ASN.1 parsing errors exist in implementations of SSL, TLS, S/MIME, PKCS#7 routines

Overview Abstract Syntax Notation number One ASN.1 is an international standard used to describe and transmit data packets between applications and across networks. There is a vulnerability related to ASN.1 that could permit an attacker to cause a denial of service or potentially execute arbitrar...

util-linux package vulnerable to privilege escalation when "ptmptmp" file is not removed properly when using "chfn" utility

Overview The util-linux package contains a race condition vulnerability that can be used to elevate privileges on the system. Description util-linux is shipped with Red Hat Linux and numerous other Linux distributions. It contains a collection of utility programs, such as fstab, mkfs, and chfn. T...

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...

Microsoft SQL Server installation process leaves sensitive information on system

Overview Microsoft SQL server versions 7.0 and 2000, as well as MSDE 1.0, may leave installation and log files on the server after the installation process is complete. These files may contain senstitive information such as passwords used during the install. Users with authenticated access to the...

Microsoft SQL Server contains buffer overflow vulnerabilities in multiple extended stored procedures

Overview Microsoft SQL Server 7.0 and SQL Server 2000 contain buffer overflow vulnerabilities in multiple extended stored procedures. A remote attacker could cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code or commands with the privileges of the SQL Server process, potentially gaining complete...

Microsoft SQL Server 2000 contains denial-of-service vulnerability in SQL Server Resolution Service

Overview Microsoft SQL Server 2000 contains a vulnerability that allows remote attackers to create a denial-of-service condition between two Microsoft SQL servers. Description The SQL Server Resolution Service SSRS was introduced in Microsoft SQL Server 2000 to provide referral services for...

Microsoft SQL Server 2000 contains heap buffer overflow in SQL Server Resolution Service

Overview Microsoft SQL Server 2000 contains a remotely exploitable heap buffer overflow that allows attackers to execute arbitrary code with the same privileges as the SQL server. Description The SQL Server Resolution Service SSRS was introduced in Microsoft SQL Server 2000 to provide referral...

Microsoft SQL Server 2000 contains stack buffer overflow in SQL Server Resolution Service

Overview Microsoft SQL Server 2000 contains a remotely exploitable stack buffer overflow that allows attackers to execute arbitrary code with the same privileges as the SQL server. Description The SQL Server Resolution Service SSRS was introduced in Microsoft SQL Server 2000 to provide referral...

Microsoft SQL Server contains buffer overflows in several Database Consistency Checkers

Overview Microsoft SQL Server ships with several administrative tools that allow database users to elevate their administrative privileges from a single database to all databases on the server. Description Microsoft SQL Server ships with several utilities known as Database Consistency Checkers...

Microsoft SQL Server service account registry key has weak permissions that permit privilege escalation

Overview The Microsoft SQL Server contains a vulnerability that allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands with system privileges. Description The Microsoft SQL Server typically runs under a dedicated "service account" that is defined by system administrators at installation time. This...

Microsoft SQL Server contains buffer overflow in pwdencrypt() function

Overview The Microsoft SQL Server contains a buffer overflow vulnerability that may allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code with system privileges. Description The Microsoft SQL Server provides multiple methods for users to authenticate to SQL databases. When SQL Server Authentication is...

Microsoft SQL Server contains SQL injection vulnerability in replication stored procedures

Overview Microsoft SQL Server contains multiple SQL injection vulnerabilities that allow database users to leverage administrative privileges on a single database to execute SQL queries or operating system commands with greater privileges. Description Microsoft SQL Server provides a scripting...

Microsoft SQL Server contains buffer overflow in code used to process "BULK INSERT" queries

Overview The Microsoft SQL Server contains a buffer overflow vulnerability that may allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code with system privileges. Description The Microsoft SQL Server contains a buffer overflow vulnerability in the code used to process "Bulk Insert" queries. Bulk Insert...

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 Windows domain name resolver service accepts responses from non-queried DNS servers by default

Overview Systems running Microsoft Windows 98, NT, Windows 2000, or Windows XP DNS resolvers accept DNS replies from any IP address, not just the ones being sent DNS requests. This may lead to domain information spoofing or DNS cache poisoning. Description Microsoft Windows systems use a caching...

PHP fails to properly parse the headers of HTTP POST requests

Overview A vulnerability has been discovered in PHP. This vulnerability could be used by a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code or crash PHP and/or the web server. Description PHP is a popular scripting language in widespread use. For more information about PHP, see...

Real Networks RealONE Player vulnerable to arbitrary command execution via crafted html in the skin file

Overview RealNetwork's RealJukebox and RealONE Gold players are media applications that permit users to stream audio and video from local and internet sources. A vulnerability exists in the applications that could permit the execution of arbitrary commands by a remote attacker. Description...

Real Networks RealJukebox2 vulnerable to arbitrary code execution via crafted skin file

Overview RealNetwork's RealJukebox and RealONE Gold players are media applications that permit users to stream audio and video from local and internet sources. A vulnerability exists in the applications that could permit the execution of arbitrary code by a remote attacker. Description RealJukebo...

Uudecode performs inadequate checks on user-specified output files

Overview The uudecode utility contains a vulnerability that allows an attacker to overwrite arbitrary files, symbolic links, and named pipes. Description The uudecode utility is used to decode files that have been encoded in the 7-bit printable format generated by uuencode. This format allows for...

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...

Microsoft Internet Information Server (IIS) vulnerable to buffer overflow via malformed server-side include directive

Overview A buffer overflow in the code that processes server-side include files on IIS 4.0 and IIS 5.0 could allow an intruder to execute code with the privileges of the web server. Description A buffer overflow exists in the code that processes server side include directives on IIS versions 4 an...

Buffer overflow in Windows Multiple UNC Provider (MUP) service

Overview A buffer overflow in the Microsoft Windows Multiple UNC Provider MUP could allow a local user to execute code with system privileges. Description Microsoft Windows recognizes resources identified by the Uniform Naming Convention UNC. Requests for resources identified by UNC references ar...

SGI IRIX contains vulnerability in rpc.passwd allowing for root compromise

Overview There is a vulnerability in rpc.passwd that could allow root compromise. Description /usr/etc/rpc.passwd, part of the nfs.sw.nis subsystem on IRIX 6.5, could permit a root compromise. No other details are available. --- Impact Intruders could gain root access. --- Solution Apply a patch ...

Common Desktop Environment (CDE) ToolTalk RPC database server (rpc.ttdbserverd) does not adequately validate file descriptor arguement to _TT_ISCLOSE()

Overview The Common Desktop Environment CDE ToolTalk RPC database server does not adequately validate a client-supplied argument, allowing attackers to overwrite certain locations in memory with zeros. This vulnerability could be exploited in a number of ways, potentially allowing attackers to:...

Network Associates PGP Outlook Plug-in contains buffer overflow in decoding mechanism

Overview A remotely exploitable buffer overflow exists in the Network Associates PGP Outlook Plug-in. Description As reported in eEye Digital Security Advisory AD20020710, a remotely exploitable buffer overflow exists in the PGP Outlook Plug-in. By sending a specially crafted message to a victim,...

Common Desktop Environment (CDE) ToolTalk RPC database server (rpc.ttdbserverd) does not adequately validate file operations

Overview The Common Desktop Environment CDE ToolTalk RPC database server does not adequately validate file operations and follows symbolic links, allowing a local attacker to overwrite any file that is writeable by the server. The ToolTalk RPC database server typically runs with root privileges...

eBay web site allows intruders to login to gain unauthorized access to user's information

Overview Ebay www.ebay.comis a popular online auction site. A vulnerability in the ebay web site prior to April 24, 2002, could have allowed an intruder to gain access to a victim's personal data. Description Prior to April 24, 2002, an intruder may have been able to gain access to certain person...

Apache Web Server ap_log_rerror() function discloses full path to CGI script

Overview There is a vulnerability in Apache 2.0 through 2.035 that could disclose the real path to a CGI script or other file. Description A vulnerability in the Apache web server could disclose sensitive information. Quoting from the Apache Change Log: Security Added the APLOGTOCLIENT flag to...

Microsoft ASP.NET contains buffer overflow

Overview Microsoft ASP.NET contains buffer overflow in routine that handles the processing of cookies in StateServer mode. Description ASP.NET is a programming framework provided by Microsoft. For more details about this framework, please see the official web page.A remotely exploitable buffer...

Sendmail vulnerable to buffer overflow when DNS map is specified using TXT records

Overview A remotely exploitable buffer overflow exists in Sendmail, versions 8.12.0 through 8.12.4. This vulnerability only exhibits itself if you have modified the configuration file to look up TXT records in DNS. Description The buffer overflow occurs in the portion of code that process respons...

Multiple vendors' Domain Name System (DNS) stub resolvers vulnerable to buffer overflows

Overview Buffer overflow vulnerabilities exists in the DNS stub resolver library used by BSD, ISC BIND, and GNU glibc. Other systems that use DNS resolver code derived from ISC BIND may also be affected. An attacker who is able to control DNS responses could exploit arbitrary code or cause a deni...

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...

OpenSSH vulnerabilities in challenge response handling

Overview There are two related vulnerabilities in the challenge response handling code in OpenSSH versions 2.3.1p1 through 3.3. They may allow a remote intruder to execute arbitrary code as the user running sshd often root. The first vulnerability affects OpenSSH versions 2.9.9 through 3.3 that...

Microsoft SQLXML HTTP components vulnerable to cross-site scripting via root parameter

Overview A cross-site scripting vulnerability exists in the Microsoft SQLXML HTTP components. This vulnerability could allow an attacker to execute script on a victim's system with the victim's privileges. Description Microsoft SQL Server 2000 includes a feature called SQLXML that allows the serv...

Mandrake Security may make unexpected system modifications

Overview The Mandrake Security utility included with Mandrake Linux may make unexpected modifications that affect system security. Description Mandrake Linux includes a tool named Mandrake Security msec that allows system administrators to manage and audit various system parameters associated wit...

Microsoft SQLXML ISAPI filter vulnerable to buffer overflow via contenttype parameter

Overview A buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the Microsoft SQLXML Internet Services Application Programming Interface ISAPI extension for Internet Information Server IIS. This vulnerability could allow a remote attacker to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code with LocalSystem...

Verity's Search97 contains a Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability in the processing of search requests

Overview Verity's Search97 application contains a Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability in the processing of search requests. Description Verity's Search97 application contains a Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability in the processing of search requests. This vulnerability is in both the Microsoft...

webMathematica discloses the contents of arbitrary files when file is requested using the absolute path

Overview A directory traversal vulnerability exists in webMathematica. Description webMathematica provides a way to offer access to Mathematica applications via a web browser interface. For example, one can deploy calculators, problem solvers, and other types of interactive content over the web.B...

Apache web servers fail to handle chunks with a negative size

Overview There is a remotely exploitable vulnerability in the way that Apache web servers or other web servers based on their source code handle data encoded in chunks. This vulnerability is present by default in configurations of Apache web server versions 1.2.2 and above, 1.3 through 1.3.24, an...

Snitz Forums 2000 vulnerable to cross-site scripting via crafted IMG tag

Overview Snitz Forums 2000 does not adequately check "IMG" tag "SRC" attributes and thus contains cross-site scripting vulnerability. Description Snitz Forums is an automated bulletin-board program for web sites. Snitz Forums allows users to submit images by specifying the URL of the image. In...

Microsoft Internet Information Server (IIS) contains remote buffer overflow in chunked encoding data transfer mechanism for HTR

Overview A buffer overflow vulnerability in IIS 4.0 and 5.0 could allow an intruder to execute arbitrary code on an IIS server with the privileges of the HTR ISAPI extension. Description Chunked encoding is a means to transfer variable-sized units of data called chunks from a web client to a web...

Microsoft Remote Access Service API contains 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...

Chunked encoding post can consume excessive memory on IIS 4.0 webserver

Overview Microsoft IIS 4.0, circa March 2000, contained a vulnerability that allowed an intruder to consume unlimited memory on a vulnerable server. Description Older versions of IIS 4.0, circa March 2000, contained a vulnerability in the chunked-encoding transfer mechanism that permitted an...

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...

Lotus Domino Web Server discloses IP address

Overview Lotus Domino Web server discloses its IP address to some HTTP requests. Description Lotus Domino can be coerced to reveal its IP address by sending it a crafted HTTP request. --- Impact Attackers can discover limited information about the numbering of the Domino server's network. ---...

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...

Novell NetWare default installation contains sample files that disclose sensitive server information

Overview Novell NetWare 5.1 is a network management operating system that enables access to files, printers, directories, email, databases, and other network interfaces, as well as providing a web interface. There is an insecure default configuration that places several sample applications in the...

AOL Instant Messenger vulnerable to denial-of-service attack via buddy list transfers

Overview America Online's Instant Messenger AIM contains a remotely exploitable buffer overflow vulnerability. Description AOL Instant Messenger is a program for communicating with other users over the Internet and is widely used. During a buddy list transfer, a buffer overflow may occur. It has...

AOL Instant Messenger vulnerable to buffer overflow via crafted "addbuddy" URI sent in message

Overview America Online's Instant Messenger AIM contains a remotely exploitable buffer overflow vulnerability. Description AOL Instant Messenger is a widely used program for communicating with other users over the Internet. A buffer overflow exists in the processing of the addbuddy parameter of t...

Apache Tomcat default installation contains sample applications that disclose webroot path

Overview There is an insecure default configuration in Apache Tomcat web server that places several sample applications in the webroot. Remote users may be able to use these applications to gain sensitive information about the server's configuration. Description There are several sample...