Microsoft Windows fails to properly handle malformed OLE objects embedded in RTF documents

Overview A vulnerability in the way that Microsoft Windows handles OLE objects embedded within RTF documents may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code. Description Microsoft Object Linking and Embedding OLE is a technology that allows applications to create and edit compound documents...

Mozilla JavaScript Engine multiple memory corruption vulnerabilities

Overview Several vulnerabilities exists in the Mozilla JavaScript Engine that may allow a remote attacker to compromise a vulnerable system. Description The Mozilla JavaScript Engine contains multiple vulnerabilities that may result in memory corruption. According to the Mozilla Foundation Securi...

Apple Mac OS X CFNetwork may allow arbitrary FTP commands to be executed via a crafted FTP URI

Overview Apple Mac OS X CFNetwork may allow arbitrary FTP commands to be executed via a crafted FTP URI. Description According to Apple Security Update 2006-007:By enticing a user to access a maliciously crafted FTP URI, an attacker can cause the user's FTP client to issue arbitrary FTP commands ...

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...

Microsoft Office fails to properly parse malformed chart records

Overview A vulnerability in the way Microsoft Office parses files containing malformed chart records may lead to execution of arbitrary code. Description Microsoft Office fails to properly handle malformed chart records. According to Microsoft Security Bulletin MS06-062:When Office opens a...

Microsoft PowerPoint fails to properly handle malformed data records

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

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...

Apple kernel exception handling vulnerability

Overview Apple Mac OS X may be vulnerable to privilege escalation via the Mach exception ports in the kernel. This vulnerability may allow a local user to execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges. Description Mach 3.0 is an open source microkernel used by Mac OS X that provides memory...

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 AirPort wireless drivers fails to properly handle scan cache updates

Overview An heap buffer overflow exists in the Apple AirPort wireless driver. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code, or cause a denial-of-service condition. Description Apple AirPort drivers contain a heap buffer overflow in the code that...

Apple QuickTime fails to properly handle FLC movies

Overview Apple QuickTime fails to properly handle FLC movies. 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...

BIND vulnerable to an INSIST failure via sending of multiple recursive queries

Overview A vulnerability in the BIND name server could allow a remote attacker to cause a denial of service against an affected system. Description The Berkeley Internet Name Domain BIND is a popular Domain Name System DNS implementation from Internet Systems Consortium ISC. A flaw exists in the...

Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications buffer overflow

Overview Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications fails to properly validate document properties. This vulnerability could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code. Description Visual Basic For Applications VBA According to Microsoft Security Bulletin MS06-047: Microsoft VBA is a...

Apple Mac OS X Image RAW vulnerable to buffer overflow via specially crafted Canon RAW image

Overview The Apple Mac OS X ImageIO framework contains a buffer overflow that may allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on an affected system. Description RAW image files provide access to image information directly from a camera's sensor prior to in-camera processing, retaining the...

eIQnetworks Enterprise Security Analyzer Syslog server buffer overflow

Overview The eIQnetworks Enterprise Security Analyzer Syslog server contains a buffer overflow vulnerability, which may allow a remote, unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code on a vulnerable system. Description Enterprise Security Analyzer eIQnetworks Enterprise Security Analyzer ESA...

Microsoft Internet Explorer UTF-8 decoding vulnerability

Overview Microsoft Internet Explorer fails to properly decode UTF-8 encoded HTML. This may allow a remote, unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code on a vulnerable system. Description Unicode The Unicode character set contains more than 96,000 characters. Because of this, Unicode can be...

TIBCO Rendezvous daemon components contain a buffer overflow in the HTTP administrative interface

Overview A vulnerability in the TIBCO Rendezvous daemon components may allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on an affected system. Description TIBCO Rendezvous is a distributed messaging software platform. A buffer overflow vulnerability has been discovered in the HTTP administrative...

Mozilla products vulnerable to privilege escalation via XBL.method.eval

Overview A vulnerability in the way Mozilla products and derivative programs handle certain XBL methods could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on a vulnerable system. Description The Mozilla browser and derived products include support for the Extensible Bindings Language XBL, a...

Microsoft Internet Explorer contains overflow in processing script action handlers

Overview A vulnerability in the Microsoft Internet Explorer web browser could allow a remote attacker to crash the browser or possibly execute arbitrary code on a vulnerable system. Description A programming error in the way that Internet Explorer handles multiple event handlers in an HTML elemen...

Symantec VERITAS NetBackup Volume Manager daemon buffer overflow

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

Perl contains an integer sign error in format string processing

Overview The Perl interpreter contains a flaw that may increase the impact of format string vulnerabilities in programs written in Perl. Description Perl is a programming language used in many applications and commonly used for web applications. The Perl interpreter, which interprets and executes...

Microsoft Word contains a buffer overflow vulnerability

Overview Microsoft Word contains a vulnerability that may result in the execution of code on the system with the privileges of the current user. Description Microsoft Word contains a vulnerability that may be exploited by opening a maliciously-crafted word document. Successful exploitation would...

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...

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...

AWStats fails to properly filter user-supplied input

Overview A lack of input validation in AWStats may allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary commands. Description AWStats is a Perl CGI script that collects and graphically displays statistics from web, FTP, and mail servers. The configdir parameter, within the awstats.pl Perl script, is...

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...

Ethereal fails to properly handle malformed SMB packets

Overview Ethereal contains a vulnerability in the way it processes Server Message Block SMB packets. Description The Server Message Block SMB protocol is used for sharing files, printers, and other resources between computers. SMB is used in Microsoft Windows to provide file and print services...

Juniper JUNOS Packet Forwarding Engine (PFE) IPv6 memory leak

Overview The Juniper JUNOS Packet Forwarding Engine PFE leaks memory when certain IPv6 packets are submitted for processing. If an attacker submits multiple packets to a vulnerable router running IPv6-enabled PFE, the router can be repeatedly rebooted, essentially creating a denial of service for...

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...

Ethereal fails to properly parse NetFlow UDP packets with an overly large template_entry count

Overview Ethereal fails to properly parse v9template structures in NetFlow UDP packets with an overly large templateentry count. This could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code. Description Ethereal is a network traffic analysis package. It includes the ability to decode packets containing...

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...

Check Point ISAKMP vulnerable to buffer overflow via Certificate Request

Overview A buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the Internet Security Association and Key Management Protocol ISAKMP implementation used in Check Point VPN-1, SecuRemote, and SecureClient products. An unauthenticated, remote attacker could execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the ISAK...

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 ...

Multiple vulnerabilities in S/MIME implementations

Overview Multiple vulnerabilities exist in different vendors' S/MIME Secure/Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions implementations. The impacts of these vulnerabilities are varied and range from denial of service to potential remote execution of arbitrary code. Description The U.K. National...

Sendmail contains buffer overflow in ruleset parsing

Overview Sendmail contains a buffer overflow vulnerability in the code that parses rulesets. This vulnerability could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service on a vulnerable system.This vulnerability does not affect the default configuration. Description...

Microsoft SQL Server contains flaw in checking method for the named pipe

Overview A vulnerability in Microsoft SQL Server may allow an attacker to hijack a named pipe. An attacker may be able to leverage this vulnerability to gain elevated privileges. Description Microsoft describes a named pipe as, "a specifically named one-way or two-way channel for communication...

SGI IRIX vulnerable to DoS when user space program calls the PIOCSWATCH ioctl() function

Overview A vulnerability in the SGI IRIX PIOCSWATCH ioctl function may allow local attackers to crash the operating system. Description SGI states that PIOCSWATCH ioctl "establishes or clears a set of watched areas in the traced process." According to SGI Security Advisory 20030603-01-P, a local...

Remote Buffer Overflow in Sendmail

Overview There is a vulnerability in sendmail that may allow remote attackers to gain the privileges of the sendmail daemon, typically root. Description Researchers at Internet Security Systems ISS have discovered a remotely exploitable vulnerability in sendmail. This vulnerability could allow an...

Buffer overflow in Microsoft Windows Shell

Overview A remotely exploitable buffer overflow exists in the Microsoft Windows Shell. This buffer overflow is present in all versions of Windows XP, but it is not present in other versions of Windows. Description There is a buffer overflow in the Microsoft Windows Shell. The Shell provides the...

The default NTFS permissions are not applied to a converted boot partition on Microsoft Windows 2000 and Windows XP systems when CONVERT.EXE is used

Overview Several commercial desktops and laptops from OEM distributors ship with insecure permissions set on files and directories. It has been confirmed that this is due to the use of Microsoft's CONVERT.EXE utility. Description Microsoft's CONVERT.EXE program is used to convert FAT32 file syste...

Microsoft Java implementation allows execution of malicious code

Overview A class in Microsoft's Java virtual machine VM does not properly validate trusted applets, allowing untrusted applets to exploit native methods and execute arbitrary code. Description Microsoft's Java VM is installed on Windows 98, NT, 2000, and xp. It is used by Internet Explorer and...

DHTML Edit Control for IE5 allows local files to be uploaded to web server

Overview A vulnerability exists in the DHTML Edit Control for IE5 that allows arbitrary local files to be uploaded to a web server. Description DHTML Edit is an activex control that is marked safe-for-scripting. This control can be embedded in a website, and permit local files to be remotely...

Microsoft Word does not adequately validate macros embedded within malformed Word documents

Overview There is a vulnerability caused by a failure to detect macros embedded in Microsoft Word documents. This vulnerability may allow the author of a malicious document to execute arbitrary commands as the user who opens the document. Description Microsoft Word versions including Word 2002,...

Microsoft Windows 2000 vulnerable to DoS via malformed packets sent to port 445/tcp

Overview The default configuration of Microsoft Windows 2000 does not properly handle malformed packets received on TCP port 445. As a result, Windows may cease to function normally upon receipt of malformed packets on this port. Description Microsoft LAN Manager LANMAN is enabled by default on...

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...

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 ...

Cisco Content Service Switch performs soft reset when XML data is sent to web management interface

Overview The Cisco Content Service Switch contains a denial-of-service vulnerability that allows remote attackers to perform a soft reset on affected devices. Description The Cisco Content Service Switch CSS products include support for the session and application layers. This additional...

Lotus Notes does not adequately secure databases thereby permitting arbitrary user to extract file attachments via NSFDbReadObject function call

Overview Lotus Domino Servers 5.x, 4.6x, and 4.5x allow users to associate objects with documents in a database. While these objects appear to be a part of the document, they are actually stored as separate files. A vulnerability exist by which an intruder could view these objects regardless of t...

Oracle 9iAS XSQL Servlet ignores file permissions allowing arbitrary users to view sensitive configuration files

Overview It is possible to read the sensitive configuration files from an Oracle 9i Application Server without any authorization. This can lead to an intruder gaining access to sensitive information about the server and potentially compromising it. Description Default installation of the Oracle 9...