Yahoo! Messenger is vulnerable to DoS via multiple messages from spoofed names

Overview Yahoo! Messenger is an instant messaging client. A report indicates that there is a vulnerability that permits an attacker to spoof the source user name of a Yahoo! Messenger message. Description Yahoo! Messenger permits a user to place users on an ignore list. A vulnerability exists tha...

Yahoo! Messenger contains buffer overflow in "IMvironment" field

Overview Yahoo! Messenger is an instant messaging client. There is a remotely exploitable buffer overflow vulnerability in the "imv" field of Yahoo! Messenger. Description A remotely exploitable buffer overflow exists in the "imv" field that may permit a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code ...

ISC BIND 9 fails to process additional data chains in responses correctly thereby causing the server to fail an internal consistency check

Overview A denial-of-service vulnerability exists in version 9 of the Internet Software Consortium's ISC Berkeley Internet Name Domain BIND server. ISC BIND versions 8 and 4 are not affected. Exploiting this vulnerability will cause vulnerable BIND servers to shut down. Description BIND is an...

rpc.rwalld contains remotely exploitable format string vulnerability

Overview rpc.rwalld is a utility that is used to send a message to all terminals of a time sharing system. A format string vulnerability may permit a remote user to execute code with the privileges of the rwall daemon. Description rpc.rwalld is a utility that listens for remote wall requests. Wal...

Microsoft Internet Explorer download dialog may not display complete filenames

Overview There is a vulnerability in the download dialog box in Internet Explorer versions 5.5 and 6.0. The vulnerability allows an attacker to mislead users, causing them to inadvertently execute arbitrary code on the user's system. Description When downloading files included in web pages, users...

Syskey reuses keystream

Overview Versions of SYSKEY in use prior to December, 1999 leave the SAM database vulnerable to cryptanalytic attacks. Description SYSKEY is a utility introduced in Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 service pack 3 to provide strong cryptographic protection to the SAM password database. The protection SYSK...

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...

RSA Security ACE/Agent for Windows, ACE/Agent for Windows NT, and ACE/Agent for Windows 2000 do not properly handle null characters in URL

Overview RSA Security ACE/Agent for Windows, ACE/Agent for Windows NT, and ACE/Agent for Windows 2000 contain a vulnerability in which the ACE/Agent does not properly handle null characters contained in a URL. A specially crafted request may cause ACE/Agent to enter a debugging mode, possibly...

AOLServer contains buffer overflow in ParseAuth()

Overview AOLServer versions 3.3.0 and earlier contain an exploitable buffer overflow. This can lead to arbitrary execution of code on the system. Description AOLServer is a free open source web server. It was originally written by America Online AOL, and is currently developed and maintained by A...

Internet Explorer DHTML"Download Behavior" can be tricked into exposing local files

Overview The download behavior of Internet Explorer 5.0 can be used to perform arbitrary operations on local files. Description Internet Explorer 5.0 includes a dynamic HTML DHTML behavior called "download behavior." A "behavior" is a software object that specifies some behavior of a web page...

HPUX kmmodreg allows arbitrary file overwriting via symlink redirection of temporary file

Overview The kmmodreg program distributed with some HPUX versions creates two temporary files with predictable names. Due to insecure handling of these files, an intruder may use them to overwrite arbitrary files during system boot via a symbolic link attack. Description The kmmodreg program...

Curses library vulnerable to buffer overflow

Overview The curses library derived from System V contains a buffer overflow. A local user can execute a command that uses this library to exploit the vulnerability and gain elevated privileges. Description There is a buffer overflow in the curses library that could permit a local user to gain...

Robtex Viking Web Server permits traversal out of HTTP docs root directory

Overview Viking v1.07 is a 'multi-protocol-internet-server' available from http://www.robtex.com. A vulnerability exists with this web server which allows a remote user to see any file on the server with read permissions enabled. Description Viking v1.07 does not stop requests which traverse the...

Microsoft Internet Information Server (IIS) discloses contents of files via crafted request for .htr file

Overview A vulnerability exists in Microsoft Internet Information Server IIS which 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 by remote users. Sensitive information contained in such a fi...

Microsoft Windows 2000 Kerberos service vulnerable to DoS via repeated invalid requests

Overview A core service of Microsoft Windows 2000 domain controllers fails to correctly handle certain invalid requests. After receiving a number of invalid requests, the domain controller may have to be rebooted to return it to correct operation. A disabled domain controller can interfere with t...

AT&T WinVNC allows user access to passwords and configuration via weak registry permissions

Overview The default installation of WinVNC on certain Microsoft Windows systems permits unauthenticated access to the WinVNC service. Description AT&T WinVNC is a free package available from AT&T Labs Cambridge that allows an existing desktop of a PC to be available on the desktop of a remote...

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...

Wang/Kodak Image Thumbnail ActiveX Control

Overview Description The Image Thumbnail control is incorrectly marked safe for scripting. This control is sometimes identified as from "Kodak" and other times as from "Wang". The Image Thumbnail control is one of several controls used to provide image editting services through a web site. Becaus...

McAfee Agent for Windows is vulnerable to privilege escalation due to OPENSSLDIR location

Overview McAfee Agent contains a privilege escalation vulnerability due to the use of an OPENSSLDIR variable that specifies a location where an unprivileged Windows user may be able to place files. Description CVE-2022-0166 McAfee Agent, which comes with various McAfee products such as McAfee...

Siemens Totally Integrated Automation Portal vulnerable to privilege escalation due to Node.js paths

Overview Siemens Totally Integrated Administrator TIA fails to properly set the module search path to be used by a privileged Node.js component, which can allow an unprivileged Windows user to run arbitrary code with SYSTEM privileges. The PCS neo administration console is reported to be affected...

Aternity version 9 vulnerable to cross-site scripting and remote code execution

Overview The Aternity webserver, version 9 and prior, is reportedly vulnerable to cross-site scripting XSS on several web pages, and remote code execution via inclusion of untrusted functionality by default due to improper authentication before execution. Description CWE-80: Improper Neutralizati...

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...

Virtual Machine Monitors (VMM) contain a memory deduplication vulnerability

Overview Multiple vendors' implementations of Virtual Machine Monitors VMM are vulnerable to a memory deduplication attack. Description As reported in the "Cross-VM ASL INtrospection CAIN" paper, an attacker with basic user rights within the attacking Virtual Machine VM can leverage memory...

GNU Wget creates arbitrary symbolic links during recursive FTP download

Overview GNU wget allows arbitrary filesystem access when creating symbolic links during a recursive FTP download. This allows an attacker to overwrite files with the permissions of the user running wget. Description CWE-59:CWE-59: Improper Link Resolution Before File Access 'Link Following' Wget...

Fortinet Fortiweb 5.1 contains a cross-site request forgery vulnerability

Overview Fortinet Fortiweb prior to version 5.2.0 do not sufficiently verify whether a valid request was intentionally provided by the user, which results in a cross-site request forgery CSRF vulnerability. CWE-352 Description CWE-352: Cross-Site Request Forgery CSRF Fortinet Fortiweb prior to...

EMC Documentum Product Suite version 6.7 contains a DOM based cross-site scripting vulnerability

Overview EMC Documentum Product Suite version 6.7 and possibly earlier versions contain a DOM based cross-site scripting vulnerability CWE-79. Description CWE-79: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation 'Cross-site Scripting' EMC Documentum Product Suite version 6.7 and possib...

Cisco Identity Services Engine contains an input validation vulnerability

Overview Cisco Identity Services Engine contains an input validation vulnerability CWE-20. Description CWE-20: Improper Input Validation Cisco Identity Services Engine ISE contains an input validation vulnerability. The ISE device contains a TCP Dump option for analyzing traffic on the device. By...

HP System Management Homepage vulnerable to a denial-of-service condition

Overview HP System Management Homepage 7.2.0.14 and possibly earlier versions contain a denial-of-service vulnerability CWE-121. Description CWE-121: Stack-based Buffer Overflow HP System Management Homepage 7.2.0.14 contains a denial-of-service vulnerability. The remote attacker may send the...

Oracle E-Business Suite password disclosure vulnerability

Overview Oracle E-Business Suite 12.0-12.1, when used with the native login pages or single sign-on SSO / Oracle Access Management OAM with the native login pages, contains a credential exposure vulnerability. Description Oracle E-Business Suite administrators who have applied CPU patches for Jul...

Bradford Network Sentry v5.3 NS500 appliance contains multiple vulnerabilities

Overview Bradford Network Sentry v5.3 NS500 appliance contains multiple vulnerabilities which could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the application. Description Bradford Network Sentry v5.3 NS500 appliance contains multiple vulnerabilities:CWE-79: Improper...

ForeScout CounterACT reflected XSS vulnerability

Overview The ForeScout CounterACT appliance contains reflected cross-site scripting XSS vulnerabilities. Description The web interface of the ForeScout CounterACT appliance contains reflected XSS vulnerabilities CWE-79. The following are a couple...

Symantec Endpoint Protection network threat protection module Microsoft IIS denial of service vulnerability

Overview Symantec Endpoint Protection SEP Network Threat Protection module running on a Microsoft Internet Information Services IIS webserver contains a denial of service vulnerability when probed by an audit tool. Description Symantec Security Advisory SYM12-007 states:Overview Versions of...

HP Business Service Management 9.12 remote code execution vulnerability

Overview The HP Business Service Management HPBSM application contains a remote code execution vulnerability. Version 9.12 has been reported to be affected but other versions may also be affected. Description HPBSM uses the JBOSS application server. In the default configuration, HPBSM contains op...

Apple Mac OS X ATS data-font memory corruption vulnerability

Overview Apple Mac OS X ATS contains a memory corruption vulnerability that may allow a remote, unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code on a vulnerable system. Description Apple Mac OS X ATS Apple Type Services fails to properly handle malformed data-font .dfont files, resulting in...

ISC BIND 9 resolver denial of service vulnerability

Overview ISC BIND 9 resolver contains a remote packet denial of service vulnerability after logging an error in query.c. Description According to ISC:An as-yet unidentified network event caused BIND 9 resolvers to cache an invalid record, subsequent queries for which could crash the resolvers wit...

Iceni products PDF parser stack buffer overflow

Overview Iceni Argus and Infix contain a stack buffer overflow in the handling of flate-compressed PDF content, which can allow a remote, unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code on a vulnerable system. Description Iceni Argus is a PDF conversion library. Argus 6.20 and earlier fail to...

JasperServer cross-site request forgery vulnerability

Overview JasperSoft's JasperServer is vulnerable to a cross-site request forgery CSRF vulnerability. Description According to JasperSoft's website: "JasperReports Server is a powerful, yet flexible and lightweight reporting server. Generate, organize, secure, and deliver interactive reports and...

Microsoft Windows graphics engine thumbnail stack buffer overflow

Overview Microsoft Windows contains a stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability in the graphics rendering engine, which may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code. Description Microsoft Windows contains a stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability caused by a signedness error in the...

libpng fails to limit number of rows in header

Overview Libpng contains a vulnerability in the way it handles images containing an extra row of image data beyond the height reported in the image header. Description A vulnerability exists in the way libpng receives an extra row of image data beyond the height reported in the header of the imag...

Panda Security ActiveScan fails to properly validate downloaded software

Overview Panda ActiveScan fails to properly validate downloaded software, which can allow a remote, unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code on a vulnerable system. Description Panda ActiveScan is an online scanner that is reported to detect malware, vulnerabilities, and unknown threats...

Libpurple buffer overflow vulnerability

Overview The Libpurple instant messenger library contains a vulnerability that may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code. Description Libpurple is an instant messenger IM library that is used by various programs to connect to multiple networks. Libpurple contains a buffer overflow...

Autonomy KeyView SDK buffer overflow vulnerability

Overview Autonomy KeyView SDK contains a buffer overflow vulnerability that may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code. Description Autonomy KeyView SDK is a commercial software development kit SDK that includes file filtering libraries. A vulnerability exists in the way the SDK libraries...

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...

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...

Online Media Technologies NCTSoft NCTAudioInformation2 ActiveX stack buffer overflows

Overview The Online Media Technologies NCTSoft NCTAudioInformation2 ActiveX control contains multiple stack buffer overflows, which may allow a remote, unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code on a vulnerable system. Description Online Media Technologies, which was formerly known as NCT...

Mozilla Firefox JavaScript engine fails to properly handle garbage collection

Overview Mozilla Firefox JavaScript engine fails to properly handle garbage collection. This vulnerability result in memory corruption, which in some cases may be exploitable to execute arbitrary code. Description Per Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory 2008-20:Fixes for security problems in the...

Canon digital multifunction copiers FTP bounce vulnerability

Overview Some models of Canon digital multifunction copiers are vulnerable to the FTP bounce attack. Description From the Problems With The FTP PORT Command document:The FTP Bounce Attack To conform with the FTP protocol, the PORT command has the originating machine specify an arbitrary destinati...

Aurigma ImageUploader ActiveX control stack buffer overflows

Overview The Aurigma ImageUploader ActiveX control contains multiple stack buffer overflow vulnerabilities, which may allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on a vulnerable system. Description Aurigma ImageUploader is an ActiveX control that provides the ability to upload pictures usin...

Mortbay Jetty vulnerable to HTTP response splitting

Overview Mortbay Jetty is vulnerable to HTTP response splitting, which may allow a remote, unauthenticated attacker to inject various HTTP headers Description Mortbay Jetty is a web server that is written in Java. Jetty fails to properly handle HTTP headers with CRLF sequences, which can allow an...

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,...