Computer Associates BrightStor ARCserve Backup Discovery Service vulnerable to buffer overflow

Overview The Computer Associates BrightStor ARCserve Backup Discovery Service contains a buffer overflow, which may allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code. Description Computer Associates BrightStor ARCserve Backup is a cross-platform backup and recovery application. The ARCserve Backu...

Computer Associates BrightStor ARCserve Backup Agents vulnerable to buffer overflow

Overview Several Computer Associates BrightStor ARCserve Backup Agents contain a buffer overflow, which may allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code. Description Computer Associates BrightStor ARCserve Backup is a cross-platform backup and recovery application. Backup Agents are availabl...

Mozilla insecurely clones objects and member functions

Overview Mozilla fails to enforce security restrictions on cloned base objects. This may allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on a vulnerable web browser. Description Mozilla supports the use of JavaScript to perform client side scripting. JavaScript uses prototyping as a way to...

Apple Web Kit-based browsers may allow remote access to local filesystem contents

Overview Web browsers based on AppleWebKit may allow remote web sites to reference content on the local filesystem. This may allow an attacker to execute script within the security context of the local machine. Description Web browsers that allow remote web sites to reference content that resides...

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...

Microsoft Windows kernel fails to reset values in CPU data structures

Overview A vulnerability in the Microsoft Windows kernel could allow an attacker to cause a denial-of-service condition. Description The Microsoft Windows kernel is responsible for handling processor resources and system services such as device and memory management. There is a vulnerability in t...

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...

CVS "history" command may disclose sensitive information

Overview A vulnerability exists in the history command of Concurrent Versions System CVS. If exploited, this vulnerability could disclose sensitive information about files and directories on an affected system to a remote, authenticated CVS user. Description Concurrent Versions System CVS is a...

Cisco 6000/6500/7600 series systems fail to properly process layer 2 frames

Overview Cisco 6000/6500/7600 series systems with Multilayer Switch Feature Card 2 MSFC2 fail to properly process layer 2 frames. Description Cisco 6000/6500/7600 series systems with MSFC2 contain a vulnerability in the way layer 2 frames are processed in software. By sending a specially crafted...

HP-UX CDE library libDtSvc contains unspecified buffer overflow

Overview CDE, the default X Windows environment in HP-UX, ships with a libraray called libDtSvc. It has a locally-exploitable buffer overflow in some versions. Description Please see HP Security Bulletin HPSBUX0401-308 SSRT3492 for more details. --- Impact A local user may be able to gain...

Apache mod_rewrite vulnerable to buffer overflow via crafted regular expression

Overview A vulnerability in a supplementary module to the Apache HTTP server could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code on an affected web server under certain circumstances. Description The Apache HTTP server distribution includes a number of supplemental modules that provide additional...

Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 fails to assign user credentials to proper mailbox

Overview A flaw in the authentication mechanism that Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 uses for Outlook Web Access users in some configurations could expose another user's mailbox. Description Outlook Web Access OWA is a feature of Microsoft Exchange Server 2003. By using OWA, a server that is runni...

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 ...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Cisco VPN 3000 Concentrator may allow access to internal hosts when IPsec over TCP is enabled

Overview A vulnerability in some Cisco Virtual Private Network VPN products could allow a remote attacker to access systems that should not be accessible. Description The Cisco VPN 3000 Series Concentrators and the Cisco VPN 3002 Hardware Clients are Virtual Private Network VPN platforms designed...

Various UNIX and Linux PDF readers/viewers execute commands embedded within hyperlinks

Overview A vulnerability in various UNIX and Linux PDF viewers/readers may allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands on your system. Description Adobe Systems Incorporated describes PDF Portable Document Format as "a universal file format that preserves the fonts, images, graphics, and...

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...

Eye of Gnome contains format string vulnerability in the file name handling of command line arguments

Overview Eye of Gnome contains a format string vulnerability that may allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running the application, typically an unprivileged system user. Description Eye of Gnome EOG is an image viewing application that is part of the...

Apache allows arbitrary code execution via crafted POST request containing MS-DOS device name

Overview Due to a flaw in the Apache web server's handling of MS-DOS device names, an attacker may be able to remotely execute code on systems running the Apache web server under some versions of Microsoft Windows. Description The Apache HTTP server fails to filter POST requests for MS-DOS style...

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...

Microsoft Windows XMLHTTP component allows remote access to local data sources

Overview The Microsoft XMLHTTP ActiveX control allows unauthorized reading of any known file on a system. A victim must be enticed to visit a malicious site in order to be attacked. Description Description from MS02-008:Microsoft XML Core Services MSXML includes the XMLHTTP ActiveX control, which...

Alchemy Eye HTTP Server does not adequately validate user input thereby allowing remote command execution

Overview Alchemy Eye does not properly validate HTTP requests, allowing arbitrary command execution. Description Alchemy Eye includes an HTTP server for remote system monitoring and control. In versions 2.0 through 2.6 of Alchemy Eye, the HTTP server component does not adequately validate HTTP...

Microsoft ASP.NET contains buffer overflow

Overview Microsoft ASP.NET contains buffer overflow in routine that handles the processing of cookies in StateServer mode. Description ASP.NET is a programming framework provided by Microsoft. For more details about this framework, please see the official web page.A remotely exploitable buffer...

Chunked encoding post can consume excessive memory on IIS 4.0 webserver

Overview Microsoft IIS 4.0, circa March 2000, contained a vulnerability that allowed an intruder to consume unlimited memory on a vulnerable server. Description Older versions of IIS 4.0, circa March 2000, contained a vulnerability in the chunked-encoding transfer mechanism that permitted an...

Oracle TNS Listener Control Utility (LSNRCTL) contains format string vulnerability

Overview The Oracle Listener Control Utility LSNRCTL contains a format string vulnerability that could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to execute arbitrary code or commands or cause a denial of service. Description Oracle Transparent Network Substrate TNS Listeners are processes that...

Linux kernel IP Masquerading "destination loose" (DLOOSE) configuration passes arbitrary UDP traffic

Overview The default configuration of the IP Masquerade feature of certain Linux 2.2 kernels may allow unsolicited inbound UDP packets to traverse a NAT gateway and reach a translated network. Description As defined in RFC 1631, Network Address Translation NAT provides a means to translate a loca...

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...

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...

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...

Common Desktop Environment (CDE) ToolTalk RPC Server rpc.ttdbserverd contains format string vulnerability

Overview A vulnerability exists in CDE ToolTalk that may allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code with root privileges. Description Internet Security Systems ISS X-Force has discovered a format string vulnerability in the Common Desktop Environment CDE ToolTalk Remote Procedure Call RPC...

ISC inn creates temporary files insecurely

Overview inn, a network news agent, may be configured on some operating systems to use a publically-writeable directory for its temporary files. This may be exploited to gain access to the news account. Description inn is distributed on a variety of Linux platforms. The program is written under t...

Microsoft Windows 2000 Telnet Service contains handle leak

Overview The Microsoft Windows 2000 Telnet Service contains a denial-of-service vulnerability that allows remote attackers to disrupt the telnet service on affected servers. Description The Microsoft Windows 2000 Telnet Service contains a resource starvation vulnerability that prevents the server...

Beck IPC@Chip TelnetD vulnerable to account lockout via idle telnet connection

Overview There is a vulnerability in the Beck IPC@CHIP that allows an attacker to create a denial-of-service condition. Description The Beck IPC@CHIP is a single chip embedded webserver. This device contains a telnet server that is configured by default to not have a login timeout. Additionally,...

Multiple intrusion detection systems may be circumvented via %u encoding

Overview Multiple intrusion detection systems may be circumvented via %u encoding allowing intruders to launch attacks undetected. Description Most intrusion detection systems are capable of decoding URLs that are encoded using either the "UTF" or "hex-encode" encoding schemes. Microsoft's...

Apache Tomcat vulnerable to Cross-Site Scripting via passing of user input directly to default error page

Overview Web Servers that use the Apache Tomcat Java Servlet Container are vulnerable to a cross-site scripting vulnerability. A web site may inadvertently include malicious HTML tags or scriptJavaScript, VBScript, Java, etc. in a dynamically generated page based on unvalidated input from...

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...

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...

Sun Solaris SNMP proxy agent /opt/SUNWssp/bin/snmpd contains buffer overflow

Overview The SNMP proxy agent on certain large Solaris systems contains a buffer overflow. It may be possible, though it is unconfirmed, that an intruder could use this flaw to execute code with root privileges. Description The Sun Enterprise 10000 is monitored and controlled by a systems called ...

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...

Wang/Kodak Image Admin ActiveX Control

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

Adobe ColdFusion is vulnerable to privilege escalation due to weak ACLs

Overview Adobe ColdFusion fails to properly set ACLs, which can allow an unprivileged Windows user to be able to run arbitrary code with SYSTEM privileges. Description The Adobe ColdFusion installer fails to set a secure access-control list ACL on the default installation directory, such as...

Pixar Tractor contains a stored cross-site scripting vulnerability

Overview Pixar's Tractor network rendering software is vulnerable to stored cross-site scripting which may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary JavaScript. Description Pixar's Tractor software, versions 2.2 and earlier, contain a stored cross-site scripting vulnerability CWE-79 in the field tha...

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...