in jretest.html

Overview OpenConnect Webconnect contains a read-only directory traversal vulnerability in the file jretest.html. Description OpenConnect Webconnect provides secured web access and emulation services for backend mainframes and UNIX servers. Versions of Webconnect prior to 6.4.5 and 6.5.1 running o...

Ethereal fails to properly handle malformed iSNS packets

Overview Ethereal contains a vulnerability in the way it processes Internet Storage Name Service iSNS packets. Description The Internet Storage Name Service iSNS protocol is used to automate the discovery, management, and configuration of iSCSI and Fibre Channel devices in an IP network. Ethereal...

Gaim fails to properly validate the "name" parameter in the Yahoo login webpage

Overview There is a buffer overflow vulnerability in the way the Gaim yahoologinpagehash function parses the "name" parameter in the Yahoo login webpage. Description Gaim is a multi-protocol instant messenger available for a number of operating systems. It supports a variety of instant messaging...

util-linux login program discloses sensitive information

Overview util-linux login program uses a pointer that was previously freed and reallocated which could allow an attacker to gain access to sensitive information. Description util-linux is shipped with Red Hat and numerous other Linux distributions. It contains a collection of utility programs, su...

Apple Mac OS X contains a vulnerability in DiskArbitration when initializing writable removable media

Overview Apple Mac OS X contains a vulnerability in the way DiskArbitration initializes writable removable media. Description The DiskArbitration Server in Apple Mac OS X tracks new disks and provides notifications announcing their availability. There is a non-specific vulnerability identified as...

Red Hat Enterprise Linux kernel-2.4.21 does not perform adequate checking of eflags when in 32-bit ptrace emulation mode

Overview Red Hat Enterprise Linux kernel prior to version 2.4.21 does not perform adequate checking of eflags when in 32-bit ptrace emulation mode. This could allow a local user to gain elevated or root privileges. Description The Linux kernel handles the basic functionality of the operating...

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...

WS_FTP Server vulnerable to buffer overflow when supplied overly long "APPE" command

Overview It has been reported that a vulnerability exists in the processing of a "APPE" command on WSFTP Servers versions 4.x and prior. Exploitation of this vulnerability may lead to an authenticated user executing arbitrary code with the elevated privileges of the server process. Description...

gtop daemon contains buffer overflow

Overview A buffer overflow exists in the gtop daemon. Description A buffer overflow in gtopd, specifically permitted, may allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code. For more detailed information, please see Flavio Veloso's analysis.gtop background information Many Unix systems allow only...

Mac OS X LDAP plugins transmit user credentials in clear text

Overview Versions 10.2 and later of Apple's MacOS X operating system include support for the Lightweight Directory Access Protocol LDAP. A vulnerability in the way some of these versions of MacOS X handle authentication in certain environments could expose user's passwords in plaintext as they're...

Microsoft Windows RPC service vulnerable to DoS via NULL pointer dereference

Overview The RPC service in Microsoft Windows NT 4.0, 2000, and XP can be terminated by a specially crafted RPC message. A remote attacker could cause a denial of service. Description According to Microsoft Security Bulletin MS03-010, "Remote Procedure Call RPC is a protocol used by the Windows...

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...

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...

Vandyke Software SecureCRT contains buffer overflow vulnerability in password handling code

Overview SecureCRT is vulnerable to buffer overflow from improper handling of long password input. Description SecureCRT is a terminal emulator and SSH client for Windows. If the SSH1 protocol is used and the user enters a password 300 characters or more in length, SecureCRT will crash, with the...

Sun Solaris ptexec does not adequately validate argument passed via -o option

Overview The Sun Solaris ptexec command is subject to a buffer overflow due to not adequately validating arguments passed via the -o option. Description A locally exploitable buffer overflow exists in the ptexec command which is included in the SUNWvts package. This package is not included in the...

Certain implementations of SSH1 may reveal internal cryptologic state

Overview An implementation problem in at least one Secure Shell SSH product and a weakness in the PKCS11.5 public key encryption standard allows attackers to recover plaintext of messages encrypted with SSH. Description A weakness in some SSH products using the SSH1 protocol may allow an attacker...

Multiple implementations of the RADIUS protocol contain a digest calculation buffer overflow

Overview Multiple implementations of the RADIUS protocol contain a buffer overflow in the function that calculates message digests. Description During the message digest calculation, a string containing the shared secret is concatenated with a packet received without checking the size of the targ...

Cisco IOS vulnerable to deferred DoS via SYN scan to certain TCP port ranges

Overview Cisco Internetwork Operating System IOS may reload unexpectedly after being scanned on certain ports. Description Certain versions of Cisco IOS contain a vulnerability that allows the router to enter an unstable state after receiving a connection attempt on any TCP port in the following...

IBM AIX line printer daemon contains a buffer overflow in chk_fhost()

Overview The Line Printer daemon lpd shipped with AIX systems contains a buffer overflow in chkfhost that potentially allow a malicious remote user to gain root privileges. Description A buffer overflow exists in the chkfhost function of the line printer daemon lpd on AIX systems. An intruder cou...

Taylor UUCP Package fails to properly filter command line arguments

Overview Several Linux/Unix systems ship with a utility package called Taylor UUCP. A component of the UUCP package, uuxqt, fails to properly filter arguments from the commands sent to it. This can allow an intruder to gain elevated privileges and execute commands with the privileges of uucp,...

Microsoft Internet Information Server (IIS) discloses contents of files via crafted request containing "+.htr"

Overview A vulnerability exists in Microsoft Internet Information Server IIS that could disclose sensitive information contained in CGI-type files. Typically a CGI/script file on a web server should only be executable and not readable to remote users. Sensitive information contained in CGI-type...

gpm creates temporary files insecurely

Overview gpm version 1.19.3, which usually runs as root, is vulnerable due to a flaw that allows a local user to exploit a race condition to corrupt files that gpm uses. Description gpm General Purpose Mouse is a program that lets you use the mouse in console mode when not using XWindows. It is...

KDE2 kdesu 'keep password' option does not verify socket listener potentially exposing su password

Overview kdesu is a interactive interface to the substitute user su command for the KDE environment. To pass authentication information, it creates a file that may be read by unauthorized users. Description kdesu communicates with su using a socket, implemented as a file in /tmp with a predictabl...

Cisco IOS software vulnerable to DoS via HTTP request containing "?/"

Overview A vulnerability exists in multiple versions of Cisco's Internetworking Operating System IOS software that allows an attacker to force affected switches and routers to crash and reboot. Description To exploit this vulnerability, the IOS HTTP interface must be enabled and the attacker must...

MIT Kerberos 5 ksu may allow either the '-r' or '-l' time-interval parameter to overflow the stack with the characters ''d', 'h', 'm', or 's'

Overview Description From the reporter: Time-interval parsing for the "-r" and "-l" command-line options calls a library routine which uses sscanf"%d%d" and passes the address of an automatic int variable to correspond to the second %-sequence. But the % sequence needs an arbitrarily large string...

Notes default ECL allows execution of unsigned code

Overview Lotus Notes prior to version 5.02, had permissive ECLs that allow for the execution of malicious mail messages. Description A Notes ECL is a list consisting of a Notes Username and a set of permissions from the following list for Notes 4.6.x: Access to file system Access to current...

Macrium Reflect is vulnerable to privilege escalation due to OPENSSLDIR location

Overview Macrium Reflect contains a privilege escalation vulnerability due to the use of an OPENSSLDIR variable that specifies a location where an unprivileged Windows user can create files. Description CVE-2020-10143 Macrium Reflect includes an OpenSSL component that specifies an OPENSSLDIR...

Juniper ScreenOS contains multiple vulnerabilities

Overview Juniper Networks ScreenOS versions 6.3.0r17 through 6.3.0r20 allows unauthorized remote administration access to the device. Juniper Networks ScreenOS versions 6.2.0r15 through 6.2.0r18 and 6.3.0r12 through 6.3.0r20 allow for an attacker to monitor and decrypt VPN traffic. Description...

CSL DualCom GPRS CS2300-R alarm signalling boards contain multiple vulnerabilties

Overview CSL DualCom GPRS CS2300-R alarm signalling boards, firmware versions v1.25 to v3.53, contain multiple vulnerabilties. Description CSL DualCom GPRS CS2300-R alarm signalling boards are secure premises transmitters SPT that notify alarm receiving centers ARC when an alarm system is tripped...

Alfresco Enterprise contains multiple cross-site scripting vulnerabilities

Overview Alfresco Enterprise 4.1.6 and possibly earlier versions are vulnerable to multiple cross-site scripting XSS vulnerabilities. Description CWE-79: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation 'Cross-site Scripting' Alfresco Enterprise is vulnerable to a stored cross-site...