rpc.walld fails to properly validate messages before broadcasting to clients

Overview A vulnerability in rpc.walld may allow local users to forge wall messages. An exploit exists for this vulnerability and is publically available. Description From the rpc.walld man page:The wall command reads the named file, or, if no filename appears, it reads the standard input until an...

ScriptLogic RunAdmin service can allow users to gain administrative access

Overview There is a vulnerability in version 4.01 of ScriptLogic that may allow local or domain users to gain administrative access to workstations running the ScriptLogic RunAdmin service. Description The ScriptLogic product from ScriptLogic, Inc. provides remote system administration capabiliti...

PopTop PPTP Server contains buffer overflow in "ctrlpacket.c"

Overview There is a remotely exploitable buffer overflow in PopTop. An exploit for this vulnerability exists and is publicly available. Description From the PopTop web site:PopToP is the PPTP server solution for Linux ports exist for Solaris 2.6, OpenBSD and FreeBSD and others. A buffer overflow...

tcpdump enters infinite loop when parsing crafted ISAKMP packets

Overview There is a denial-of-service vulnerability in tcpdump that may allow a remote attacker to cause tcpdump to enter an infinite loop. Description tcpdump, a tool used to monitor network traffic, has the ability to capture Internet Security Association and Key Management Protocol ISAKMP...

Microsoft Internet Explorer does not adequately validate source of dialog frame

Overview Microsoft Internet Explorer IE allows script from a dialog frame in one domain to execute in a different domain, including the Local Machine Zone. The script could read certain local files and data i.e. cookies from other web sites. In the presence of other vulnerabilities VU626395,...

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 ...

SSL/TLS implementations disclose side channel information via PKCS #1 v1.5 version number extension

Overview SSL/TLS implementations that respond distinctively to an incorrect PKCS 1 v1.5 encoded SSL/TLS version number expose the premaster secret to a modified Bleichenbacher attack. An attacker could decrypt a given SSL/TLS session or forge a signature on behalf of a vulnerable application's...

RealNetworks Helix Universal Server vulnerable to buffer overflow when supplied an overly long string for the "Describe" field

Overview The RealNetworks' Helix Universal Server supports delivery of several different media types over the Internet 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 execu...

Buffer Overflow in mod_ssl

Overview A buffer overflow exists in modssl. Description modssl is an Apache module that allows secure connections over X.509 authenticated channels. A buffer overflow exists in the sslcompatdirective function. For more detailed information, please see the original vulnerability report. --- Impac...

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 ...

RealNetworks Helix Universal Server vulnerable to buffer overflow when sent two simultaneous HTTP requests containing a long string of characters

Overview The RealNetworks' Helix Universal Server supports delivery of several different media types over the Internet. Vulnerabilities have been discovered in the way it handles some requests from the network. These vulnerabilities could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on...

Heap overflow in Snort "stream4" preprocessor

Overview The Snort "stream4" preprocessor module contains a vulnerability that allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running Snort, typically root. Description Researchers at CORE Security Technologies have discovered a remotely exploitable heap overflo...

Microsoft Windows kernel contains stack overflow

Overview A stack overflow vulnerability exists in the Microsoft Windows kernel. Description The kernel is the core or "heart" of any operating system and is responsible for a variety of things, such as managing memory and allocating hardware resources. Entercept's Ricochet Team has discovered a...

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...

Samba contains multiple buffer overflows

Overview Samba contains several buffer overflow vulnerabilitites. At least one of these vulnerabilities could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service. Description Samba is a widely used open-source implementation of Server Message Block...

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...

SGI IRIX "xfsdump" creates quota information files insecurely

Overview A vulnerability exists in xfsdump on SGI IRIX. Exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a local attacker to gain root privileges. Because other operating systems ship with xfsdump, vendors other than SGI may be affected. Description From the xfsdump man page:xfsdump backs up files an...

Apache vulnerable to DoS

Overview A remotely exploitable denial-of-service vulnerability exists in the Apache HTTP Server. Exploitation of this vulnerability may allow an attacker to consume all available system resources, resulting in a denial-of-service condition. Description The Apache HTTP Server is a very popular...

SETI@home client vulnerable to buffer overflow

Overview A buffer overflow vulnerability in the SETI@home client could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code or cause the SETI@home client to fail. An exploit for this vulnerability is known to exist and may be circulating. Description From the SETI@home website:SETI@home is a...

Entrust Authority Security Manager (EASM) does not enforce multiple authorization requirement for master user password change

Overview Entrust Authority Security Manager contains a vulnerability that could allow a master user to change the password of another master user. A master user could exploit this vulnerability to perform operations that otherwise require authorization by multiple master users. Description Entrus...

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...

mkpasswd uses weak random number generator

Overview Mkpasswd generates passwords that are insufficiently random. Description Mkpasswd is a password generation utility included with Red Hat Linux and possibly other Linux distributions. Mkpasswd generates passwords that are not sufficiently random, which may allow an attacker to predict...

IBM AIX "secldapclntd" daemon authentication vulnerability

Overview A vulnerability in the secldapclntd daemon in IBM's AIX operating system could allow unauthorized remote users to modify accounts on the system. Description According to the IBM bulletin for this issue:"The secldapclntd daemon accepts requests from the LDAP load module, forwards requests...

Apple QuickTime Player for Windows contains buffer overflow in processing of overly long QuickTime URLs

Overview Apple's QuickTime Player is a player for files and streaming media in the QuickTime format. Versions of the player are available for both the Microsoft Windows and Apple MacOS platforms. A flaw in the version for Windows could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on a...

Sendmail address parsing buffer overflow

Overview Sendmail contains a buffer overflow in code that parses email addresses. A remote attacker could execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service on a vulnerable system. Description Sendmail is a widely used mail transfer agent MTA. There is a stack overflow vulnerability in code that...

BEA WebLogic Server fails to discard cached authentication information when web applications are updated

Overview The BEA WebLogic server contains a vulnerability that may allow authenticated users to bypass authentication for a given web application when the application has been updated. Description The BEA WebLogic Server provides a feature that allows it to store user authentication information f...

Incorrect NXDOMAIN responses from AAAA queries could cause denial-of-service conditions

Overview Some DNS servers respond with an inappropriate error message if queried for nonexistent AAAA records, which can lead to possible denial of service. Description Some DNS servers respond with a "Name Error" response code NXDOMAIN, RCODE 3 instead of "No Error" RCODE 0 when queried for a...

Microsoft Windows RPC service vulnerable to DoS via NULL pointer dereference

Overview The RPC service in Microsoft Windows NT 4.0, 2000, and XP can be terminated by a specially crafted RPC message. A remote attacker could cause a denial of service. Description According to Microsoft Security Bulletin MS03-010, "Remote Procedure Call RPC is a protocol used by the Windows...

Cryptographic libraries and applications do not adequately defend against timing attacks

Overview Cryptographic libraries and applications do not provide adequate defense against a side-channel timing attack against RSA private keys. Such an attack has been shown to be practical using currently available hardware on systems and networks with sufficiently low variance in latency...

Multi-Tech ProxyServers ship with null password for administrative access

Overview Some versions of the Multi-Tech ProxyServer products ship without a default password for the administrative interface. Description Some versions of the Multi-Tech ProxyServer products ships without a default password for the administrative interface permitting unauthenticated access via...

SGI IRIX sets insecure permissions on "/dev/ipfilter"

Overview A locally exploitable denial-of-service vulnerability in SGI IRIX may allow a local attacker to disrupt network traffic. Description SGI IRIX contains a locally exploitable denial-of-service vulnerability. For more information, please see SGI Security Advisory 20020408-01-I. --- Impact A...

Blahz-DNS does not properly authenticate users before granting access to various configuration pages

Overview Blahz-DNS does not properly authenticate users. Description Blahz-DNS does not properly authenticate users. As a result, an attacker can gain access to various configuration pages. For more detailed information, please see the ppp-design advisory. --- Impact An attacker can gain access t...

HP Tru64 UNIX "su" command vulnerable to buffer overflow

Overview The Hewlett Packard Tru64 "su" command contains a locally exploitable buffer overflow. An exploit for this vulnerability is known to exist and may be circulating. Description The Hewlett Packard Tru64 operating system contains a command, known as "su," that allows users to assume the...

HP Tru64 UNIX "dxchpwd" contains buffer overflow

Overview The Hewlett Packard Tru64 "dxchpwd" command contains a locally exploitable buffer overflow. Description The Hewlett Packard Tru64 operating system contains a command, known as "dxchpwd," that allows users to change passwords. This program is vulnerable to a buffer overflow. --- Impact Th...

Buffer Overflow in SGI IRIX syslogd

Overview A remotely exploitable buffer overflow in SGI IRIX syslogd may allow an attacker to crash syslogd or execute arbitrary code. Description There is a remotely exploitable buffer overflow in SGI IRIX syslogd. For more detailed information please see SGI Security Advisory 20020405-01-I. ---...

Icecast vulnerable to buffer overflow via long GET request

Overview A remotely exploitable buffer overflow exists in Icecast. Description A remotely exploitable buffer overflow exists in Icecast. By sending on overly long GET request to the server, an attacker can execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the Icecast server, or cause the service to...

TCP/IP implementations handle unusual flag combinations inconsistently

Overview Various vendors' TCP/IP implementations handle packets containing unusual flag combinations in different ways, which may lead to a violation of implicit or explicit security policies. Description Background on TCP/IP Connection Semantics To establish a TCP connection, a client and server...

Cryptographic weakness in Kerberos Version 4 protocol

Overview Several cryptographic vulnerabilities exist in the basic Kerberos Version 4 protocol that could allow an attacker to impersonate any user in a Kerberos realm and gain any privilege authorized through that Kerberos realm. Description The MIT Kerberos Development team has discovered a...

MIT Kerberos vulnerable to ticket splicing when using Kerberos4 triple DES service tickets

Overview Several cryptographic vulnerabilities exist in the basic Kerberos version 4 protocol that could allow an attacker to impersonate any user in a Kerberos realm and gain any privilege authorized through that Kerberos realm. Description The MIT Kerberos Development team has discovered a...

IBM Tivoli Firewall Toolbox contains vulnerability

Overview A vulnerability in the Tivoli Firewall Toolbox version 1.2 has been discovered that can lead to remote unauthorized compromise of the environment with in the firewall system. Description A buffer overflow vulnerability in the communications layer of the Tivoli Firewall Toolbox has been...

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...

Integer overflow in Sun RPC XDR library routines

Overview The XDR library from Sun Microsystems is a widely used implementation for RPC services. Although the library was originally distributed by Sun Microsystems, multiple vendors have included the vulnerable code in their own implementations. Some implementations of standard functions in this...

MySQL allows default user to be changed to root via custom "my.cnf" file

Overview MySQL reads configuration options from world-writeable files. This can lead to a remote user gaining elevated privileges. Description A message posted to the bugtraq mailing list details a vulnerability affecting versions of MySQL prior to 3.23.56. MySQL would permit users with 'FILE'...

Utah Raster Toolkit contains multiple vulnerabilities

Overview The Utah Raster Toolkit is a graphics library/utility. Several vulnerabilities have been reported in the Utah Raster Toolkit. Description The Utah Raster Toolkit is a graphics library/utility. Several vulnerabilities have been reported in the Utah Raster Toolkit. --- Impact The complete...

Buffer Overflow in Core Microsoft Windows DLL

Overview A buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the Win32 API libraries shipped with all versions of Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows 2000, Microsoft Windows NT 4.0, and Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 Terminal Server Edition. This vulnerability, which is being actively exploited on...

Samba contains buffer overflow in SMB/CIFS packet fragment reassembly code

Overview A buffer overflow vulnerability has been discovered in Samba. An updated version has been released. Description A remotely exploitable buffer overflow vulnerability was discoved to affect Samba versions 2.0.x through 2.2.7a. From their bulletin: The SuSE security audit team, in particula...

NetPBM contains multiple buffer overflow vulnerabilities

Overview NetPBM is a set of graphics conversion tools and has been found to contain multiple buffer overflow vulnerabilities. Description A code review of NetPBM has revealed multiple buffer overflow vulnerabilities. These vulnerabilities could be exploited by loading malicious image files. ---...

Lotus Domino Server susceptible to a pre-authentication buffer overflow during Notes authentication

Overview Lotus Domino is vulnerable to a pre-authentication buffer overflow attack during Notes authentication. Description A buffer overflow vulnerability may be exploited during Notes authentication to a Lotus Domino server. Versions prior to 5.0.12 and 6.0 are affected. According to the Rapid7...

Protegrity Secure.Data for Microsoft SQL Server 2000 contains buffer overflows in extended stored procedures

Overview Protegrity Secure.Data for Microsoft SQL Server 2000 includes several extended stored procedures that contain buffer overflow vulnerabilities. These vulnerabilities could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code, gain access to databases, or cause a denial of service. Descriptio...

Lotus Domino Web Retriever contains a buffer overflow vulnerability

Overview A buffer overflow vulnerability may be exploited via the Lotus Domino Web Retriever. Versions prior to 5.0.12 and 6.0 are affected. Description According to the Rapid7 Advisory:The Lotus Notes/Domino Web Retriever task is responsible for retrieving web pages on behalf of Notes users who...