Mozilla Firefox fails to properly perform security checks on "_search" target

Overview A vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox may allow a remote attacker to install malicious code on or read protected information from a vulnerable system. Description The Firefox web browser features the ability to open a hyperlink in the "search" web panel. Firefox fails to perform adequate...

sendfile() system call may leak sections of kernel memory

Overview The sendfile system call does not handle specially crafted files properly. Exploitation of this vulnerability may leak sensitive information to a local attacker. Description The sendfile system call is used to send a file through a socket without copying the file data into memory. A...

Oracle contains multiple SQL injection vulnerabilities

Overview Oracle Database Server versions 9i and 10g contain flaws that may allow SQL injection with privileges of the SYSDBA user. Description Oracle Database Server versions 9i and 10g are vulnerable to SQL injection. These flaws may allow a local attacker with the ability to create function...

Mozilla may execute JavaScript with elevated privileges when defined in site icon tag

Overview Mozilla may execute JavaScript contained within a site icon tag with elevated privileges. This may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary commands on a vulnerable system. Description XPCOMXPCOM is a cross-platform component object model similar to Microsoft COM or CORBA. XPCOM provides t...

Microsoft Windows Kernel Vulnerability

Overview A privilege elevation vulnerability exists in the way that the Windows' kernel processes certain access requests. This vulnerability could allow a logged on user to take complete control of the system. Description A locally authenticated user could potentially exploit a vulnerability in...

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...

Microsoft Windows vulnerable to DoS via LAND attack

Overview A vulnerability in Microsoft Windows may allow a remote attacker to cause a denial of service. Description Microsoft Windows XP SP2 and Windows Server 2003 are vulnerable to a denial-of-service attack via a crafted TCP packet. The packet is spoofed in a manner such that the source and...

Microsoft font processing buffer overflow vulnerability

Overview A privilege elevation vulnerability exists in the way that Microsoft Windows processes certain fonts. This vulnerability could allow a logged on user to take complete control of the system. Description Due to an unchecked buffer in the processing of malicious fonts, a locally authenticat...

Microsoft Client Server Runtime System Vulnerability

Overview The Microsoft Client Server Runtime System CSRSS incorrectly validates certain messages potentially resulting in privilege elevation. Description CSRSS is the user-mode part of the Win32 subsystem. Win32.sys is the kernel-mode portion of the Win32 subsystem. The Win32 subsystem must be...

TCP/IP implementations do not adequately validate ICMP error messages

Overview Multiple TCP/IP implementations do not adequately validate ICMP error messages. A remote attacker could cause TCP connections to drop or be degraded using spoofed ICMP error messages. Description A number of widely accepted Internet standards describe different aspects of the relationshi...

Microsoft Windows opens OLE2 documents using a program specified internally by the document

Overview Microsoft Windows may allow remote code execution through specially crafted OLE2 documents. Description Microsoft object linking and embedding OLE is a technology that allows applications to create and edit compound documents. Compound documents can contain embedded documents or links to...

Microsoft Word contains a buffer overflow vulnerability

Overview Microsoft Word contains a vulnerability that may result in the execution of code on the system with the privileges of the current user. Description Microsoft Word contains a buffer overflow vulnerability that may be exploited by opening a maliciously-crafted word document. Successful...

Microsoft Windows does not adequately validate IP options

Overview Microsoft Windows does not adequately validate IP options, allowing an unauthenticated, remote attacker to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service. An attacker could take complete control of a vulnerable system. Description Several versions of the Microsoft Windows IP stack a...

Microsoft Internet Explorer Content Advisor contains a buffer overflow

Overview A buffer overflow in Microsoft Internet Explorer Content Advisor may allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on a vulnerable system. Description The Content Advisor is used to control what content is viewable in Internet Explorer. A buffer overflow exists in the routines that...

Microsoft MSN Messenger GIF processing buffer overflow

Overview MSN Messenger clients before version 7.0 will allow remote attackers to take control of a computer if malicious GIF files are processed. Description Microsoft MSN Messenger is an instant messaging application that allows users to collaborate with people using text messages, voice and vid...

Microsoft Exchange Server contains unchecked buffer in SMTP extended verb handling

Overview A vulnerability in some versions of Microsoft's Exchange Server may allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on an affected server. Description Microsoft's Exchange Server supports a number of protocols for handling email, including the Simple Mail Transfer Protocol SMTP and SMT...

Microsoft Word contains a buffer overflow vulnerability

Overview Microsoft Word contains a vulnerability that may result in the execution of code on the system with the privileges of the current user. Description Microsoft Word contains a vulnerability that may be exploited by opening a maliciously-crafted word document. Successful exploitation would...

Microsoft Internet Explorer DHTML objects contain a race condition

Overview A race condition in the way that Internet Explorer handles DHTML objects may allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on a vulnerable system. Description According to Microsoft:Dynamic HTML DHTML is built on an object model that extends the traditional static HTML document which...

Microsoft Internet Explorer URL validation routine contains a buffer overflow

Overview A vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on a vulnerable system. Description Microsoft Internet Explorer IE contains an unspecified vulnerability in the way that it handles certain URLs. The process that checks the URL contain...

Linux kernel Bluetooth support fails to properly bounds check "protocol" variable

Overview Linux kernels with Bluetooth support do not adequately validate the "protocol" value, allowing a local user to execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges. Description Linux kernels with Bluetooth support may contain a local root vulnerability, even if Bluetooth hardware is not...

Multiple Telnet Clients vulnerable to buffer overflow via the env_opt_add() function in telnet.c

Overview Multiple Telnet clients contain a data length validation flaw that may allow a malicious server to execute arbitrary code on the client host with privs of client. Description The Telnet network protocol is described in RFC854 and RFC855 as a general, bi-directional communications facilit...

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...

Mozilla products vulnerable to heap overflow via specially crafted GIF file

Overview Mozilla products, including the Mozilla Suite, Mozilla Firefox, and Mozilla Thunderbird, are vulnerable to a heap-based overflow in the GIF image-processing routines. Description The Mozilla project produces an application suite Mozilla Suite, web browsers Mozilla Firefox, email software...

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

Overview Symantec Norton AntiVirus may hang or crash when the Auto-Protect module scans certain files. Description Symantec Norton AntiVirus is an anti-virus product for desktop and enterprise use. The Norton AntiVirus "Auto-Protect" module provides automatic file scanning and detection of viruse...

Multiple Telnet clients fail to properly handle the "LINEMODE" SLC suboption

Overview Multiple Telnet clients contain a data length validation flaw which may allow a server to induce arbitrary code execution on the client host. Description The Telnet network protocol is described in RFC854 and RFC855 as a general, bi-directional communications facility. The Telnet protoco...

Multiple web browsers vulnerable to spoofing via Internationalized Domain Name support

Overview Multiple web browsers are vulnerable to spoofing attacks through the use of Internationalized Domain Names. Other applications such as email programs may also be vulnerable. Description The Domain Name System The Domain Name System DNS provides name, address, and other information about...

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...

NotifyLink contains multiple SQL injection vulnerabilities

Overview There are multiple vulnerabilities in NotifyLink that allow unauthenticated remote users to view or modify the contents of the NotifyLink SQL database. Possible modifications include the addition of unauthorized user and administrator accounts. Description Notify Technology NotifyLink...

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...

NotifyLink web client fails to adequately restrict access to administrative functions

Overview The NotifyLink web interface contains a vulnerability that allows authenticated normal users to access functions that have been disabled by an administrator. Description Notify Technology NotifyLink Enterprise Server allows users to synchronize e-mail between a PDA and a mail server. The...

NotifyLink administrative interface displays user passwords in clear text

Overview The NotifyLink web interface grants administrative users inappropriate access to private user password information. Description Notify Technology NotifyLink Enterprise Server allows users to synchronize e-mail between a PDA and a mail server. The application consists of a PDA-specific...

Apache Tomcat fails to properly handle certain requests

Overview Apache Tomcat does not properly handle certain types of requests allowing a remote attacker to cause a denial of service. Description Apache Tomcat is an implementation of the Java Servlet and JavaServer Page JSP technologies. Tomcat uses the AJP12 protocol on TCP 8007 by default for...

Cisco ACNS RealServer RealSubscruber vulnerable to DoS via malformed IP packets

Overview A vulnerability in Cisco ACNS RealServer RealSubscriber may allow a remote attacker to cause a denial of service on an affected device via malformed IP packets. Description Cisco Application and Content Networking System ACNS is an integrated caching and content-delivery platform. ACNS 5...

ISC DHCP contains a format string vulnerabilty in errwarn.c

Overview The Internet Systems Consortium ISC Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol DHCP application contains a format string vulnerability in errwarn.c that could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code. Description As described in RFC 2131, "The Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol DHCP provide...

SafeNet Sentinel License Manager vulnerable to buffer overflow

Overview SafeNet Sentinel License Manager contains a buffer overflow vulnerability, which may allow a remote unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code on the server. Description SafeNet Sentinel License Manager LM is a software-based license management application. It is reported that th...

nfs-utils vulnerable to buffer overflow in "getquotainfo()" in "rquota_server.c"

Overview A vulnerability in nfs-utils could permit an attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system or cause a denial of service. Description The NFS protocol provides remote access to shared files accross networks. The nfs-utils package provides an NFS client and server for Linux systems...

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...

IBM AIX auditselect contains format string vulnerability

Overview IBM AIX auditselect command contains a format string vulnerability that may allow a local attacker to execute arbitrary code. Description According to IBM's Command Reference, the syntax and description of the auditselect command are as follows:$ auditselect -e "Expression" | -f File -m...

Golden FTP server contains a buffer overflow

Overview Golden FTP server contains a buffer overflow that may allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code. Description Golden FTP server is a personal FTP server for the Microsoft Windows platform. The RNTO rename to command is used in conjunction with the RNFR rename from to rename a file...

phpBB vulnerable to file disclosure

Overview The phpBB input validation methods may fail to sanitize user input resulting in a disclosure of arbitrary file data. Description phpBB is a customizable open source bulletin board package. It contains functionality that allows users to specify graphic files for use as "avatars." These...

HP-UX FTP daemon is vulnerable to a buffer overflow

Overview The HP-UX FTP daemon ftpd contains a buffer overflow that may allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to execute arbitrary code. Description The HP-UX FTP daemon ftpd is vulnerable to a buffer overflow when the FTP daemon is configured to log debugging information. Debug logging is...

AWStats fails to validate input supplied to pluginmode parameter

Overview AWStats performs inadequate validation on user-controlled data that is supplied to the pluginmode parameter. Exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary commands. Description AWStats is a Perl CGI script that collects and graphically displays...

SCO OpenServer vulnerable to privilege escalation in 'scosession' argument handling

Overview A vulnerability in a program supplied with the SCO OpenServer operating system may allow local attackers to gain elevated privileges. Description SCO OpenServer is a UNIX-like operating system for Intel and AMD platforms. The 'scosession' session handling component, which is responsible...

OpenConnect Webconnect read-only directory traversal vulnerability in jretest.html

Overview OpenConnect Webconnect contains a read-only directory traversal vulnerability in the file jretest.html. 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 running o...

Verity Ultraseek contains a cross-site scripting vulnerability in the processing of search requests

Overview Verity's Ultraseek application contains a cross-site scripting vulnerability in the processing of search requests. Description Verity Ultraseek is a web site search engine application. Ultraseek contains a cross-site scripting vulnerability in the processing of search requests. More...

Gaim vulnerable to malformed SNAC packet infinite processing loop

Overview Gaim contains a flaw in the processing of certain packets that may cause a denial of service. 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 protocol, MSN Messenger,...

Squid fails to parse empty access control lists correctly

Overview The Squid web proxy cache may fail to handle empty Access Control Lists ACLs in the intended manner. Description Squid functions as a web proxy and cache application for a number of protocols. However, Squid Access Control List ACL routines may not parse an empty list as intended. An emp...

mod_python vulnerable to information disclosure via crafted URL

Overview The Apache modpython module is vulnerable to unintended remote information disclosure using specially crafted URLs. Description From the modpython web page:Modpython is an Apache module that embeds the Python interpreter within the server. With modpython you can write web-based...

WinAmp playlist handling may allow a remote buffer overflow and arbitrary code execution

Overview WinAmp contains a flaw which may allow a remote system compromise if a maliciously crafted playlist is loaded. Description Nullsoft's WinAmp is a multimedia system for Microsoft Windows. WinAmp allows users to create and use "playlists" to play their multimedia files in a customized...

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...