Microsoft Excel memory access vulnerability

Overview An unspecified vulnerability in Microsoft Excel may allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code. Description Microsoft Excel contains a vulnerability. According to Microsoft Security Bulletin MS07-015 The vulnerability is caused when Excel opens a specially crafted Excel file which...

Novell NetMail IMAP vulnerable to buffer overflow when processing "SUBSCRIBE" commands

Overview A vulnerability in the way Novell Netmail handles IMAP SUBSCRIBE commands may cause a buffer overflow that may allow remote execution of arbitrary code. Description Novell Netmail's IMAP server contains a buffer overflow that may occur when processing parameters supplied to the SUBSCRIBE...

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...

Microsoft Excel fails to properly parse malformed Palette records

Overview A vulnerability in the way that Microsoft Excel handles malformed Palette records could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code on a vulnerable system. Description Microsoft Excel fails to properly handle Palette records embedded in Excel documents. When a file containing a malformed...

Citrix ICA Client ActiveX control buffer overflow

Overview A vulnerability in an ActiveX control provided with the Citrix Presentation Server Client could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on an affected system. Description The Citrix Presentation Server Client software provides an ActiveX control that can be used to integrate th...

Microsoft XML Core Services XMLHTTP ActiveX control vulnerability

Overview The Microsoft XML Core Services XMLHTTP ActiveX control contains an unspecified vulnerability, which may allow a remote, unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code on a vulnerable system. Description Microsoft XML Core Services MSXML allow developers who use applications such as...

Opera Web Browser fails to properly process overly long URLs

Overview The Opera Web Browser fails to properly process overly long URLs. This vulnerability may allow arbitrary code execution. Description Opera is a multi-platform web browser that is available for a range of operating systems and embedded Internet products. Opera contains a heap buffer...

Oracle MDSYS.SDO_LRS package vulnerable to PL/SQL injection

Overview The Oracle MDSYS.SDOLRS package is vulnerable to PL/SQL injection. This vulnerability may allow a remote, authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary PL/SQL commands on a vulnerable Oracle installation. Description The Oracle MDSYS.SDOLRS package is vulnerable to PL/SQL injection...

Wireshark contains an unspecified vulnerability in the DHCP dissector

Overview Wireshark contains a vulnerability in the DHCP dissector that may cause a denial-of-service condition. Description Wireshark for Microsoft Windows contains a vulnerability in the DHCP dissector that may cause a denial-of-service condition. This vulnerability may be exploited when the...

Cisco IOS contains buffer overflow in VTP VLAN name handling

Overview Cisco IOS fails to properly handle specially crafted VTP summary advertisement with overly long VLAN name. This vulnerability may allow a remote, unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial-of-service condition. Description Cisco's VLAN Trunking Protocol VTP...

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 products fail to properly validate JavaScript constructors

Overview Mozilla products fail to properly validate references returned by JavaScript constructors. This vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on a vulnerable system. Description According to Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory 2006-51: JavaScript functions have a...

Mozilla fails to properly handle garbage collection

Overview The Mozilla JavaScript engine fails to properly perform garbage collection, which may allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on a vulnerable system. Description Garbage collection According to Mozilla: Garbage collection is generally used to refer to algorithms that 1 determin...

Microsoft IP Source Route Vulnerability

Overview A vulnerability in Microsoft Windows could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on a vulnerable system. Description Source routing is a technique to determine the network route for a packet based on information supplied by the sender in the IP packet. The TCP/IP driver in so...

Apple Safari fails to properly handle archive files containing symbolic links

Overview Apple Safari fails to properly handle archive files that contain symbolic links, which may allow a remote, unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code. Description Safari Apple Safari is a web browser that comes with the Mac OS X operating system. Symbolic links Symbolic links are...

Adobe Flash products contain multiple vulnerabilities

Overview Several vulnerabilities in Adobe Macromedia Flash products may allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on a vulnerable system. Description The Adobe Flash Player is a player for the Flash media format and enables frame-based animations with sound to be viewed within a web...

Microsoft Excel fails to properly perform range validation when parsing document files

Overview Microsoft Excel contains an error in range validation, which may allow a remote unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code on a vulnerable system. Description Microsoft Excel fails to properly validate ranges in data files. When a file with a malformed range is opened in Excel,...

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...

Apple QuickTime fails to properly handle corrupt TGA images

Overview Apple's QuickTime is a player for files and streaming media in a variety of different formats. A flaw in QuickTime's handling of Targa TGA image format files could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on a vulnerable system. Description Several types of overflow...

GNOME gedit contains format string vulnerability

Overview gedit has a format string vulnerability in some error dialogs that can occur when a file is opened for editing. Description gedit is the official text editor of the GNOME desktop environment. gedit 2.10.2 has a format string error in some some error dialogs that can occur when a file is...

WebEOC contains multiple SQL injection vulnerabilities

Overview WebEOC contains multiple SQL injection vulnerabilities that may allow attackers to execute sql queries, potentially viewing or modifying data, or executing database commands. Description WebEOC is a web-based crisis information management application that provides functions to gather,...

Ettercap contains a format string error in the "curses_msg()" function

Overview Ettercap has a format string vulnerability in the ncurses user interface. Description Ettercap is open-source software designed for man-in-the-middle attacks on LANs. Ettercap contains multiple user interfaces, including one written using ncurses, a library for manipulating text screens...

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 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...

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...

Squid fails to parse empty access control lists correctly

Overview The Squid web proxy cache may fail to handle empty Access Control Lists ACLs in the intended manner. Description Squid functions as a web proxy and cache application for a number of protocols. However, Squid Access Control List ACL routines may not parse an empty list as intended. An emp...

Apple Mac OS X vulnerable to buffer overflow in ColorSync ICC color profile handling

Overview Apple's Mac OS X operating system contains a flaw in the handling of ICC color profiles, which may allow arbitrary code execution through a heap-based buffer overflow. Description The Apple Mac OS X operating system contains support for ICC color profiles in the ColorSync component. This...

LibTIFF vulnerable to integer overflow via corrupted directory entry count

Overview An integer overflow in LibTIFF may allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code. Description LibTIFF is a library used to encode and decode images in Tag Image File Format TIFF. A lack of validation on user supplied input may allow buffer overflow to occur. TIFF files contain...

Microsoft Internet Explorer vulnerable to address bar spoofing on double byte character set systems

Overview Microsoft Internet Explorer contains a vulnerability in how it processes URLs on Double Byte Character Set DBCS systems. This could allow an attacker to spoof the address of a web site. Description Microsoft Internet Explorer contains a canonicalization error when it parses special...

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...

Apple Mac OS X help system may interpret inappropriate local script files

Overview A vulnerability has been reported in the default URI protocol handler in Apple's Mac OS X help system. Exploitation of this vulnerability may permit a remote attacker to execute arbitrary scripts on the local system. Description A vulnerability has been reported in Apple's Mac OS X...

Ethereal fails to properly decode BGP packets containing MPLS IPv6 labels

Overview Ethereal contains a vulnerability in the way the Border Gateway Protocol BGP protocol dissector decodes Multiprotocol Label Switching MPLS IPv6 labels. Description Ethereal is a network traffic analysis package. It includes the ability to decode packets containing BGP data. According to...

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...

Microsoft Authenticode mechanism installs ActiveX controls without prompting user

Overview A vulnerability in Microsoft's Authenticode could allow a remote attacker to install an untrusted ActiveX control on the victim's system. Description According to Microsoft Security Bulletin MS03-041:ActiveX is a technology that allows programmers to develop self-contained software modul...

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...

RealNetworks media server RTSP protocol parser buffer overflow

Overview RealNetworks Helix Universal Server 9 media servers contain a buffer overflow in a RTSP protocol parser. Earlier versions of their media servers are also affected: RealSystem Server 7, 8, and RealServer G2. Description RealNetworks Helix Universal Server 9 media server is software which...

HP-UX "passwd" utility may corrupt password file

Overview The HP-UX "passwd" utility contains a denial-of-service vulnerability. Description The HP-UX "passwd" utility is used to make changes to a user's authentication credentials. A vulnerability in "passwd" may allow a local attacker to corrupt the password file. --- Impact An attacker may be...

Windows Media Player 9 ActiveX control does not adequately validate access to Windows Media Library

Overview An ActiveX control included with Windows Media Player 9 does not adequately validate script access to the Windows Media Library. This could allow an attacker to read or modify data contained in the library. Description Windows Media Player 9 includes an ActiveX control that can be used t...

Microsoft Locator service contains buffer overflow

Overview A remotely exploitable buffer overflow exists in the Microsoft Locator service. This vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on a vulnerable system. Description The Microsoft Locator service "maps logical names to network-specific names". Quoting from...

Sun KCMS library service daemon does not adequately validate location of KCMS profiles

Overview The Sun KCMS library service daemon, kcmsserver, does not adequately validate the location of KCMS profile files. This could allow a remote attacker to read arbitrary files on a vulnerable system. Description Sun Solaris contains support for the Kodak Color Management System KCMS, an...

ISC BIND 8 fails to properly dereference cache SIG RR elements with invalid expiry times from the internal database

Overview A remotely exploitable denial-of-service vulnerability exists in BIND. Description A remotely exploitable denial-of-service vulnerability exists in BIND 8.2 - 8.2.6 and BIND 8.3.0 - 8.3.3. ISC's description of this vulnerability states:It is possible to de-reference a NULL pointer for...

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...

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...

Microsoft Windows Server Message Block (SMB) fails to properly handle SMB_COM_TRANSACTION packets requesting NetServerEnum2 transaction

Overview Microsoft Server Message Block SMB may crash when it receives a crafted SMBCOMTRANSACTION packet requesting a NetServerEnum2 transaction. Attackers can use this vulnerability to cause a denial of service. Description SMB is a protocol for sharing data and resources between computers. It ...

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...

Oracle9i Application Server Apache PL/SQL module vulnerable to buffer overflow via Database Access Descriptor password

Overview A buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the Apache Procedural Language/Structured Query Language PL/SQL module used by Oracle9i Application Server iAS. Specifying a crafted password for a Database Access Descriptor DAD could cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code with the...

Microsoft Internet Explorer HTML rendering engine contains buffer overflow processing SRC attribute of HTML <EMBED> directive

Overview The Microsoft Internet Explorer HTML rendering engine contains a vulnerability in its handling of the SRC attribute of the HTML directive. An attacker who is able to convince a user to read a malicious HTML file may be able to crash Internt Explorer or execute arbitrary code with the...