Cisco PIX and ASA authentication bypass vulnerability

Overview The Cisco ASA and PIX firewalls contain an authentication bypass vulnerability. This vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to gain unauthorized access to the internal network or firewall. Description The Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance ASA is firewall that includes routing and...

Cisco NetFlow Collection Engine contains known default passwords

Overview A vulnerability in the Cisco NetFlow Collection Engine could allow a remote attacker to gain access to a vulnerable system. Description The Cisco Network Services CNS NetFlow Collection Engine NFC is a software package for supported UNIX platforms and is used to collect and monitor NetFl...

McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator and ProtectionPilot ActiveX control buffer overflow vulnerability

Overview A vulnerability in an ActiveX control provided with the McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator and ProtectionPilot software could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on an affected system. Description The McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator and ProtectionPilot are applications that are design...

Kerberos administration daemon fails to properly initialize function pointers

Overview The Kerberos administration daemon fails to properly initialize pointers. This vulnerability may allow a remote, unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service. Description A vulnerability exists in the way the Kerberos administration daemon handles...

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 Word malformed string vulnerability

Overview A vulnerability in Microsoft Word could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code on a vulnerable system. Description Microsoft Word contains a vulnerability that could be exploited when Word opens a specially crafted document. It is possible that the vulnerability can be exploited by...

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...

Trend Micro OfficeScan Management Console ActiveX control format string vulnerability

Overview The Trend Micro OfficeScan Management Console ActiveX control, AtxConsole, contains a format string vulnerability. This vulnerability may be exploited by an attacker to execute arbitrary code, or create a denial-of-service condition. Description Trend Micro's OfficeScan product includes ...

Microsoft Excel fails to properly process malformed DATETIME records

Overview Microsoft Excel contains a vulnerability in the handling of malformed DATETIME records, which may allow a remote, unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code on a vulnerable system. Description Microsoft Excel contains a vulnerability that could be exploited when Excel opens a...

Microsoft Excel fails to properly process malformed STYLE records

Overview Microsoft Excel contains a vulnerability in the handling of malformed STYLE records, which may allow a remote, unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code on a vulnerable system. Description Microsoft Excel contains a vulnerability that could be exploited when Excel opens a...

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...

gzip contains a buffer underflow

Overview The gzip program contains a buffer underflow 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.A buffer underflow vulnerability exists in gzip. An...

Apple QuickTime fails to properly handle SGI images

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

Microsoft Word 2000 malformed record vulnerability

Overview Microsoft Word 2000 contains a memory corruption vulnerability. This vulnerability could allow a remote, unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running Word 2000. Description Microsoft Word 2000 fails to properly handle malformed records leadin...

Mozilla fails to properly release JavaScript references

Overview Mozilla products fail to properly release memory. This vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on a vulnerable system. Description Mozilla products fail to properly release JavaScript references. This may corrupt memory in a way that can allow an attacker to...

Mozilla fails to properly handle simultaneous XPCOM events

Overview Mozilla products are vulnerable to memory corruption via simultaneous XPCOM events. This may allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on a vulnerable system. Description XPCOMXPCOM is a cross-platform component object model similar to Microsoft COM or CORBA. XPCOM provides the...

Adobe Flash Player fails to properly handle malformed SWF files

Overview Adobe Flash Player fails to properly handle malformed SWF files resulting in a memory corruption vulnerability. This vulnerability may allow a remote, unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code. Description Adobe Flash Player is a player for the Flash media format and enables...

Microsoft Internet Explorer fails to properly handle CLSID extensions

Overview Microsoft Internet Explorer fails to properly handle directories with CLSID extensions. This may allow an attacker to bypass the warning dialog that Internet Explorer should display before executing downloaded code. Description CLSID According to Microsoft MSDN, A CLSID is a "globally...

Microsoft Hyperlink Object Library stack buffer overflow

Overview The Microsoft Windows system library for handling hyperlinks contains a buffer overflow. Exploitation of this vulnerability may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code. Description Microsoft Hyperlink Object Library HLINK.DLL The Hyperlink Object Library provides interfaces for...

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 Quicktime JPEG integer overflow

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

Mozilla Firefox designMode deleted object reference

Overview Mozilla Firefox contains a deleted object reference vulnerability. This may allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code. Description Mozilla Firefox contains a vulnerability that causes a deleted object to be referenced when designMode is set to "on." When Firefox attempts to use...

Mozilla products border-rendering code vulnerability using CSS

Overview A vulnerability in the way Mozilla products and derivative programs handle certain CSS methods could allow a remote attacker to crash the application or execute arbitrary code on a vulnerable system. Description The Mozilla browser and derived products include support for Content Style...

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,...

Oracle Database Data Pump Metadata API SQL injection vulnerability

Overview Oracle Database Data Pump Metadata API is vulnerable to SQL injection, which could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary SQL commands on a vulnerable Oracle installation. Description The Oracle Database Data Pump Metadata API fails to properly filter user-supplied input. This may...

Snort Back Orifice preprocessor buffer overflow

Overview A buffer overflow exists in the Snort Back Orifice preprocessor that may allow a remote, unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code, possibly with elevated privileges. Description Snort is an open-source intrusion detection system IDS. A lack of validation on attacker-controlled...

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...

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...

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...

OpenPGP vulnerable to chosen-ciphertext attacks in cipher feedback (CFB) mode

Overview A vulnerability in OpenPGP may allow attackers to recover partial plaintexts from OpenPGP messages that use symmetric encryption. Description A vulnerability in OpenPGP can be used by attackers to recover partial plaintexts from messages employing symmetric encryption. Researchers Serge...

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...

Mozilla status elements can be disabled via JavaScript

Overview Mozilla allows websites to disable various browser status elements. This allows websites to create spoofed dialogs using XUL. Description Certain Mozilla web browser status elements, such as the address bar, status bar, and navigation controls, can be disabled remotely by web sites using...

Microsoft Windows Program Group Converter vulnerable to buffer overflow

Overview Microsoft Program Group Converter contains a buffer overflow that may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code. Description Microsoft describes Program Group Converter grpconv.exe as a application to "convert Program Manager Group files .grp extention that were created in Windows 3.1,...

Microsoft Office WordPerfect 5.x Converter contains a buffer overflow vulnerability

Overview A buffer overflow vulnerability in the Microsoft Office WordPerfect 5.x Converter could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on a vulnerable system. Description The Microsoft Office WordPerfect 5.x Converter allows users to convert documents in WordPerfect format to Microsof...

Apple QuickTime Streaming Server vulnerable to DoS

Overview There is a vulnerability in the Apple QuickTime Streaming Server that could allow a remote attacker to cause a denial-of-service condition. Description Apple's QuickTime Streaming Server provides an integrated distribution mechanism for various forms of digital content. There is a...

Mac OS X Safari "Show in Finder" option may allow arbitrary file execution

Overview Mac OS X Safari "Show in Finder" option may automatically open and execute downloaded files. This could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code. Description Safari is the default web browser for Mac OS X. Safari has a "Show in Finder" option to allow users to automatically reveal the...

Cisco Collaboration Server (CCS) ServletExec allows arbitrary file uploading

Overview There is a vulnerability in the ServletExec subcomponent of the Cisco Collaboration Server CCS that could allow an attacker to upload arbitrary files to the server. Description The Cisco Collaboration Server CCS is designed to provide interactive customer support web page sharing,...

Multiple Symantec firewall products contain a buffer overflow in the processing of DNS resource records

Overview There is a buffer overflow vulnerability in multiple Symantec firewall products in which attempts to process a specially crafted Domain Name Service DNS packet could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges. Description Symantec offers a...

Microsoft Windows H.323 implementation fails to handle malformed requests

Overview A vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows' implementation of the multimedia telephony protocol H.323 could lead to the ability to remotely execute arbitrary code on the system. Description Microsoft Windows' implementation of the H.323 protocol contains a buffer overflow in the handling of...

Linux kernel do_mremap() call creates virtual memory area of 0 bytes in length

Overview There is a vulnerability in the Linux kernel memory management routines that allows local users to gain superuser privileges. Description The Linux kernel contains a vulnerability in the domremap call that allows software to create a virtual memory area VMA with a length of 0 bytes. This...

OpenCA libCheckSignature function fails to properly verify the signature of certificates

Overview OpenCA may accept a signature from a certificate if the certificate's chain is trusted by the chain directory of OpenCA. Description The OpenCA PKI Development Project is a Certification Authority. A vulnerability exists in the way the libCheckSignature function compares the certificate ...

Microsoft Data Access Components (MDAC) contains buffer overflow

Overview Microsoft Data Access Components MDAC contains a buffer overflow vulnerability that could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service. Description From Microsoft Security Bulletin MS04-003:Microsoft Data Access Components MDAC is a collection of...

tcpdump contains vulnerability in RADIUS decoding function print_attr_string() in print-radius.c

Overview tcpdump contains a vulnerability in the way it parses Remote Authentication Dial In User Service RADIUS packets. Description tcpdump is a widely used network sniffer that is capable of decoding RADIUS packets. A vulnerability exists in the way the tcpdump printattrstring function in...

CDE libDtHelp vulnerable to buffer overflow via DTHELPUSERSEARCHPATH or DTHELPSEARCHPATH

Overview There is a vulnerability in the Common Desktop Environment CDE for UNIX systems which can allow a local user to gain root privileges. Description The Common Desktop Environment CDE is a standard desktop environment for UNIX based systems. CDE libDtHelp contains a buffer overflow that can...

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...

Microsoft Windows RPC service vulnerable to denial of service

Overview A vulnerability exists in Microsoft's Remote Procedure Call RPC implementation. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service. An exploit for this vulnerability is publicly available. Description Microsoft has released MS03-039 to address a vulnerability...

Cisco VPN 3000 Concentrator forces device to reload when processing malformed SSH initialization packet

Overview A vulnerability in some Cisco Virtual Private Network VPN products could allow a remote attacker to cause a denial of service. Description The Cisco VPN 3000 Series Concentrators and the Cisco VPN 3002 Hardware Clients are Virtual Private Network VPN platforms designed to provide secure...

Sun Java Runtime Environment allows untrusted applets to access information within trusted applets

Overview The Sun Java Runtime Environment JRE contains a vulnerability that may lead to sensitive information being leaked. Description Sun Microsystems describes the Sun JRE as follows:The Java RE provides the libraries, Java virtual machine, and other components necessary for you to run applets...