Apple iTunes fails to properly parse AAC files

Overview Apple iTunes does not properly parse AAC files. This vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code. Description Apple iTunes Apple iTunes is a digital media player available for the Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X operating systems. Advanced Audio Coding AAC file...

Secure Elements Class 5 AVR client fails to properly validate the size of EM_SET_CE_PARAMETER messages

Overview The Secure Elements Class 5 AVR client fails to properly handle the size of EMSETCEPARAMETER messages. This may allow an attacker to cause a buffer overflow and reveal process memory. Description Class 5 AVR Secure Elements Class 5 AVR Automated Vulnerability Remediation is a security...

Mozilla JavaScript cloned parent vulnerability

Overview Mozilla products fail to properly restrict access to a JavaScript functions cloned parent. This vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on a vulnerable system. Description According to Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory 2006-15: it was possible to use the...

Pubcookie application server modules contain cross-site scripting vulnerabilities

Overview Cross-site scripting vulnerabilities in the Pubcookie application server modules could allow a remote attacker to gain access to sensitive information. Description Pubcookie is a software package that provides intra-institutional single-sign-on authentication for end-users over the web...

Microsoft WMF memory corruption vulnerability

Overview Microsoft applications fail to properly handle Windows Metafile WMF images potentially allowing a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on a vulnerable system. Description The Microsoft Windows Graphics Rendering Engine supports a number of image formats including WMF images. Windows...

Apple QuickTime fails to properly handle corrupt media files

Overview Apple QuickTime contains a heap overflow vulnerability in the handling of media files which may allow a remote unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service on a vulnerable system. Description Apple's QuickTime Player is multimedia software that allows...

Oracle products contain multiple vulnerabilities

Overview Multiple vulnerabilities exist in numerous Oracle products. The severity and impacts of these vulnerabilities are varied and may include remote execution of arbitrary code, the disclosure of sensitive information, and denial-of-service conditions. Description Multiple vulnerabilities exi...

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...

Some SSH servers on Microsoft Windows set insecure permissions for the host identification key file

Overview SSH provides remote, encrypted terminal access to hosts. Some SSH servers, when running on Microsoft Windows, set insecure permissions on the file storing the private SSH server hostkey. This could allow an authenticated user to obtain the SSH hostkey and use it to impersonate the server...

Microsoft HTML Help vulnerable to integer overflow

Overview Microsoft HTML Help contains an integer overflow vulnerability, allowing a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code. Description HTML Help The Microsoft HTML Help system ". . . is the standard help system for the Windows platform." HTML Help components can be compiled to ". . . compress...

Microsoft Agent vulnerable to trusted site spoofing

Overview Microsoft Agent contains a vulnerability that could allow a remote attacker to spoof trusted Internet content. Description Microsoft Agent is a software extension that enhances user interaction through the use of interactive personalities in the form of animated characters. Applications...

Extreme Networks switches with ExtremeWare XOS allow arbitrary command execution

Overview Some Extreme Networks switches running ExtremeWare XOS have a vulnerability that allows a malicious authenticated user to escape to the underlying operating system command shell with administrator-level root privileges. Description Extreme Network switches running ExtremeWare XOS contain...

RSA Authentication Agent for Web for IIS vulnerable to heap overflow via overly large "chunk"

Overview RSA Authentication Agent for Web for IIS contains a heap overflow in the handling of chunked input. This could allow a remote, unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code on the server. Description RSA Authentication Agent software provides access control for networks, web...

Microsoft Windows Explorer vulnerable to script injection via the Web View DLL

Overview Windows Explorer is vulnerable to script injection via the Web View DLL. Exploitation of this vulnerability may lead to execution of arbitrary code. Description Windows Explorer uses the Web View DLL webvw.dll to display information about a selected file/folder file size, author, version...

Microsoft Object Management DoS Vulnerability

Overview Microsoft Object Management code has a buffer overflow vulnerability that can cause a system to reboot. Description A buffer overflow vulnerability in Microsoft Object Management code exists that could be attacked by sending specially crafted requests locally on an affected operating...

McAfee Scan Engine vulnerable to buffer overflow in LHA decoder

Overview A buffer overflow vulnerability in the McAfee Virus Scan Engine may allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on an affected system. Because the vulnerability exists in a core component, a number of different McAfee products are affected. Description The McAfee Antivirus products...

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...

Multiple implementations of LDAP Directory Server vulnerable to buffer overflow

Overview A buffer overflow in some implementations of the LDAP protocol may allow a remote unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code. Description The Lightweight Directory Access Protocol LDAP is a protocol for accessing network based directories. A lack of bounds checking in some...

Multiple networking devices fail to set the "Secure" attribute of a cookie

Overview Multiple vendors' networking devices fail to set the "Secure" cookie attribute and could disclose sensitive information about a user's HTTP session. Description Many networking devices provide a built-in web server, which may support the HTTPS protocol. When a user logs into the device...

Oracle Database Server contains several vulnerabilities

Overview Several vulnerabilities exist in the Oracle Database Server and Listener. According the the Oracle Security Alert, exploitation of these vulnerabilities would require the attacker to have network access, but not a valid user account on the vulnerable system. Description Oracle Database 1...

Perl vulnerable to buffer overflow in win32_stat()

Overview A flaw in a standard function in some Perl distributions could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code on the vulnerable system. Description The stat Perl function, similar to the standard C stat function, returns a list giving the status info for a file. Since the stat function is...

Gaim contains an integer overflow vulnerability when parsing DirectIM packets

Overview There is an integer overflow vulnerability in the handlehdrodc function, which could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service or potentially execute arbitrary code. Description Gaim is a multi-protocol instant messenger client available for a number of...

Gaim contains a buffer overflow vulnerability in the gaim_url_parse() function

Overview There is a buffer overflow vulnerability in the Gaim gaimurlparse function, which could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to execute arbitrary code. Description Gaim is a multi-protocol instant messenger available for a number of operating systems. There is a buffer overflow...

Gaim contains an off-by-one buffer overflow vulnerability in the gaim_quotedp_decode() function

Overview There is an off-by-one buffer overflow vulnerability in the Gaim MIME decoder. Description Gaim is a multi-protocol instant messenger available for a number of operating systems. It includes a feature that requires Gaim to decode MIME-encoded data. There is an off-by-one buffer overflow...

Ethereal IrDA dissector plugin fails to properly parse IRCOM_PORT_NAME parameter

Overview Ethereal contains a vulnerability in the way the Infrared Data Association IrDA dissector plugin parses the IRCOMPORTNAME parameter. Description Ethereal is a network traffic analysis package. It includes the ability to decode packets containing IrDA data. There is a vulnerability in the...

Sun Solaris passwd command allows for privilege escalation

Overview Sun Solaris contains a vulnerability in the passwd1 command which could allow for privilege escalation. Description The passwd command is used to update a user's authentication tokens. There is non-specific vulnerability identified in Sun Security Alert ID: 57454. This vulnerability coul...

WinZip vulnerable to buffer overflow in handling of MIME archive parameters

Overview A buffer overflow vulnerability in the WinZip program could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on a vulnerable system. Description WinZip Computing, Inc.'s WinZip is a popular utility for creating and extracting a variety of archive file formats on Microsoft Windows-based...

Apple Mac OS X Safari fails to properly display URLs in the status bar

Overview Apple Mac OS X Safari fails to properly display URLs in the status bar. Description Safari is a web browser for the Macintosh platform. There is an unspecified vulnerability in the way Safari displays URLs in the status bar. --- Impact The complete impact of this vulnerability is not yet...

Microsoft Windows RPCSS Service contains heap overflow in DCOM request filename handling

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...

SGI IRIX name services daemon (nsd) and modules mishandle AUTH_UNIX gid list

Overview A remotely exploitable vulnerability has been discoved in the "nsd" service for SGI IRIX systems. A remote attacker may be able to gain root access to the vulnerable system. Description A remotely exploitable heap overflow vulnerability has been discovered in a function for the RPC...

Cisco VPN 3000 Concentrator vulnerable to DoS via large number of malformed ICMP packets

Overview A vulnerability in some Cisco Virtual Private Network VPN products could allow a remote attacker to cause a denial of service. Description The Cisco VPN 3000 Series Concentrators and the Cisco VPN 3002 Hardware Clients are Virtual Private Network VPN platforms designed to provide secure...

RealNetworks Helix Universal Server vulnerable to buffer overflow when supplied an overly long string within the "Transport" field of a SETUP RTSP request

Overview The RealNetworks' Helix Universal Server supports delivery of several different media types via RTSP Real Time Streaming Protocol. Vulnerabilities have been discovered in the way it handles some RTSP requests. These vulnerabilities could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code ...

Oracle E-Business Suite Report Review Agent (RRA) allows arbitrary files to be retrieved with no authentication

Overview A vulnerability in Oracle's E-Business Suite Report Review Agent RRA allows arbitrary files to be retrieved with no authentication. Description A vulnerability exists in the Oracle E-Business Suite Report Review Agent RRA. This vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to retrieve...

Microsoft Windows Virtual Machine (VM) ByteCode Verifier fails to properly check Java applets for malicious code

Overview The Microsoft VM bytecode verifier fails to check for certain malicious code in a Java applet. Description The Microsoft VM bytecode verifier fails to check for certain malicious code in a Java applet. If an intruder can convince a victim to run a malicious Java applet, the intruder coul...

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...

Some implementations of mod_dav contain a format string vulnerability in "ap_log_rerror()" function

Overview A vulnerability in some implementations of moddav may permit a remote attacker to gain unauthorized access to a web server running moddav. Description moddav is a module designed to provide DAV capabilities for a web server. A format string vulnerability in some implementations may permi...

ISC DHCPD minires library contains multiple buffer overflows

Overview The Internet Software Consortium ISC has discovered several buffer overflow vulnerabilities in their implementation of DHCP ISC DHCPD. These vulnerabilities may allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected systems. At this time, we are not aware of any exploits. Descripti...

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...

gv contains buffer overflow in sscanf() function

Overview A remotely exploitable buffer overflow vulnerability exists in gv. Description A remotely exploitable buffer overflow vulnerability exists in gv. gv allows a user to view and navigate PostScript and PDF documents by providing an interface to the ghostscript interpreter. This vulnerabilit...

MS Excel XLM Text Macro execution fails to trigger warning when default medium security set

Overview Excel fails to present a warning dialog when a macro is called from an external XLM text macro file. Description If a spreadsheet contains a reference to an external macro XLM file, Excel does not generate the usual warning dialog asking if the user wants to run the macro. Microsoft...

HP Tru64 UNIX "ipcs" contains buffer overflow (SSRT0794U)

Overview The HP Tru64 UNIX implementation of "ipcs" contains a locally exploitable buffer overflow. Description "ipcs" is used to report inter-process communication status. A locally exploitable buffer overflow in "ipcs" may permit a local attacker to gain elevated privileges and execute arbitrar...

SGI IRIX rpc.xfsmd uses weak authentication mechanism for RPC authentication

Overview The XFS file system on SGI systems allows anonymous remote users to call xfs-related RPC functions. Description XFS is a 64-bit compliant journaling file system. The XFS journaling filesystem daemon rpc.xfsmd on SGI systems uses the default AUTHUNIX authentication mechanism a client-base...

Sambar Web Server vulnerable to sourcecode disclosure due to improper parsing of scripts

Overview Sambar Webserver displays script contents instead of interpreting them when the user adds certain characters to the end of the script URL. Description Sambar Webserver is designed to handle CGI requests by interpreting CGI scripts to produce output returned to the client. However, due to...

Sun iPlanet and ONE Web Servers contain a buffer overflow in the search engine

Overview The Sun iPlanet Web Server and Sun ONE Web Server both ship with a search engine that is not enabled by default. A remotely exploitable buffer overflow exists in the search engine that could permit an attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system. Description The Sun iPlanet Web Serve...

Microsoft Internet Explorer contains buffer overflow in handling of gopher replies

Overview There is a buffer overflow in Internet Explorer when IE receives information from a gopher service. Description Gopher is a protocol that presents documents and services in a hierarchal representation, and is similar in some ways to HTTP. Internet Explorer reportedly contains a buffer...

Oracle Application Server contains format string vulnerability

Overview The CERT/CC is aware of a report about a "remotely exploitable format string vulnerability in Oracle Application Server" that could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on a vulnerable system. Description Oracle Application Server uses the Apache HTTP Serve...

IBM AIX Parallel Systems Support Program (PSSP) contains vulnerability in File Collections subsystem allowing arbitrary access to sensitive configuration files

Overview IBM AIX Parallel Systems Support Programs PSSP contains a vulnerability allowing unauthorized access to files in valid file collections. Description IBM PSSP software is used to provide a central point of management control for a cluster of RS/6000 SP nodes and IBM pSeries and IBM RS/600...

Jana Server does not adequately validate user input thereby allowing directory traversal

Overview Jana Server contains a directory traversal vulnerability. Description Versions 1.4x of Jana Server, a web server for Windows developed by T. Hauck, do not properly filter requests for hexadecimal encodings of ".." dot-dot and allows directory traversal out of the HTTP document root...

Oracle 9i Application Server does not adequately handle requests for nonexistent JSP files thereby disclosing web folder path information

Overview Oracle 9i Application Servers Oracle 9iAS contain a default error page that can be used to find the physical path of files on the system. Description Oracle 9iAS will display a default error page when a nonexistent ".jsp" file is specified. In the body of this page is the entire local pa...

Oracle9i Application Server Apache PL/SQL module vulnerable to buffer overflow via help page request

Overview A buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the Apache Procedural Language/Structured Query Language PL/SQL module used by Oracle9i Application Server iAS. This vulnerability could allow an unauthenticated remote attacker to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code on the system...