mozilla -- heap overflow in NNTP handler

Maurycy Prodeus reports a critical vulnerability in Mozilla-based browsers: Mozilla browser supports NNTP urls. Remote side is able to trigger news:// connection to any server. I found a flaw in NNTP handling code which may cause heap overflow and allow remote attacker to execute arbitrary code o...

a2ps -- insecure temporary file creation

A Secunia Security Advisory reports that Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña has found temporary file creation vulnerabilities in the fixps and psmandup scripts which are part of a2ps. These vulnerabilities could lead to an attacker overwriting arbitrary files with the credentials of the user running...

ImageMagick -- PSD handler heap overflow vulnerability

An iDEFENSE Security Advisory reports: Remote exploitation of a buffer overflow vulnerability in The ImageMagick's Project's ImageMagick PSD image-decoding module could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code. Exploitation may allow attackers to run arbitrary code on a victim's computer if th...

squid -- confusing results on empty acl declarations

Applying an empty ACL list results in unexpected behavior: anything will match an empty ACL list. For example, The meaning of the configuration gets very confusing when we encounter empty ACLs such as acl something src "/path/to/emptyfile.txt" httpaccess allow something somewhere gets parsed with...

curl -- authentication buffer overflow vulnerability

Two iDEFENSE Security Advisories reports: An exploitable stack-based buffer overflow condition exists when using NT Lan Manager NTLM authentication. The problem specifically exists within Curlinputntlm defined in lib/httpntlm.c. Successful exploitation allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary...

groff -- pic2graph and eqn2graph are vulnerable to symlink attack through temporary files

The eqn2graph and pic2graph scripts in groff 1.18.1 allow local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files...

tiff -- directory entry count integer overflow vulnerability

In an iDEFENSE Security Advisory infamous41md reports: Remote exploitation of a heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability within the LibTIFF package could allow attackers to execute arbitrary code. The vulnerability specifically exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied data when...

php -- multiple vulnerabilities

Secunia reports: Multiple vulnerabilities have been reported in PHP, which can be exploited to gain escalated privileges, bypass certain security restrictions, gain knowledge of sensitive information, or compromise a vulnerable system...

mailman -- generated passwords are poor quality

Florian Weimer wrote: Mailman 2.1.5 uses weak auto-generated passwords for new subscribers. These passwords are assigned when members subscribe without specifying their own password either by email or the web frontend. Knowledge of this password allows an attacker to gain access to the list archi...

pcal -- buffer overflow vulnerabilities

Danny Lungstrom has found two buffer overflow vulnerabilities in pcal which can lead to execution of arbitrary code by making a user run pcal on a specially crafted calendar file...

greed -- insecure GRX file processing

A buffer overflow vulnerability has been detected in the greed URL handling code. This bug can especially be a problem when greed is used to process GRX GetRight files that originate from untrusted sources. The bug finder, Manigandan Radhakrishnan, gave the following description: Here are the bug...

libxine -- buffer-overflow vulnerability in aiff support

Due to a buffer overflow in the openaifffile function in demuxaiff.c, a remote attacker is able to execute arbitrary code via a modified AIFF file...

yamt -- arbitrary command execution vulnerability

Manigandan Radhakrishnan discovered a security vulnerability in YAMT which can lead to execution of arbitrary commands with the privileges of the user running YAMT when sorting based on MP3 tags. The problem exist in the id3tagsort routine which does not properly sanitize the artist tag from the...

unrtf -- buffer overflow vulnerability

Yosef Klein and Limin Wang have found a buffer overflow vulnerability in unrtf that can allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code with the permissions of the user running unrtf, by running unrtf on a specially crafted rtf document...

mpg123 -- playlist processing buffer overflow vulnerability

A buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the playlist processing of mpg123. A specially crafted playlist entry can cause a stack overflow that can be used to inject arbitrary code into the mpg123 process. Note that a malicious playlist, demonstrating this vulnerability, was released by the bug...

cups-base -- HPGL buffer overflow vulnerability

Ariel Berkman has discovered a buffer overflow vulnerability in CUPS's HPGL input driver. This vulnerability could be exploited to execute arbitrary code with the permission of the CUPS server by printing a specially crated HPGL file...

tnftp -- mget does not check for directory escapes

When downloading a batch of files from an FTP server the mget command does not check for directory escapes. A specially crafted file on the FTP server could then potentially overwrite an existing file of the user...

ethereal -- multiple vulnerabilities

An Ethreal Security Advisories reports: Issues have been discovered in the following protocol dissectors: Matthew Bing discovered a bug in DICOM dissection that could make Ethereal crash. An invalid RTP timestamp could make Ethereal hang and create a large temporary file, possibly filling availab...

phpmyadmin -- file disclosure vulnerability

A phpMyAdmin security announcement reports: File disclosure: on systems where the UploadDir mecanism is active, readdump.php can be called with a crafted form; using the fact that the sqllocalfile variable is not sanitized can lead to a file disclosure. Enabling PHP safe mode on the server can be...

phpmyadmin -- command execution vulnerability

A phpMyAdmin security announcement reports: Command execution: since phpMyAdmin 2.6.0-pl2, on a system where external MIME-based transformations are activated, an attacker can put into MySQL data an offensive value that starts a shell command when browsed. Enabling PHP safe mode on the server can...

opera -- kfmclient exec command execution vulnerability

Giovanni Delvecchio reports: Opera for linux uses "kfmclient exec" as "Default Application" to handle saved files. This could be used by malicious remote users to execute arbitrary shell commands on a target system...

fd_set -- bitmap index overflow in multiple applications

3APA3A reports: If programmer fails to check socket number before using select or fdset macros, it's possible to overwrite memory behind fdset structure. Very few select based application actually check FDSETSIZE value. ... Depending on vulnerable application it's possible to overwrite portions o...

cups-lpr -- lppasswd multiple vulnerabilities

D. J. Bernstein reports that Bartlomiej Sieka has discovered several security vulnerabilities in lppasswd, which is part of CUPS. In the following excerpt from Bernstein's email, CVE names have been added for each issue: First, lppasswd blithely ignores write errors in fputsline,outfile at lines...

mplayer -- multiple vulnerabilities

iDEFENSE and the MPlayer Team have found multiple vulnerabilities in MPlayer: Potential heap overflow in Real RTSP streaming code Potential stack overflow in MMST streaming code Multiple buffer overflows in BMP demuxer Potential heap overflow in pnm streaming code Potential buffer overflow in...

wget -- multiple vulnerabilities

Jan Minar reports that there exists multiple vulnerabilities in wget: Wget erroneously thinks that the current directory is a fair game, and will happily write in any file in and below it. Malicious HTTP response or malicious HTML file can redirect wget to a file that is vital to the system, and...

vim -- vulnerabilities in modeline handling

Ciaran McCreesh discovered news ways in which a VIM modeline can be used to trojan a text file. The patch by Bram Moolenaar reads: Problem: Unusual characters in an option value may cause unexpected behavior, especially for a modeline. Ciaran McCreesh Solution: Don't allow setting termcap options...

web browsers -- window injection vulnerabilities

A Secunia Research advisory reports: Secunia Research has reported a vulnerability in multiple browsers, which can be exploited by malicious people to spoof the content of websites. The problem is that a website can inject content into another site's window if the target name of the window is...

imlib -- xpm heap buffer overflows and integer overflows

Pavel Kankovsky reports: Imlib affected by a variant of CAN-2004-0782 too. I've discovered more vulnerabilities in Imlib 1.9.13. In particular, it appears to be affected by a variant of Chris Evans' libXpm flaw 1 CAN-2004-0782, see http://scary.beasts.org/security/CESA-2004-003.txt. Look at the...

krb5 -- heap buffer overflow vulnerability in libkadm5srv

A MIT krb5 Security Advisory reports: The MIT Kerberos 5 administration library libkadm5srv contains a heap buffer overflow in password history handling code which could be exploited to execute arbitrary code on a Key Distribution Center KDC host. The overflow occurs during a password change of a...

samba -- integer overflow vulnerability

Greg MacManus, iDEFENSE Labs reports: Remote exploitation of an integer overflow vulnerability in the smbd daemon included in Samba 2.0.x, Samba 2.2.x, and Samba 3.0.x prior to and including 3.0.9 could allow an attacker to cause controllable heap corruption, leading to execution of arbitrary...

mc -- multiple vulnerabilities

Andrew V. Samoilov reported several vulnerabilities that were corrected in MidnightCommand 4.6.0: Format string issues CVE-2004-1004 Buffer overflows CVE-2004-1005 Denial-of-service, infinite loop CVE-2004-1009 Denial-of-service, corrupted section header CVE-2004-1090 Denial-of-service, null...

bugzilla -- cross-site scripting vulnerability

A Bugzilla advisory states: This advisory covers a single cross-site scripting issue that has recently been discovered and fixed in the Bugzilla code: If a malicious user links to a Bugzilla site using a specially crafted URL, a script in the error page generated by Bugzilla will display the URL...

kdelibs3 -- konqueror FTP command injection vulnerability

Albert Puigsech Galicia reports that Konqueror more specifically kioftp and Microsoft Internet Explorer are vulnerable to a FTP command injection vulnerability which can be exploited by tricking an user into clicking a specially crafted FTP URI. It is also reported by Ian Gulliver and Emanuele...

rssh & scponly -- arbitrary command execution

Jason Wies identified both rssh & scponly have a vulnerability that allows arbitrary command execution. He reports: The problem is compounded when you recognize that the main use of rssh and scponly is to allow file transfers, which in turn allows a malicious user to transfer and execute entire...

viewcvs -- information leakage

The hidecvsroot and forbidden configuration options are not properly honored by viewcvs when exporting to a tar file which can lead to information leakage...

jabberd -- remote buffer overflow vulnerability

Caused by improper bounds-checking of username and password in the C2S module, it is possible for an attacker to cause a remote buffer overflow. The server directly handles the userinput with SQL backend functions - malicious input may lead to buffer overflow...

Open DC Hub -- remote buffer overflow vulnerability

Donato Ferrante reported an exploitable buffer overflow in this software package. Any user that can login with 'admin' privileges can abuse it, trough the $RedirectAll command, to execute arbitrary code...

jdk/jre -- Security Vulnerability With Java Plugin

The Sun Java Plugin capability in Java 2 Runtime Environment JRE 1.4.201, 1.4.204, and possibly earlier versions, does not properly restrict access between Javascript and Java applets during data transfer, which allows remote attackers to load unsafe classes and execute arbitrary code...

helvis -- information leak vulnerabilities

Once a recovery file has been preserved by the setuid root elvprsv utility it is placed in a worldreadable directory with worldreadable permissions. This possibly allows sensitive information to leak. In addition to this information leak, it is possible for users to recover files that belong to...

helvis -- arbitrary file deletion problem

The setuid root elvprsv utility, used to preserve recovery helvis files, can be abused by local users to delete with root privileges. The problem is that elvprsv deletes files when it thinks they have become corrupt. When elvprsv is pointed to a normal file then it will almost always think the fi...

xpdf -- buffer overflow vulnerability

An iDEFENSE Security Advisory reports: Remote exploitation of a buffer overflow vulnerability in the xpdf PDF viewer, as included in multiple Linux distributions, could allow attackers to execute arbitrary code as the user viewing a PDF file. The offending code can be found in the Gfx::doImage...

squid -- possible information disclosure

The squid-2.5 patches pages notes: In certain conditions Squid returns random data as error messages in response to malformed host name, possibly leaking random internal information which may come from other requests...

ProZilla -- server response buffer overflow vulnerabilities

Buffer overflow vulnerabilities have been reported to exist in this software package. The vulnerabilities can be triggered by a remote server and can be used to inject malicious code in the ProZilla process...

opera -- multiple vulnerabilities in Java implementation

Marc Schoenefeld reports: Opera 7.54 is vulnerable to leakage of the java sandbox, allowing malicious applets to gain unacceptable privileges. This allows them to be used for information gathering spying of local identity information and system configurations as well as causing annoying crash...

phpMyAdmin -- cross-site scripting vulnerabilities

Multiple cross-site scripting vulnerabilities, caused by improper input parameter sanitizing, were detected in phpMyAdmin, which may enable an attacker to do cross-site scripting attacks...

phpbb -- arbitrary command execution and other vulnerabilities

The ChangeLog for phpBB 2.0.11 states: Changes since 2.0.10 Fixed vulnerability in highlighting code very high severity, please update your installation as soon as possible Fixed unsetting global vars - Matt Kavanagh Fixed XSS vulnerability in username handling - AnthraX101 Fixed not confirmed sq...

up-imapproxy -- multiple vulnerabilities

Timo Sirainen reports: There are various bugs in up-imapproxy which can crash it. Since up-imapproxy runs in a single process with each connection handled in a separate thread, any crash kills all the connections and stops listening for new ones. In 64bit systems it might be possible to make it...

smbd -- buffer-overrun vulnerability

Caused by improper bounds checking of certain trans2 requests, there is a possible buffer overrun in smbd. The attacker needs to be able to create files with very specific Unicode filenames on the share to take advantage of this issue...

fcron -- multiple vulnerabilities

An iDEFENSE Security Advisory states: Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Fcron. File contents disclosure Configuration Bypass Vulnerability File Removal and Empty File Creation Vulnerability Information Disclosure Vulnerability...

Overflow error in fetch

An integer overflow condition in fetch1 in the processing of HTTP headers can result in a buffer overflow. A malicious server or CGI script can respond to an HTTP or HTTPS request in such a manner as to cause arbitrary portions of the client's memory to be overwritten, allowing for arbitrary code...