Microsoft Word malformed pointer vulnerability

Overview A vulnerability in Microsoft Word could allow an attacker to compromise a vulnerable system. Description Data used by Microsoft Word to construct a destination address for a memory copy routine is embedded within a Word document itself. If an attacker constructs a Word document with a...

Apple Mac OS X Security Framework Online Certificate Status Protocol (OCSP) service fails to properly retrieve certificate revocation lists

Overview Apple Mac OS X Security Framework Online Certificate Status Protocol OCSP service is unable to retrieve certificate revocation lists on systems that are configured to use an HTTP proxy. This vulnerability may result in the use of revoked certificates. Description The Online Certificate...

Microsoft DirectAnimation Path ActiveX control Spline method integer overflow

Overview A vulnerability in the Microsoft DirectAnimation ActiveX controls may allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on an affected system. Description Microsoft's DirectAnimation is a suite of development functionality, predating Microsoft DirectX, that provides animation support for...

Wireshark contains multiple off-by-one errors in the IPSec ESP preference parser

Overview Wireshark contains a vulnerability in the IPSec ESP preference parser that may cause a denial of service condition. Description Wireshark contains multiple off-by-one vulnerabilities in the IPSec ESP preference parser when the application has been compiled with ESP decryption support.Thi...

gzip contains an array out-of-bounds vulnerability in make_table()

Overview The gzip program contains a stack modification 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 stack modification vulnerability exists in gzip. A...

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...

Mozilla Firefox fails to properly handle the "XPCNativeWrapper(window).Function(...)"

Overview Certain Mozilla products contain a cross-site scripting vulnerability because of a vulnerability in the XPCNativeWrapper function. Description XPCNativeWrapper Per Mozilla, XPCNativeWrapper is a way to wrap up an object so that it is safe to access from privileged code. It is used to all...

Microsoft PowerPoint does not properly handle malformed shapes

Overview Microsoft PowerPoint contains a vulnerability that 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 opens a specially crafted document. Accordin...

Microsoft Internet Explorer vulnerable to heap overflow via the HTML Help Control "Image" property

Overview The HTML Help ActiveX control contains a heap overflow vulnerability. This may allow a remote, unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code on a vulnerable system. Description ActiveXActiveX is a technology that allows programmers to create reusable software components that can be...

Mozilla contains a buffer overflow vulnerability in crypto.signText()

Overview Mozilla products contain a buffer overflow in the crypto.signText method. This may allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code. Description crypto.SignText JavaScript contains a crypto.signText method, which allows the user to digitally sign a text string. The problem The Mozilla...

Mozilla may process content-defined setters on object prototypes with elevated privileges

Overview Mozilla allows content-defined setters on object prototypes to execute with elevated privileges. This may allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code. Description Setters A setter is a method in JavaScript that sets the value of a property. The problem The setters in Mozilla are...

Symantec products vulnerable to buffer overflow

Overview Symantec products are vulnerable to a stack-based buffer overflow. This vulnerability may allow a remote, unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code. Description Symantec Client Security and Symantec Antivirus Corporate Edition contain a stack-based buffer overflow. For informati...

Symantec VERITAS NetBackup contains a buffer overflow vulnerability in the Sharepoint Services daemon

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 is a client/server based backup software solution. The Sharepoint Services...

Oracle Reports arbitrary file writing vulnerability

Overview Oracle Reports fails to validate URI parameters, possibly allowing a remote attacker to overwrite arbitrary files on the Reports Server. Description Oracle Reports is an enterprise reporting tool that extracts data from multiple sources and inserts it into a formatted report. It is a...

Symantec RAR decompression library contains multiple heap overflows

Overview The Symantec RAR decompression library Dec2RAR.dll contains multiple heap buffer overflows. Using a specially crafted RAR archive, a remote attacker could execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service. Description Symantec AntiVirus and other security products use a library to...

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...

Sun Java Runtime Environment applet privilege escalation vulnerability

Overview The Sun Java Runtime Environment JRE may allow an untrusted Java applet to bypass Java security settings and execute arbitrary code. Description The Sun Java Runtime Environment provides the libraries and components necessary to run Java-based applications. There is an unspecified...

Microsoft Plug and Play contains a buffer overflow vulnerability

Overview Microsoft Plug and Play contains a flaw in the handling of message buffers that may result in local or remote arbitrary code execution or denial-of-service conditions. Description The following is from the Microsoft Plug and Play description: Plug and Play PnP allows the operating system...

Computer Associates BrightStor ARCserve Backup Discovery Service SERVICEPC 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...

VERITAS Backup Exec remote registry access validation vulnerability

Overview VERITAS Backup Exec contains a remote registry access validation vulnerability. Description VERITAS Backup Exec is a data backup and recovery solution with support for over the network backup.An access validation vulnerability in Backup Exec for Windows allows remote attackers to access...

Microsoft Outlook Express vulnerable to remote code execution

Overview A vulnerability in Microsoft Outlook Express's NNTP response parsing may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code. Description Microsoft Outlook Express contains support for Network News Transfer Protocol NNTP data, which is defined in RFC 977 and RFC 2980. A flaw in Outlook Express'...

RSA Authentication Agent for Web fails to properly validate input

Overview The RSA Authentication Agent for Web running on Microsoft Internet Information Services IIS does not properly validate input that is passed to the "postdata" parameter in "/WebID/IISWebAgentIF.dll" and may allow an attacker to execute code in a user's browser. Description RSA...

TCP does not adequately validate segments before updating timestamp value

Overview Certain TCP implementations may allow a remote attacker to arbitrarily modify host timestamp values, leading to a denial-of-service condition. Description The Transmission Control Protocol TCP is defined in RFC 793 as a means to provide reliable host-to-host transmission between hosts in...

Mozilla fails to properly prevent "JavaScript:" URIs containing "eval()" from being executed in the context of other URIs in the history list

Overview Mozilla fails to properly restrict the execution of javascript: URIs. The impact is similar to that of a cross-site scripting vulnerability, which allows an attacker to access data in other sites. Description Mozilla uses a same origin security model to maintain separation between browse...

Gaim vulnerable to DoS via specially crafted HTML

Overview Gaim contains a flaw in HTML processing that may result in an invalid memory access and denial of service condition. Description From the Gaim project:Gaim is a multi-protocol instant messaging IM client for Linux, BSD, MacOS X, and Windows. It is compatible with AIM and ICQ Oscar...

BIND 8.4.4 and 8.4.5 vulnerable to buffer overflow in q_usedns

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 buffer overflow err...

Archive::Zip may not properly parse the file sizes of Zip archives

Overview Archive::Zip does not properly parse Zip files and may incorrectly interpret malformed zip archives to contain zero length/size files. As a a result, anti-virus software using Archive::Zip may fail to detect malicious content within a Zip archive. Description The Archive::Zip module allo...

PhpWebSite contains multiple cross-site scripting vulnerabilities

Overview PhpWebSite contains multiple cross-site scripting vulnerabilities that may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code on users' web browser. Description PhpWebSite is an open-source web content management system. Certain PhpWebSite modules fail to properly filter URLs for malicious...

star fails to set proper permissions on programs specified in RSH environment variable

Overview Star can call external programs specified by the RSH environment variable. This may permit a malicious local user to gain elevated privileges. Description Star is a tape archiving program similar to tar. Star permits the use of storage devices on remote machines via an access program on...

Microsoft Windows fails to properly process showHelp URLs

Overview A vulnerability in the showHelp Method may allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code. Description A cross domain vulnerability exists in the showHelp method that may permit a remote attacker to execute local commands on the system with the privileges of the current user...

Apple Mac OS X "disk://" URI handler stores arbitrary files in a known location

Overview A vulnerability has been reported in the default "disk://" protocol handler installed on Apple Mac OS X systems. Remote attackers may potentially use this vulnerability to create files on the local system without explicit user consent. We have not independently verified the scope of this...

IEEE 802.11 wireless network protocol DSSS CCA algorithm vulnerable to denial of service

Overview The IEEE 802.11 wireless networking protocol contains a vulnerability that could allow a remote attacker to cause a denial of service to any wireless device within range. Description IEEE 802.11 wireless network protocols use a Clear Channel Assessment CCA algorithm to determine whether ...

Multiple Symantec firewall products fail to properly process DNS response packets

Overview There is a vulnerability in multiple Symantec firewall products in which attempts to process a specially crafted Domain Name Service DNS response packet could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service condition. Description Symantec offers a suite of corporat...

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 creates COM object identifiers incorrectly

Overview A vulnerability exists in Microsoft's COM object component. Explotiation of this vulnerability may lead to information disclosure and the ability for an attacker to open services on network communication ports. Description Microsoft's COM object component creates object identifiers in a...

Microsoft Windows Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) library vulnerable to DoS

Overview A vulnerability in the Microsoft Secure Sockets Layer library could allow a remote attacker to cause a denial-of-service condition on an affected system. Description The Secure Sockets Layer SSL protocol is commonly used to provide authentication, encryption, integrity, and non-repudiati...

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...

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...

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...

Microsoft Outlook Web Access (OWA) contains cross-site scripting vulnerability in the "Compose New Message" form

Overview There is a cross-site scripting vulnerability in Microsoft Outlook Web Access. Description The "Compose New Message" form of the Outlook Web Access OWA component of Microsoft Exchange 5.5 contains a cross-site scripting vulnerability. For more information about cross-site scripting...

Microsoft Help and Support Center contains buffer overflow in code used to handle HCP protocol

Overview There is a buffer overflow in the Microsoft Help and Support Center that could permit an attacker to execute arbitrary code with SYSTEM privileges. Description The Microsoft Help and Support Center is a facility within WIndows to provide product help and documentation. Among other things...

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 Internet Explorer does not properly evaluate "application/hta" MIME type referenced by DATA attribute of OBJECT element

Overview Microsoft Internet Explorer IE will execute an HTML Application HTA referenced by the DATA attribute of an OBJECT element if the Content-Type header returned by the web server is set to "application/hta". An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code with the...

Symantec ActiveX control vulnerable to buffer overflow

Overview There is a buffer overflow in a component of Symantec's web-based Security Check. Description Symantec describes Security Check as "a free web-based tool that enables users to test their computer's exposure to a wide range of on-line threats. As part of running the check, users may insta...

Microsoft Windows Active Directory fails to handle long LDAP requests

Overview A flaw has been discovered in the way that Microsoft's Active Directory service handles large LDAP requests. This flaw could result in a denial-of-service vulnerability. Description The directory services provided by Microsoft's Active Directory are based on the Lightweight Directory...

Buffer Overflow in URLMON.DLL

Overview A buffer overflow in URLMON.DDL may allow an intruder to execute arbitrary code. Description URLMON.DLL is a library used by Microsoft Internet Explorer. It contains a buffer overflow that could allow an intruder to execute arbitrary code if the intruder can convince the victim to visit ...

Buffer overflow in Snort RPC preprocessor

Overview There is a buffer overflow vulnerability in the RPC preprocessing feature of Snort versions 1.8 through 1.9.0 and 2.0 beta. Description Martin Roesch, the primary Snort developer, described the vulnerability by saying:When the RPC decoder normalizes fragmented RPC records, it incorrectly...

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...

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 Exchange 2000 system attendant sets incorrect remote registry permissions

Overview The Microsoft Exchange System Attendant sets the permissions on a registry key incorrectly, allowing remote intruders access to the registry. Description The Microsoft Exchange System Attendant changes the permissions of the...