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...

Microsoft Internet Explorer window.createPopup() method creates chromeless windows

Overview The Internet Explorer IE window.createPopup method creates chromeless popup windows. These windows can be used to spoof the user interface in Internet Explorer, any Windows application, or the Windows desktop. Description The visible area of a web browser window can be categorized into t...

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...

Gaim fails to properly validate the "name" parameter in the Yahoo login webpage

Overview There is a buffer overflow vulnerability in the way the Gaim yahoologinpagehash function parses the "name" parameter in the Yahoo login webpage. Description Gaim is a multi-protocol instant messenger available for a number of operating systems. It supports a variety of instant messaging...

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...

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...

NTP service vulnerable to internal overflow if date / time offset is greater than 34 years

Overview NTP Network TIme Protocol contains an integer overflow vulnerability that may lead to clients receiving an incorrect date/time offset. Description NTP Network Time Protocol is a method by which client machines can synchronize the local date and time with a reference server. The server wi...

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 ...

Linux NFS utils package "rpc.mountd" contains off-by-one buffer overflow in xlog() function

Overview A vulnerability in the Linux NFS network File System could permit an attacker to cause a denial of service, or potentially execute arbitrary code on the system. Description The Linux NFS network File System was developed to allow machines to mount a disk partition on a remote machine as ...

Postfix vulnerable to DoS by supplying a remote SMTP listener with a malformed envelope address

Overview A denial-of-service vulnerability exists in all versions of Postfix prior to 2.0. This vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to cause mail service interruption. Description Postfix is a very popular mail transfer agent MTA. Michal Zalewski has discovered a denial-of-service...

IBM AIX vulnerable to DoS

Overview A denial-of-service vulnerability in AIX may allow a remote attacker to consume 100% of the CPU. Description AIX is a UNIX operating system distributed by IBM. A vulnerability in AIX 4.3.3 may allow a remote attacker to cause a denial of service. For more information, please see IBM APAR...

wget contains directory traversal vulnerability

Overview The wget utility contains directory traversal vulnerabilities that allow a malicious FTP server to overwrite files on the client host. Description In a typical file transfer operation, one participant the client requests a file while a second participant the server provides the requested...

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...

FreeBSD privilege elevation vulnerability

Overview A locally exploitable privilege elevation vulnerability exists in FreeBSD. Description A locally exploitable privilege elevation vulnerability exists in FreeBSD. For more information, please see the Pine Internet Security Advisory. --- Impact A local user can gain root privileges. ---...

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...

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...

Nortel Networks CVX 1800 discloses privileged information

Overview The Nortel Networks CVX 1800 Multi-Service Access Switch discloses privileged information. Description The CVX 1800 Multi-Service Access Switch is a large modem bank typically used by large carriers and ISP's. When the CVX 1800 is queried with a specially crafted snmpwalk, it will respon...

shadow-utils useradd creates temporary files insecurely

Overview Shadow-utils is an encryption and account management package freely distributed for many Linux implementations. The useradd program in this package creates insecure temporary files with predictable names in a write-protected directory. If this directory is changed to be writable, an...

NSI RWhoisd contains format string vulnerability in print_error()

Overview A remotely exploitable format string vulnerability exists in the Referral Whois server daemon RWhoisd. Description As the Internet has grown, the centralized whois database was not able to scale. In order to deal with scaling the whois system, Referral Whois was developed. Referral Whois...

HP-UX vulnerable to buffer overflow in line printer daemon (rlpdaemon) via crafted print request

Overview The line printer daemon rlpdaemon on HP-UX systems enable various clients to share printers over a network. There exists a buffer overflow vulnerability in this daemon that permits remote execution of arbitrary commands with elevated privileges. Description A buffer overflow exists in...

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...

BSD Line Printer Daemon vulnerable to buffer overflow via crafted print request

Overview The line printer daemon enables various clients to share printers over a network. There exists a buffer overflow vulnerability in this daemon that permits remote execution of arbitrary commands with elevated privileges. Description There is a buffer overflow in several implementations of...

Cayman gateways are vulnerable to a denial of sevices via a long username or password

Overview Cayman gateways are vulnerable to a denial of service via the entry of a long username or password sent to the HTTP interface. Description Cayman gateways automatically restart upon the entry of a large79+ chars username or password to the HTTP interface. The log will show "restart not i...

Red Hat linux restore uses insecure environment variables allowing root compromise

Overview Some implementations of the Linux restoration utility, restore, call external programs on remote machines via the RSH environment variable. This may permit an attacker to compromise root if restore is setuid root. Description Some implementations of the Linux restoration utility, restore...

Multiple vendors' RADIUS implementations do not adequately validate user input thereby permitting DoS and arbitrary command execution via 'radiusd' daemon

Overview Vulnerabilities in various implementations of the Remote Authentication Dial-In User Server RADIUS 'radiusd' daemon can allow an attacker to disrupt services or obtain unauthorized access. Description Various implementations of the Remote Authentication Dial-In User Server RADIUS 'radius...

Linux kernel does not properly validate user input via sysctl for negative value

Overview Unprivileged local users can exploit the sysctl Linux kernel program to gain privileged access. Description A program called sysctl in the Linux kernel allows a privileged local user to read or write runtime system settings. Unprivileged local users are also allowed to use sysctl to read...

Oracle 8i contains buffer overflow in TNS Listener

Overview A vulnerability in Oracle 8i allows intruders to assume control of the database server and/or the operating system on which the database server is running, depending on the platform used. Description The COVERT labs at PGP Security have discovered a buffer overflow vulnerability in Oracl...

Microsoft Visual Studio VB-TSQL debugger object vbsdicli.exe contains buffer overflow via NewSPID method

Overview A vulnerability in an object included with Visual Studio 6.0 Enterprise Edition may allow an attacker to execute code with the privileges of an interactively logged in user. Description The VB-TSQL debugger object included in Visual Studio 6.0 Enterprise Edition contains a buffer overflo...

Alcatel ADSL modems provide EXPERT administrative account with an easily reversible encrypted password

Overview The San Diego Supercomputer Center SDSC has recently discovered several vulnerabilities in the Alcatel Speed Touch line of Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line ADSL modems. These vulnerabilities are the result of weak authentication and access control policies and result in one or more of...

Microsoft Windows NT 4.0/TSE Winsock2ProtocolCatalogMutex has insecure permissions (MS01-003)

Overview A mutex controlling access to resources required for networking on Windows NTMicrosoft Windows NT 4.0 and Microsoft Windows NT 4.0, Terminal Server Edition, has inappropriate permissions. Description In general terms, a mutex is an object used to control access to a resource e.g. a...

Queries to ISC BIND servers may disclose environment variables

Overview The Berkeley Internet Name Domain BIND is an implementation of the Domain Name System DNS by the Internet Software Consortium ISC. There is an information leakage vulnerability in BIND 4.9.x and 8.2.x, which may allow remote intruders to obtain information from systems running BIND...

Borland/Inprise Interbase SQL database server contains backdoor superuser account with known password

Overview Description Interbase is an open source database package that is distributed by Borland/Inprise. The server contains a compiled-in backdoor account with a known password.In the following interbase code, references are made about a LOCKSMITH user: ./jrd/dyn.e ./jrd/isc.c ./jrd/jrd.c...

KTH Kerberos environment variables krb4proxy and KRBCONFDIR may be used insecurely

Overview The environment variables krb4proxy and KRBCONFDIR may be respected by client programs such as login or su, in such a way that local or remote intruders can cause the client program to accept authentication requests from a malicious KDC. The vulnerabilites may be exploited remotely by...

LPRng can pass user-supplied input as a format string parameter to syslog() calls

Overview A popular replacement software package to the BSD lpd printing service called LPRng contains at least one software defect known as a "format string vulnerability" which may allow remote users to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable systems. The privileges of such code will probably be...

Format string vulnerability in libutil pw_error(3) function

Overview There is an input validation vulnerability in the OpenBSD libutil system library that allows local users to gain superuser access via the chpass utility. Description On June 30, 2000, the OpenBSD development team repaired an input validation vulnerability in the pwerror function of the...

libexpat library is vulnerable to DoS attacks through stack overflow

Overview A stack overflow vulnerability has been discovered within the libexpat open source library. When parsing XML documents with deeply nested entity references, libexpat can recurse indefinitely. This can result in exhaustion of stack space and a crash. An attacker can weaponize this to eith...

Multiple SMTP services are susceptible to spoofing attacks due to insufficient enforcement

Overview Multiple hosted, outbound SMTP servers are vulnerable to email impersonation. This allows authenticated users and certain trusted networks to send emails containing spoofed sender information. Two vulnerabilities were identified that reduce the authentication and verification of the...

MEDHOST Perioperative Information Management System contains hard-coded database credentials

Overview MEDHOST Perioperative Information Management System PIMS versions prior to 2015R1 contain hard-coded credentials that are used for customer database access. Description CWE-798: Use of Hard-coded Credentials - CVE-2016-4328MEDHOST PIMS, previously branded as VPIMS, contains hard-coded...

Allround Automations PL/SQL Developer v11 performs updates over HTTP

Overview Allround Automations PL/SQL Developer version 11 checks for updates over HTTP and does not verify updates before executing commands, which may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code. Description CWE-345: Insufficient Verification of Data Authenticity - CVE-2016-2346 According to the...

Lemur Vehicle Monitors BlueDriver LSB2 does not authenticate users for Bluetooth access

Overview The Lemur Vehicle Monitors BlueDriver is an aftermarket automotive device that connects to a vehicle's OBD-II port and provides information about the vehicle's performance. The BlueDriver does not require a PIN for Bluetooth access, which allows anyone in range to send arbitrary commands...

Up.time agent for Windows contains multiple vulnerabilities

Overview The Up.time client for Windows is vulnerable to an format string attack as well as a buffer overflow, and may allow unauthenticated users to perform certain commands. Description CWE-134: Uncontrolled Format String - CVE-2015-2894For version 6.0 and 7.2, an unauthenticated attacker on th...

Honeywell Tuxedo Touch Controller contains multiple vulnerabilities

Overview All versions of Honeywell Tuxedo Touch Controller are vulnerable to authentication bypass and cross-site request forgery CSRF. Description CWE-603: Use of Client-Side Authentication - CVE-2015-2847The Honeywell Tuxedo Touch Controller web interface uses JavaScript to check for client...

Barracuda Web Filter insecurely performs SSL inspection

Overview Barracuda Web Filter prior to version 8.1.0.005 does not properly check upstream certificate validity when performing SSL inspection, and delivers one of three default root CA certificates across multiple machines for SSL inspection. Description According to Barracuda Networks, the...

Cobham Sailor satellite terminals contain hardcoded credentials

Overview Cobham Sailor 900 and 6000 series satellite terminals contain hardcoded credentials. Description CWE-798: Use of Hard-coded Credentials IOActive reports that Cobham Sailor 900 and 6000 series satellite communication terminals running firmware version: 1.08 MFHF / 2.11 VHF contain hardcod...

Google Search Appliance dynamic navigation cross-site scripting vulnerability

Overview Google Search Appliance GSA devices contain a cross-site scripting XSS vulnerability when dynamic navigation is enabled. Description CWE-79: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation 'Cross-site Scripting' Google Search Appliance versions earlier than 7.2.0.G.114 and...

Blue Coat ProxySG local user changes contain a time and state vulnerability

Overview Changes to Blue Coat ProxySG local users do not take effect immediately, giving an attacker with known credentials a window of opportunity to use those credentials even if the user was deleted or the password was changed. CWE-361 Description Blue Coat Security Advisory SA77 states:SGOS...

AT&T Connect Participant Application for Windows v9.5.35 contains a stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability

Overview AT&T Connect Participant Application for Windows v9.5.35 and possibly earlier versions contain a stack-based buffer overflow CWE-121 vulnerability. Description CWE-121: Stack-based Buffer Overflow AT&T Connect Participant Application for Windows v9.5.35 and possibly earlier versions...

Adobe ColdFusion is vulnerable to cross-site scripting via the logviewer directory

Overview Adobe ColdFusion 10 update 11 and possibly earlier versions contain a reflected cross-site scripting XSS CWE-79 vulnerability. Description CWE-79: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation 'Cross-site Scripting' Adobe ColdFusion 10 update 11 and possibly earlier version...

L3 CPU shared cache architecture is susceptible to a Flush+Reload side-channel attack

Overview L3 CPU shared cache architecture is susceptible to a Flush+Reload side-channel attack, resulting in information leakage. allowing a local attacker to derive the contents of memory not belonging to the attacker. Description Common L3 CPU shared cache architecture is susceptible to a...