Buffer overflow in Microsoft Windows Shell

Overview A remotely exploitable buffer overflow exists in the Microsoft Windows Shell. Description There is a buffer overflow in the Microsoft Windows Shell. The Shell provides the basic human-computer interface for Windows systems. Quoting from Microsoft Security Bulletin MS02-014:The Windows...

AOL Instant Messenger vulnerable to DoS via crafted GIF file

Overview AOL Instant Messenger AIM is an application that allows one peer to communicate with another. A vulnerability exists that can crash the client of a victim. Description AIM allows users to send image files to one another. By sending a crafted GIF image, an attacker can cause the victim's...

AOL Instant Messenger vulnerable to denial of service via crafted file name

Overview AOL Instant Messenger AIM 4.1 and prior are vulnerable to a denial of service vulnerability. A denial of service occurs when filenames that contain a "%s" are sent to a victim. Description AOL Instant Messenger AIM is a program for communicating with other users over the Internet. AIM...

AOL Instant Messenger contains buffer overflows in parsing of AIM URI handler requests

Overview AOL Instant Messenger AIM is an application that allows one peer to communicate with another. A buffer overflow vulnerability exists that can manipulate the configuration of the victim's client. Description AIM installs a URI handler that permits the use of the "aim:" protocol on the...

AOL Instant Messenger saves code embedded in image tag to conversation log which could be viewed/executed by a browser

Overview Certain Alpha versions of AOL Instant Messenger AIM, that were leaked, would log errors to a log file. By sending a crafted image file, it may be possible to execute arbitrary script/HTML on a victims browser when they view the log files. Description AOL Instant Messenger has the ability...

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...

ibrow NewsDesk does not securely handle input passed to open()

Overview A vulnerability in ibrow NewsDesk allows an attacker to view files and execute operating system commands with the privileges of the web server. Description ibrow NewsDesk is a Perl CGI script that is designed to create and display news articles on a web site. The code for NewsDesk is...

Linux kernel IP Masquerading "destination loose" (DLOOSE) configuration passes arbitrary UDP traffic

Overview The default configuration of the IP Masquerade feature of certain Linux 2.2 kernels may allow unsolicited inbound UDP packets to traverse a NAT gateway and reach a translated network. Description As defined in RFC 1631, Network Address Translation NAT provides a means to translate a loca...

Lotus Notes does not adequately secure databases thereby permitting arbitrary user to extract file attachments via NSFDbReadObject function call

Overview Lotus Domino Servers 5.x, 4.6x, and 4.5x allow users to associate objects with documents in a database. While these objects appear to be a part of the document, they are actually stored as separate files. A vulnerability exist by which an intruder could view these objects regardless of t...

Microsoft Internet Explorer Permits Remote Command Execution Through <OBJECT> Tag

Overview Microsoft Internet Explorer IE permits the remote execution of arbitrary commands via the tag. Description A vulnerability exists in the way that Microsoft Internet Explorer IE handles tags. If the CLASSID CLSID is unrecognized, then Internet Explorer will execute arbitrary commands...

GnuPG contains format-string vulnerability in handling of encrypted data filename

Overview Some versions of Gnu Privacy Guard GPG contain a format-string vulnerability from improper handling of filenames when decrypting files. Description GPG is an OpenPGP-compliant alternative to PGP to protect electronic communications using public-key cryptography. Versions of GPG prior to...

ypbind contains buffer overflow

Overview The daemon ypbind on Solaris and SunOS contains a buffer overflow vulnerability. Description A buffer overflow vulnerability has been discovered in ypbind, a daemon that runs on all client and server machines running Solaris and SunOS and set up to use a Network Information Server NIS. -...

Microsoft scriptlet.typlib ActiveX object unsafe for scripting from Internet Explorer

Overview The ActiveX control "scriptlet.typlib" is incorrectly marked "safe for scripting" in Internet Explorer IE versions 4.0 and 5.0, when it is actually unsafe for scripting. Description There exists a vulnerability in the default installation of an ActiveX control named "scriptlet.typlib,"...

Microsoft Internet Explorer does not adequately evaluate malformed URLs

Overview Microsoft Internet Explorer contains a serious vulnerability in its handling of zone determination. Description Microsoft Internet Explorer contains a vulnerability in the way in which it handles zone determination. Specifically, HTML scripts stored in cookies should be executed in the...

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...

Apache Web Server vulnerable to DoS via crafted HTTP request

Overview Some versions of the Apache Web server are vulnerable to denial-of-service attacks by crafted HTTP requests. Description A vulnerability exists in some versions the Apache Web HTTPD Server running on Windows 98SE, Windows 2000 SP1, and OS/2. The vulnerability appears to be a bounds...

Netwin Surge FTP Server does not adequately validate user input thereby allowing directory traversal

Overview Surge FTP Server 2.0a contains a directory traversal vulnerability. Description Surge FTP Server 2.0a allows remote users to list files outside the FTP root directory. --- Impact Attackers may list files from directories to which access was not granted. --- Solution Upgrade to version...

HP-UX kernel specifies incorrect arguments for setrlimit()

Overview A problem exists in some versions of the HP-UX kernel allowing an intruder to cause kernel panics. Description Certain versions of HP-UX setrlimit system call contain a vulnerability that permits an intruder to cause kernel panics or compromise the system. Quoting from HP Security Bullet...

Microsoft SQL Server contains buffer overflows in openrowset and opendatasource macros

Overview Microsoft SQL Server contains several buffer overflows in "functions that are associated with connecting to remote data sources through 'ad hoc names.'" Description Microsoft SQL Server versions 7.0 and 2000 contain buffer overflows in the openrowset and opendatasource macros. By calling...

XDMCP leaks sensitive information by default configuration

Overview An information leakage vulnerability exists in the default configuration of the X Display Management Console Protocol XDMCP daemon. Description On some operating systems, the X Display Manager Control Protocol XDMCP daemon is set to permit remote access to the local machine from any host...

Oracle9i Application Server PL/SQL Gateway web administration interface uses null authentication by default

Overview A vulnerability exists in the Apache Procedural Language/Structured Query Language PL/SQL module used by Oracle 9i Application Server iAS. In its default configuration, the PL/SQL module grants unauthenticated access to the PL/SQL gateway web-based administration interface. Description...

Oracle 9iAS SOAP components allow anonymous users to deploy applications by default

Overview Oracle Application Server 9iAS installs with Simple Object Access Protocol SOAP enabled by default and allows unauthenticated remote users to deploy and undeploy SOAP services and providers. Description Oracle Application Server 9iAS supports Simple Object Access Protocol SOAP, an...

Oracle9i Application Server Apache PL/SQL module vulnerable to buffer overflow via HTTP Location header

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...

Oracle 9iAS allows anonymous remote users to view sensitive Apache services by default

Overview Oracle Application Server 9iAS allows remote users to access several Apache services without authentication. Description Oracle Application Server 9iAS includes the Apache Web server and several Apache services. In the default install configuration, many of these services, including...

Oracle9i Application Server OWA_UTIL procedures expose sensitive information

Overview Oracle9i Application Server iAS provides a Procedural Language/Structured Query Language PL/SQL application package called OWAUTIL that provides web access to a number of stored procedures. These procedures could be used by an attacker to view the source code of PL/SQL applications, obta...

Double Free Bug in zlib Compression Library Corrupts malloc's Internal Data Structures

Overview There is a bug in the zlib compression library that may manifest itself as a vulnerability in programs that are linked with zlib. This may allow an attacker to conduct a denial-of-service attack, gather information, or execute arbitrary code. It is important to note that the CERT/CC has...

OpenSSH contains a one-off overflow of an array in the channel handling code

Overview OpenSSH is a program used to provide secure connection and communications between client and servers. Channels are used to segregate differing traffic between the client and the server. Description OpenSSH versions 2.0 - 3.0.2 contain a one-off overflow of an array in the code that handl...

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...

Oracle 9iAS contains cross-site scripting vulnerability in "htp.print"

Overview Oracle 9i Application Servers are vulnerable to a cross-site scripting vulnerability. The server may inadvertently include malicious HTML tags or scriptJavaScript, VBScript, Java, etc. in a dynamically generated page based on unvalidated input from untrustworthy sources. This can be a...

Oracle 9iAS default configuration allows arbitrary users to view sensitive configuration files

Overview It is possible to read the "XSQLConfig.xml" and "soapConfig.xml" configuration files from an Oracle 9i Application Server under the default installation without any authorization. This can lead to an intruder gaining access to sensitive information about the server and potentially...

Oracle 9iAS XSQL Servlet ignores file permissions allowing arbitrary users to view sensitive configuration files

Overview It is possible to read the sensitive configuration files from an Oracle 9i Application Server without any authorization. This can lead to an intruder gaining access to sensitive information about the server and potentially compromising it. Description Default installation of the Oracle 9...

Multiple implementations of the RADIUS protocol do not adequately validate the vendor-length of the vendor-specific attributes

Overview Various RADIUS servers and clients permit the passing of vendor-specific and user-specific attributes. Several implementations of RADIUS fail to check the Vendor-Length of the Vendor-Specific attribute. It's possible to cause a denial of service against RADIUS servers with a malformed...

Squid Proxy Server contains buffer overflow in parsing of the authentication portion of FTP URLs

Overview There is a remotely exploitable buffer overflow in the Squid proxy/cache server. Exploitation of this vulnerability could lead to an intruder gaining a shell on the target Squid server. Description Squid versions 2.3 and 2.4 are vulnerable to a buffer overflow in the code that parses FTP...

Multiple implementations of the RADIUS protocol contain a digest calculation buffer overflow

Overview Multiple implementations of the RADIUS protocol contain a buffer overflow in the function that calculates message digests. Description During the message digest calculation, a string containing the shared secret is concatenated with a packet received without checking the size of the targ...

Cisco IOS discloses fragments of previous packets when Express Forwarding is enabled

Overview A vulnerability exists in multiple versions of Cisco's Internetworking Operating System IOS software that allows an attacker to collect fragments of previously processed packets. Description Many networking devices running Cisco IOS with Cisco Express Forwarding CEF enabled contain a...

cryptcat does not encrypt data communications when -e command argument is used

Overview With certain options used, cryptcat does not encrypt network connections as expected. Description Cryptcat is an enhanced version of netcat that adds twofish encryption.If cryptcat is started in listen server mode binding a shell to a network port, cryptcat fails to enable encryption...

mod_ssl and Apache_SSL modules contain a buffer overflow in the implementation of the OpenSSL "i2d_SSL_SESSION" routine

Overview There is a remotely exploitable buffer overflow in two modules that implement the Secure Sockets Layer SSL and Transport Layer Security TLS protocol. This can be used to execute arbitrary code. Description The Secure Sockets Layer SSL and Transport Layer Security TLS protocols are used t...

Oracle9i Application Server allows unauthenticated access to PL/SQL applications via alternate Database Access Descriptor

Overview A vulnerability exists in the Apache Procedural Language/Structured Query Language PL/SQL module used by Oracle9i Application Server iAS. By specifying the Database Access Descriptor DAD used to access a PL/SQL application, an attacker could gain unauthorized access to the application...

Linux kernel netfilter IRC DCC helper module creates overly permissive firewall rules

Overview The "netfilter" firewall subsystem included with Linux kernel versions 2.4.x contains a vulnerability that may allow remote attackers to reach hosts that should be protected. Description The "netfilter" subsystem included with Linux kernel versions 2.4.x provides a framework for services...

Oracle9i Application Server Apache PL/SQL module vulnerable to buffer overflow via cache directory name

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...

Oracle9i Application Server Apache PL/SQL module vulnerable to buffer overflow via Database Access Descriptor password

Overview A buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the Apache Procedural Language/Structured Query Language PL/SQL module used by Oracle9i Application Server iAS. Specifying a crafted password for a Database Access Descriptor DAD could cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code with the...

Oracle9i Application Server Apache PL/SQL module vulnerable to buffer overflow via HTTP Authorization header

Overview A buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the Apache Procedural Language/Structured Query Language PL/SQL module used by Oracle9i Application Server iAS. An HTTP Authorization header with a crafted password parameter could allow an unauthenticated remote attacker to cause a denial of...

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

Overview A buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the Apache Procedural Language/Structured Query Language PL/SQL module used by Oracle9i Application Server iAS. A maliciously crafted HTTP request made to the PL/SQL module could cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code with the...

PHP contains vulnerability in "php_mime_split" function allowing arbitrary code execution

Overview Vulnerabilities in PHP versions 3 and 4 could allow an intruder to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the web server. Description PHP is a scripting language widely used in web development. PHP can be installed on a variety of web servers, including Apache, IIS, Caudium,...

Oracle 9iAS allows access to CGI script source code within CGI-BIN directory

Overview Oracle 9i Application Server 9iAS allows remote anonymous users to view source code in CGI scripts stored in the Apache cgi-bin. Attackers may analyze these scripts to discover usernames, passwords, or other proprietary data or methods. Description The default Apache configuration file i...

Multiple Oracle 9iAS sample pages contain vulnerabilities

Overview Oracle Application Server version 9iAS installs with sample pages that demonstrate various functions of the software. Many of these pages can be used by attackers to breach the security of the system. Description A fresh installation of Oracle Application Server version 9iAS and possibly...

Oracle 9iAS default configuration allows access to "globals.jsa" file

Overview Oracle Database Server version 9iAS allows remote users to view the "globals.jsa" file used by Java Server Page JSP scripts. The "globals.jsa" file may contain Oracle usernames, passwords, and other configuration information not intended for public viewing, and attackers may use that...

Oracle 9iAS default configuration uses well-known default passwords

Overview Oracle Database Server version 9iAS installs with up to 160 distinct default login accounts. The usernames and passwords for these have been made publicly available and could be used by an attacker to gain access to an Oracle server. Description Depending on the components chosen at...

Oracle 9iAS creates temporary files when processing JSP requests that are world-readable

Overview Oracle Database Server version 9iAS makes JSP source code publicly available. The source code may be used by attackers to analyze proprietary business logic or uncover Oracle's network configuration, usernames, and/or passwords. Description When Oracle receives a request for JSP file, it...

Oracle 9i Database Server PL/SQL module allows remote command execution without authentication

Overview Oracle Database Server allows remote users to execute system commands without authenticating. Description Oracle Database Server provides extended functionality through the use of Procedural Language/Structured Query Language PL/SQL libraries. PL/SQL includes commands to load arbitrary...