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...

Apple Mac OS X fails to properly handle corrupted DMG image structures

Overview Apple Mac OS X fails to properly handle corrupted DMG image structures. The complete impact of this vulnerability is unclear, but may include execution of arbitrary code or denial of service. Description A vulnerability in the way Mac OS X com.apple.AppleDiskImageController handles...

Mozilla products contain several unspecified errors in the layout engine

Overview The Mozilla layout engine contains several unspecified vulnerabilities that may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code or crash the vulnerable application. Description The Mozilla layout engine, also known as Gecko, is responsible for parsing HTML, XML, CSS, layout, and rendering...

The Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 SMP Kernel fails to properly handle IPC shared-memory

Overview The Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 SMP Kernel may allow an authenticated attacker to cause a denial-of-service condition with specially crafted IPC shared-memory functions. Description Inter-Process Communication IPC shared-memory is a method of passing data between programs used by the Red...

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...

Microsoft Office fails to properly parse malformed Smart Tags

Overview A vulnerability in the way Microsoft Office parses files containing malformed Smart Tags may lead to execution of arbitrary code. Description Microsoft Office contains a vulnerability that could be exploited when parsing specially crafted Smart Tags. According to Microsoft Security...

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...

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...

Mozilla contains multiple memory corruption vulnerabilities

Overview Mozilla products contain multiple vulnerabilities that can cause memory corruption. This may allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on a vulnerable system. Description Mozilla products contain multiple bugs that cause the application to crash. In some cases, a crash may be...

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...

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...

Skype URI handler fails to properly parse parameters

Overview A remote attacker could potentially retrieve files from Skype users running the Microsoft Windows version of the Skype software. Description Skype is an application that allows users to communicate with voice or messaging across the Internet or local area networks. Skype also features th...

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...

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...

SunnComm MediaMax privilege elevation vulnerability

Overview SunnComm MediaMax contains a privilege elevation vulnerability, which may allow a user with limited rights to execute code with elevated privileges. Description SunnComm MediaMax SunnComm MediaMax is copy protection software that is automatically installed by some audio CDs. Sony BMG has...

Microsoft Windows fails to properly handle COM objects

Overview Microsoft Windows fails to properly handle COM Objects. This vulnerability may allow a remote unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code on a vulnerable system. Description Microsoft COM Microsoft COM is a technology that allows programmers to create reusable software components...

Skype VCARD handling routine contains a buffer overflow

Overview A buffer overflow in the way Skype handles imported VCARDs may allow a remote attacker to execute code on a vulnerable system. Description Skype software provides telephone service over IP networks. Skype fails to properly validate imported VCARDs, allowing a buffer overflow to occur. Th...

Apple Mac OS X AppKit vulnerable to buffer overflow via maliciously crafted Microsoft Word files

Overview A buffer overflow vulnerability exists in a component of Apple's Mac OS X operating system that handles Microsoft Word files. Description The Cocoa Application Framework also referred to as the Application Kit, or AppKit is one of the core Cocoa frameworks supplied with Apple's Mac OS X...

Microsoft Windows domain controller denial of service in Kerberos message handling

Overview Microsoft Windows domain controllers do not properly handle some Kerberos messages, potentially allowing a remote, authenticated attacker to cause a denial-of-service condition. Description Microsoft Windows domain controllers running Windows 2000 Server and Server 2003 use the Kerberos...

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...

WebEOC is vulnerable to a denial-of-service condition via uploading large files

Overview WebEOC does not properly impose size limits on files that a user can upload. This may allow a authorized attacker to exhaust system resources leading to a denial-of-service condition. Description WebEOC is a web-based crisis information management application that provides functions to...

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...

NotifyLink server provides inadequate protection for cryptographic key material

Overview The NotifyLink key exchange protocol contains a vulnerability that significantly reduces the strength of cryptographic keys used to encrypt mail messages. Description Notify Technology NotifyLink Enterprise Server allows users to synchronize e-mail between a PDA and a mail server. The...

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...

Gaim vulnerable to HTML processing denial of service

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...

Microsoft License Logging Service buffer overflow

Overview A vulnerability in a component of some server versions of Microsoft Windows could allow a remote attacker to execute code on a vulnerable system. Description Microsoft's License Logging Service LLS assists in the management of licenses for some Microsoft server products. An error in the...

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...

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,...

The zlib compression library is vulnerable to a denial-of-service condition

Overview Un-handled error conditions in the zlib compression library may allow an attacker to cause a denial-of-service condition. Description There is a vulnerability in the error handling mechanisms of the decompression functions in the zlib compression library. The decompression functions...

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...

Check Point VPN-1 products contain boundary error in the ASN.1 decoding library

Overview A vulnerability exists in Check Point's VPN-1 Server, which is included in many Check Point products. This vulnerability may permit a remote attacker to compromise the gateway system. Description Check Point VPN-1 Server is a Virtual Private Network VPN application. A buffer overflow...

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 Windows Workstation service vulnerable to buffer overflow when sent specially crafted network message

Overview A remotely exploitable vulnerability affects Microsoft Windows Systems. Exploitation of this vulnerability could permit the execution of arbitrary code on the system with elevated privileges. The exploit vector for this vulnerability is highly conducive to a worm or other automated...

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...

SGI IRIX contains buffer overflow vulnerability in "cpr" program

Overview A vulnerability in cpr may allow a local attacker execute arbitrary code. Description SGI describes cpr as follows:IRIX Checkpoint and Restart CPR offers a set of user-transparent software management tools, allowing system administrators, operators, and users with suitable privileges to...

Microsoft SQL Server becomes unresponsive when large packet is sent to specific named pipe

Overview A vulnerability in Microsoft SQL Server may allow a local attacker to cause a denial of service. An exploit for this vulnerability is publicly available. Description Microsoft describes SQL Server as, "a fully enterprise-class database product, providing core support for Extensible Marku...

Cisco Secure ACS for Windows CSAdmin vulnerable to buffer overflow via login requests

Overview Cisco Secure ACS for Windows contains a buffer overflow vulnerability that could permit a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service. Description Cisco Secure ACS for Windows is an authentication, authorization, and accounting AAA server. From Cisco Security...

Kerio Personal Firewall vulnerable to buffer overflow

Overview Kerio Personal Firewall contains a buffer overflow that may allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code. An exploit for this vulnerability is publicly available. Description Kerio Technologies Inc. describes the Kerio Personal Firewall as follows:Kerio Personal Firewall KPF is a...

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 ...

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...

Adobe Acrobat PDF viewers contain flaw when loading and verifying plug-ins

Overview Acrobat plug-ins can be digitally signed to determine whether they should be loaded by Adobe Acrobat Reader at startup. This digital signature mechanism is not cryptographically strong and allows other potentially-malicious plug-in code to pretend to be certified by Adobe and be executed...

The ISS RealSecure Network Sensor fails to properly process certain types of DHCP traffic.

Overview ISS RealSecure Network Sensor "informational signatures" fail to properly process certain types of DHCP traffic, thereby causing the sensor to crash. Description The ISS RealSecure Network Sensor fails to properly process certain types of DHCP traffic. If the sensor processes certain typ...

Multiple implementations of the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) contain multiple types of vulnerabilities

Overview Oulu University has discovered a variety of vulnerabilities affecting products that implement the Session Initiation Protocol SIP. These vulnerabiltites affect a wide variety of products, with impacts ranging from denial of service to execution of arbitrary code. SIP is used in Voice Ove...

Alcatel Operating System (AOS) does not require a password for accessing the telnet server

Overview The OmniSwitch 7700/7800 running Alcatel Operating System AOS version 5.1.1 has TCP port 6778 listening as a telnet server. This gives anyone access to the OmniSwitch's Vx-Works operating system without requiring a password. Description During an NMAP audit of the AOS 5.1.1 code that run...

State-based firewalls fail to effectively manage session table resource exhaustion

Overview There is a vulnerability in several state-based firewall products that allows arbitrary remote attackers to conduct denial of service attacks against vulnerable firewalls. Description Many firewall products use state tables to determine whether a given packet belongs to an existing sessi...

Microsoft Windows Media Player buffer overflow in Active Stream Redirector (.asx) file parser

Overview There is a buffer overflow in the parsing of Active Stream Redirector .ASX files. This buffer overflow may allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code when a user views a malicious web page. Description There is a buffer overflow in the processing of Active Stream Redirector .ASX...

WebBoard does not adequately validate user input thereby permitting arbitrary JavaScript execution

Overview WebBoard does not adequately validate user input, allowing attackers to execute arbitrary JavaScript code on other WebBoard users' systems. Description WebBoard is a web application which includes a real-time chat server, using JavaScript alerts to display messages received by other user...

Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5 print template ActiveX control allows arbitrary command execution

Overview The Internet Explorer 5.5 Print Template feature contains a vulnerability that allows a web page author to execute arbitrary code as the user viewing the web page. Description Internet Explorer version 5.5 supports a feature called "print templates" which allows a web page author to...

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...