Oracle HTTP Server vulnerability

Overview An unspecified vulnerability in Oracle's HTTP Server Apache may allow a remote, unauthenticated attacker to compromise system confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Description Oracle Application Server and Database Server includes Apache as an HTTP server. There is an vulnerabili...

Symantec AntiVirus Scan Engine administrative interface contains a buffer overflow vulnerability

Overview Symantec AntiVirus Scan Engine administrative interface contains a remotely exploitatble buffer overflow that may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code. Description The Symantec AntiVirus Scan Engine provides a programming interface to Symantec content scanning and virus detection...

Apple Mac OS X Directory Services contains a buffer overflow

Overview A buffer overflow in Apple Mac OS X Directory Service's authentication process may allow a remote, unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code on a vulnerable system. Description Apple Mac OS X Server Directory Service provides reading, writing, and authentication services within...

Microsoft Windows Remote Desktop Protocol service input validation vulnerability

Overview An input validation error in the Microsoft Remote Desktop Protocol RDP service may allow a remote attacker to cause a denial-of-service condition. Description Microsoft describes the Remote Desktop Protocol RDP as follows.RDP is based on, and is an extension of, the T.120 protocol family...

WebEOC implements weak algorithms to encrypt sensitive information

Overview WebEOC uses weak cryptographic algorithms to encrypt sensitive information. Description WebEOC is a web-based crisis information management application that provides functions to gather, coordinate, and disseminate information between emergency personnel and Emergency Operations Centers...

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...

Symantec Norton AntiVirus vulnerable to DoS via the Auto-Protect "SmartScan" feature

Overview Symantec Norton AntiVirus may hang or crash when the Auto-Protect module SmartScan feature scans a renamed file on a network share. Description Symantec Norton AntiVirus is an anti-virus product for desktop and enterprise use. The Norton AntiVirus "Auto-Protect" module provides automatic...

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...

OpenConnect Webconnect MS-DOS device name denial-of-service

Overview OpenConnect WebConnect may stop responding after processing an HTTP request with an MS-DOS device name in it. 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...

Squid fails to properly handle oversized reply headers

Overview The Squid web proxy cache may be vulnerable to oversized HTTP reply headers. Description Squid functions as a web proxy and cache application for a number of protocols, including the hypertext transfer protocol HTTP. A defect in the Squid HTTP handling prevents oversized reply headers...

UW-imapd fails to properly authenticate users when using CRAM-MD5

Overview A vulnerablility in an authentication method for the University of Washington IMAP server could allow a remote attacker to access any user's mailbox. Description The Internet Message Access Protocol IMAP is a method of accessing electronic messages kept on a remote mail server and is...

freeRADIUS Server vulnerable to a denial-of-service attack

Overview Multiple vulnerabilities in freeRADIUS Server may allow attackers to cause a denial-of-service condition. Description The Remote Authentication Dial In User Service RADIUS protocol is used for remote user authentication and accounting. freeRADIUS Server is an popular open-source RADIUS...

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...

Microsoft Windows Task Scheduler Buffer Overflow

Overview Microsoft Windows Task Scheduler has a buffer overflow that may allow a remote or local intruder to execute arbitrary code. Description Microsoft Windows Task Scheduler Mstask.dll is a COM-based API ActiveX control that provides a scheduling service for executing arbitrary commands on a...

Apple Mac OS X vulnerable to privilege escalation when using Directory Services

Overview A vulnerability in Mac OS X may permit a local authenticated user with physical access to the machine to gain elevated privileges. Description Mac OS X permits the remote authentication of users via directory sevices lookups. When a user logs in to a machine configured to use the Directo...

BGP implementations do not adequately handle malformed BGP OPEN and UPDATE messages

Overview Multiple implementations of the Border Gateway Protocol BGP contain vulnerabilities related to the processing of UPDATE and OPEN messages. The impacts of these vulnerabilities appear to be limited to denial of service. Description BGP RFC 1771 is designed to exchange network reachability...

BEA WebLogic Server configuration wizard stores administrative credentials in clear text log files

Overview There is a vulnerability in BEA WebLogic Server in which a user with access to log files generated by the configuration wizard could obtain the administrative username and password. Description BEA Systems describes WebLogic Server as "an industrial-strength application infrastructure fo...

NetScreen Instant Virtual Extranet (IVE) platform contains cross-site scripting vulnerability in delhomepage.cgi

Overview NetScreen Instant Virtual Extranet IVE platform contains a cross-site scripting vulnerability in the row parameter of delhomepage.cgi, which could allow an attacker to mount a cross-site scripting attack. Description The Instant Virtual Extranet platform is an application security gatewa...

metamail contains multiple buffer overflow vulnerabilities

Overview Multiple buffer overflows in the metamail package could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on a vulnerable system. An attacker may be able to exploit these vulnerabilities via a specially-crafted email message. Description The metamail package is one of the first widely...

HP-UX shar utility creates files with predictable names in "/tmp" directory

Overview The shar program distributed with some versions of the HP-UX operating system creates files insecurely. This vulnerability could allow local users to gain escalated privilege on the system. Description shar is a program commonly available on UNIX systems to create a shell script that wil...

Multiple web-based email services fail to filter malicious characters when the message contains cascading style sheet character escaping

Overview An attacker can send a specially crafted email message to a victim containing malicious scripting JavaScript, VBScript, JScript, etc., active content, or potentially HTML. When a victim views the message with scripting enabled, the victim's browser will then interpret this javascript whi...

ProFTPD fails to properly handle newline characters when transferring files in ASCII mode

Overview ProFTPD is a popular free File Transfer Protocol FTP server package. A vulnerability in its handling of files transferred in ASCII mode can allow an attacker to compromise the system running the server. Description The File Transfer Protocol FTP described in RFC959 defines operations for...

Microsoft Windows fails to properly validate buffer size of incoming SMB packets

Overview Microsoft's implementation of Server Message Block SMB contains a buffer overflow vulnerability that could permit a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service. Description SMB and the Common Internet File System CIFS are closely related protocols used sharing...

SSH Communications Secure Shell vulnerable to DoS via malformed BER/DER packet

Overview SSH Communications' Secure Shell contains vulnerabilities in ASN.1 libraries that may allow remote attackers to cause a denial-of-service situation, or potentially execute arbitrary code on the server. Description SSH Communications' Secure Shell contains a vulnerability in the decoding ...

MySQL fails to validate length of password field

Overview A vulnerability in MySQL could permit a malicious user to execute arbitrary code on the system. Description MySQL is a database system. MySQL contains a buffer overflow vulnerability in the processing of the password field of the MySQL database, specifically "SET PASSWORD". A malicious...

Microsoft Windows RPCSS Service contains heap overflow in DCOM activation routines

Overview There is a remote buffer overflow in many versions of Microsoft Windows that allows attackers to execute arbitrary code with system privileges. Description The Microsoft RPCSS Service is responsible for managing Remote Procedure Call RPC messages and is enabled by default on many version...

Microsoft Internet Explorer and Outlook Express MHTML rendering engine incorrectly executes script in Local Computer Zone

Overview There is an MHTML input validation vulnerability in Outlook Express that may lead to arbitrary command and code execution in the Local Computer Zone of a victim host. Description Microsoft systems use components of Microsoft Outlook Express to render MHTML MIME Encapsulation of Aggregate...

Apple Mac OS X IPSec mechanism fails to handle certain incoming security policies that match by port

Overview Apple's Mac OS X IPSec implementation does not properly filter certain types of IP traffic. Description Apple Mac OS X contains an implementation of the IP Security Protocol IPSec. A vulnerability in this implementation may allow a remote attacker to exchange traffic with a host that...

Physical access to a computer system can be used to bypass software-based access control mechanisms

Overview An intruder who gains physical access to a computer system can bypass software-based control mechanisms. Description If an intruder can gain physical access to a computer resource, he can bypass software-based access control mechanisms, install Trojans horses, install hardware to...

MIT Kerberos V5 allows inter-realm user impersonation by malicious realm controllers with shared keys

Overview MIT Kerberos V5 contains a flaw that allows the controller of one Kerberos realm to impersonate users in a second realm. Description MIT Kerberos V5 releases prior to 1.2.3 contain a vulnerability that allows users from one realm to impersonate users from other non-local realms that use...

Various FTP clients fail to account for pipe (|) characters in default file names

Overview Various FTP client implementations do not correctly handle files whose name begins with the "|" pipe character. Description Most FTP clients include a feature in which the remote filename is used as the local filename in a GET RETR operation. For example, many FTP clients support syntax...

Microsoft Java implementation JDBC classes do not properly validate DLL requests

Overview The Java Database Connectivity JDBC classes of Microsoft's Java virtual machine VM do not properly validate DLL requests, allowing a malicious applet to load and execute any DLL on the client system. Description Microsoft's Java VM is installed on Windows 98, NT, 2000, and XP. It is used...

Microsoft Windows Media Player creates URL shortcut that may contain HTML code in known location in Local Computer Zone

Overview There is a vulnerability in the creation of Internet shortcuts in Windows Media Player version 6.4 and 7. This vulnerability may allow attackers to execute arbitrary commands when a victim views a malicious web page. Description Windows Media Player versions 6.4 and 7 create Internet...

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...

Microsoft Windows 2000 Indexing Services enumerates local file locations via ixsso.query ActiveX object

Overview Index Server 2.0 and the Indexing Service 3.0 contain a vulnerability that may allow remote intruders to gain information about files on the local computer. Description Index Server 2.0 and Indexing Service 3.0 are services that allow information about local files to be queried via a web...

OpenBSD contains buffer overflow in "select" call

Overview A locally exploitable buffer overflow exists in all versions of OpenBSD. Description The buffer overflow exists in the select2 system call. The overflow occurs if select is supplied with arbitrary negative values. --- Impact Local users can gain system privileges and execute code in the...

Microsoft Windows 2000 Network Dynamic Data Exchange (DDE) executes code as Local System

Overview The Windows 2000 Network DDE agent permits local users to execute commands with system privileges. Description Dynamic Data Exchange DDE is an interprocess communication mechanism used in Microsoft Windows. A DDE share is an area of memory which is used to store and retrieve data. Networ...

Multiple Cisco products consume excessive CPU resources in response to large SSH packets

Overview Multiple Cisco networking products contain a denial-of-service vulnerability. Description Multiple Cisco networking products contain a vulnerability that allows large SSH packets to cause excessive consumption of CPU resources. In some circumstances, this resource consumption may cause t...

Microsoft Remote Access Service API contains additional buffer overflow vulnerability via phonebook entries

Overview The Microsoft Remote Access Service API contains a vulnerability that allows local attackers to execute arbitrary code with system privileges. Description The Microsoft Remote Access Service RAS Application Programming Interface API allows Windows programs to make dial-up connections to...

Quake II Server performs console variable expansion on client-supplied input values

Overview The Quake II Server contains an information leakage vulnerability that allows remote attackers to gain control of the game server process. Description The Quake II Server responds to console commands from Quake II clients to perform a variety of game and server management functions. Both...

XDMCP leaks sensitive information by default configuration

Overview An information leakage vulnerability exists in the default configuration of the X Display Management Console Protocol XDMCP daemon. Description On some operating systems, the X Display Manager Control Protocol XDMCP daemon is set to permit remote access to the local machine from any host...

Oracle 9i Database Server PL/SQL module allows remote command execution without authentication

Overview Oracle Database Server allows remote users to execute system commands without authenticating. Description Oracle Database Server provides extended functionality through the use of Procedural Language/Structured Query Language PL/SQL libraries. PL/SQL includes commands to load arbitrary...

Hot Standby Router Protocol (HSRP) uses weak authentication

Overview A denial-of-service vulnerability exists in the Hot Standby Router Protocol HSRP . Description HSRP is a protocol designed to provide transparent recovery of routing services when failures occur. Quoting from RFC2281 the RFC describing the Hot Standby Router Protocol:The Hot Standby Rout...

Oracle Database Server vulnerable to DoS via repeated requests to Oracle listener without connecting to redirected port

Overview Oracle Database Server may consume all available memory and crash if clients do not connect completely in the expected manner. Description When a connection request is made to Oracle for Windows NT, Oracle Database Server creates a new thread listening on a new port and redirects the...

lpd hostname authentication bypassed with spoofed DNS

Overview The line printer daemon enables various clients to share printers over a network. There exists a flaw in the authentication method in this daemon that permits remote access to the server. Description A vulnerability exists in the line printer daemon lpd shipped with the lpr package for...

sort creates temporary files insecurely

Overview The sort utility creates temporary files insecurely, making sort subject to a denial-of-service attack. Description The UNIX sort utility creates temporary files with predictable names. The creation is done in a manner to prevent information loss via a symlink attack, but existence of th...

Keys generated with PGP5i batch mode do not contain sufficient randomness on systems that use /dev/random

Overview Under certain circumstances, PGP v5.0 generates keys that are not sufficiently random, which may allow an attacker to predict keys and, hence, recover information encrypted with that key. Description Generating Randomness in PGP Keys In order to generate cryptographically secure keys, PG...

KDE KFM creates temporary files insecurely

Overview KDE's kfm creates and uses temporary cache directories insecurely. Description kfm, the KDE File Manager, creates a cache directory for each user. This directory is placed in /tmp and predictably named, based on the UID. These directories are created without checking for correct ownershi...

Linux gpm daemon allows arbitrary file removal

Overview gpm version 1.19.2 and earlier are vulnerable due to a flaw that allows a local user to delete arbitrary files. Description gpm General Purpose Mouse is the program that lets you use the mouse in console mode when not using XWindows. It is usually included in Linux distributions, and can...

Race condition in periodic

Overview A race condition in the 'periodic' script allows local files to be overwritten. We believe that 'periodic' is typically used only with FreeBSD systems, though it may be installed on other systems. Description 'periodic' is a script used in conjunction with cron to execute jobs at specifi...