Apple QuickTime/Darwin Streaming Server integer overflow in MP3Broadcaster utility

Overview Apple's QuickTime and Darwin Streaming Server DSS package includes a utility called MP3Broadcaster. This utility contains an integer overflow which may be exploited to cause a denial of service. Description Apple's QuickTime and Darwin Streaming Server is software which provides integrat...

DameWare Mini Remote Control vulnerable to buffer overflow via specially crafted packets

Overview DameWare Mini Remote Control is a lightweight remote control intended primarily for administrators and help desks for management of desktop systems. A vulnerability in DameWare Mini Remote Control may permit an unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system. Description...

Microsoft Internet Explorer does not properly display URLs

Overview Microsoft Internet Explorer does not properly display the location of HTML documents. An attacker could exploit this behavior to mislead users into revealing sensitive information. Description Web browsers frequently display the Uniform Resource Locator URL in the address bar. Users expe...

Cisco ACNS contains buffer overflow vulnerability in the authentication module when supplied an overly long password

Overview Cisco Application and Content Networking Software ACNS contains a buffer overflow that may enable an attacker to execute arbitrary code on the affected device. Description Cisco ACNS Software "...combines demand-pull caching and pre-positioning for accelerated delivery of web application...

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...

Integer overflow vulnerability in rsync

Overview Some versions of the rsync program contain a remotely exploitable vulnerability. This vulnerability may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system. Description rsync is an open source utility that provides fast incremental file transfer. It features the ability to...

Linux kernel do_brk() function contains integer overflow

Overview A vulnerability in the linux kernel may permit a local user to gain elevated privileges. Description Versions of the Linux kernel prior to 2.4.23 an integer overflow vulnerability in the brk system call dobrk function. This vulnerability may be exploited by a local user to gain elevated ...

ISC BIND 8 vulnerable to cache poisoning via negative responses

Overview The BIND 8 name server contains a cache poisoning vulnerability that allows attackers to conduct denial-of-service attacks on specific target domains. Description Several versions of the BIND 8 name server are vulnerable to cache poisoning via negative responses. To exploit this...

Microsoft Internet Explorer does not adequately validate javascript: protocol URL

Overview Microsoft Internet Explorer IE does not adequately validate javascript: protocol URLs. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to evaluate script in different security domains. By causing script to be evaluated in the Local Machine Zone, the attacker could execute arbitrary code wit...

Microsoft Internet Explorer execCommand method does not properly validate URL source

Overview Microsoft Internet Explorer IE does not properly determine the source of script used in URLs. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to evaluate script in different security domains. By causing script to be evaluated in the Local Machine Zone, the attacker could execute arbitrary...

Microsoft Internet Explorer does not properly validate URL sources

Overview Microsoft Internet Explorer IE does not properly determine the source of script used in URLs. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to evaluate script in different security domains. By causing script to be evaluated in the Local Machine Zone, the attacker could execute arbitrary...

Microsoft FrontPage Server Extensions contains denial of service vulnerability in the SmartHTML interpreter

Overview The Microsoft FrontPage Server Extensions contains a vulnerability that allows unauthenticated remote attackers to conduct denial of service attacks. Description Microsoft FrontPage Server Extensions FPSE is an optional set of tools that adds functionality to a web site. This functionali...

Microsoft FrontPage Server Extensions contains buffer overflow in remote debugging functionality

Overview Microsoft FrontPage Server Extensions contains a vulnerability that allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code with local system privileges. Description Microsoft FrontPage Server Extensions FPSE is an optional set of tools that adds functionality to a web site. This functionality...

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...

Oracle command-line program buffer overflow in argument handling

Overview A buffer overflow in some command-line utilities supplied with the Oracle Database Server could allow a local user to gain the privileges of the oracle system user. Description The Oracle 9 i Database Server package includes the oracle and oracleO command-line client programs to connect ...

Multiple vulnerabilities in X.400 implementations

Overview Multiple vulnerabilities exist in different vendors' X.400 implementations. The impacts of these vulnerabilities are varied and range from denial of service to potential remote execution of arbitrary code. Description The U.K. National Infrastructure Security Co-ordination Center NISCC h...

OpenSSL 0.9.6k does not properly handle ASN.1 sequences

Overview A vulnerability in the way OpenSSL handles ASN.1 elements could allow a remote attacker to cause a denial of service on systems running Microsoft Windows. Description OpenSSL implements the Secure Sockets Layer SSL and Transport Layer Security TLS protocols and includes a general purpose...

Multiple vulnerabilities in S/MIME implementations

Overview Multiple vulnerabilities exist in different vendors' S/MIME Secure/Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions implementations. The impacts of these vulnerabilities are varied and range from denial of service to potential remote execution of arbitrary code. Description The U.K. National...

CDE libDtHelp vulnerable to buffer overflow via DTHELPUSERSEARCHPATH or DTHELPSEARCHPATH

Overview There is a vulnerability in the Common Desktop Environment CDE for UNIX systems which can allow a local user to gain root privileges. Description The Common Desktop Environment CDE is a standard desktop environment for UNIX based systems. CDE libDtHelp contains a buffer overflow that can...

Avaya Argent Office uses weak SNMP authentication mechanism

Overview The Avaya Argent Office does not properly enforce SNMP community string values, resulting in a weakened access control mechanism. Description The Avaya Argent Office does not properly enforce SNMP community string values. It will accept a null string i.e. as a valid community string and...

Avaya Argent Office requests 'HoldMusic' file from broadcast address via TFTP

Overview This vulnerability allows unauthenticated users to upload call holding music to affected devices. Description The Avaya Argent Office sends broadcast TFTP requests to obtain a file named "HoldMusic" that is used to supply hold music for customers who dial into the device. Therefore, an...

Cisco Lightweight Extensible Authentication Protocol (LEAP) uses passwords that are vulnerable to dictionary attacks

Overview The Cisco LEAP protocol uses hashed passwords that are vulnerable to dictionary attacks. Successful attackers will be able to gain unauthorized access to affected networks. Description The Cisco Lightweight Extensible Authentication Protocol LEAP provides an authentication mechanism for...

KaZaA Media Desktop discloses username to remote users

Overview The usernames disclosed by the KaZaA Media Desktop peer-to-peer file sharing application do not present a security vulnerability. Description The KaZaA Media Desktop is a peer-to-peer file sharing application that allows users to search for and download files from other KaZaA users. This...

Morpheus discloses username to remote users

Overview The usernames disclosed by the Morpheus peer-to-peer file sharing application do not present a security vulnerability. Description Morpheus is a peer-to-peer file sharing application that allows users to search for and download files from other Morpheus users. This product allegedly...

Avaya Argent Office uses weak authentication for TFTP-based administrative control

Overview The Avaya Argent Office contains a weak authentication mechanism for administrative access. Description The Avaya Argent Office uses a TFTP-based mechanism to accept requests for administrative functions. By requesting "files" from the device via its internal interface, administrators ca...

Avaya Argent Office vulnerable to denial of service via malformed DNS packets

Overview The Avaya Argent Office reboots in response to certain malformed DNS packets, resulting in a denial of service condition. Description The Avaya Argent Office reboots when a packet with an empty payload is sent to UDP port 53 DNS on its internal interface. By sending repeated packets to...

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...

Linux groff utility pic contains format string vulnerability

Overview The pic component of the image processing package groff contains a format string vulnerability that could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code. Description groff is an image processing package on Linux systems. A component of groff called pic contains a format-string...

Microsoft Exchange Server fails to properly handle specially crafted SMTP extended verb requests

Overview Microsoft Exchange fails to handle certain SMTP extended verbs correctly. In Exchange 5.5, this can lead to a denial-of-service condition. In Exchange 2000, this could permit an attacker to run arbitrary code. Description Microsoft Exchange is a popular collaboration product which includ...

Microsoft Authenticode mechanism installs ActiveX controls without prompting user

Overview A vulnerability in Microsoft's Authenticode could allow a remote attacker to install an untrusted ActiveX control on the victim's system. Description According to Microsoft Security Bulletin MS03-041:ActiveX is a technology that allows programmers to develop self-contained software modul...

Microsoft contains a buffer overflow in the Local Troubleshooter ActiveX control (Tshoot.ocx)

Overview Microsoft Windows ships with a troubleshooting application to assist users with problems. A vulnerability in this application may permit a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the current user. Description Microsoft Windows 2000 ships with an ActiveX control...

Buffer overflow in Microsoft Messenger Service

Overview There is a buffer overflow in the Microsoft Windows Messenger service that could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code on most recent versions of Microsoft Windows. Description There is a buffer overflow vulnerability in the Microsoft Windows Messenger service. This could allow an...

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...

Microsoft Windows ListBox and ComboBox controls vulnerable to buffer overflow when supplied crafted Windows message

Overview There is a buffer overflow in a function called by the Microsoft Windows ListBox and ComboBox controls that could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code with privileges of the process hosting the controls. Description Processes that run on Windows use messages in order to interact...

Microsoft Windows DCOM/RPC vulnerability

Overview A vulnerability exists in Microsoft Windows DCOM/RPC that can be exploited to cause a denial of service. It may be possible for an attacker to execute arbitrary code on a vulnerable system. Description Microsoft Windows Remote Procedure Call RPC "... is a powerful, robust, efficient, and...

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...

Hummingbird CyberDOCS contains multiple cross-site scripting vulnerabilities

Overview Hummingbird CyberDOCS contains cross site scripting vulnerabilities that could allow an attacker to obtain sensitive information and possibly impersonate legitimate users. Description Hummingbird CyberDOCS Hummingbird DM is a web-based enterprise document management solution that runs on...

Hummingbird CyberDOCS error page discloses web server installation path

Overview Hummingbird CyberDOCS contains a vulnerability that could allow a remote attacker to learn the installation path of the web server. This information could be used to support further attacks. Description Hummingbird CyberDOCS Hummingbird DM is a web-based enterprise document management...

Hummingbird CyberDOCS sets insecure permissions on script source code files

Overview Hummingbird CyberDOCS running on Microsoft Internet Information Services IIS sets insecure permissions on script source code files. A remote attacker could read the contents of unprotected files. Description Hummingbird CyberDOCS Hummingbird DM is a web-based enterprise document manageme...

Hummingbird CyberDOCS vulnerable to SQL injection

Overview Hummingbird CyberDOCS contains an SQL injection vulnerability that could allow a remote attacker to execute SQL commands. Description Hummingbird CyberDOCS Hummingbird DM is a web-based enterprise document management solution that runs on Windows NT/2000 using SQL database technology. Th...

CGI.pm vulnerable to Cross-site Scripting

Overview A vulnerability in the Common Gateway Interface CGI Perl module may allow an attacker to mount a cross-site scripting attack against a vulnerable system. Description The Common Gateway Interface, or CGI, is a standard for external gateway programs to interface with information servers su...

Microsoft Windows Media Player fails to properly launch URLs based on Dynamic HTML (DHTML) behaviors

Overview Microsoft Windows Media Player WMP permits the embedding of URLs into media files. When launching an embedded URL, a logic error in the WMP URL handling makes it possible to move from a less trusted domain zone into the local computer zone. This vulnerability permits an attacker to execu...

Microsoft Internet Explorer fails to properly handle Dynamic HTML (DHTML) behaviors in restricted zones

Overview Microsoft Internet Explorer contains a logic error in the way that it handles DHTML. This error makes it possible to move content from the less trusted Restricted zone into the Internet zone. This vulnerability permits an attacker to execute arbitrary code in the context of the Internet...

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 ...

OpenSSL contains integer overflow handling ASN.1 tags (1)

Overview A vulnerability in the way OpenSSL handles ASN.1 tags could allow a remote attacker to cause a denial of service. Description OpenSSL implements the Secure Sockets Layer SSL and Transport Layer Security TLS protocols and includes a general purpose cryptographic library. SSL and TLS are...

OpenSSL contains integer overflow handling ASN.1 tags (2)

Overview A vulnerability in the way OpenSSL handles ASN.1 tags could allow a remote attacker to cause a denial of service. Description OpenSSL implements the Secure Sockets Layer SSL and Transport Layer Security TLS protocols and includes a general purpose cryptographic library. SSL and TLS are...

Multiple vulnerabilities in SSL/TLS implementations

Overview Multiple vulnerabilities exist in different vendors' SSL/TLS implementations. The impacts of these vulnerabilities include remote execution of arbitrary code, denial of service, and disclosure of sensitive information. Description The U.K. National Infrastructure Security Co-ordination...

OpenSSL ASN.1 parser insecure memory deallocation

Overview A vulnerability in the way OpenSSL deallocates memory used to store ASN.1 structures could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the process using the OpenSSL library. Description OpenSSL implements the Secure Sockets Layer SSL and Transport Layer...

OpenSSL does not securely handle invalid public key when configured to ignore errors

Overview A vulnerability in the way OpenSSL handles invalid public keys in client certificate messages could allow a remote attacker to cause a denial of service. This vulnerability requires as a precondition that an application is configured to ignore public key decoding errors, which is typical...