Weekly Vulnerabilities Reports > November 19 to 25, 2001

Cross-site scripting vulnerability in namazu.cgi for Namazu 2.0.7 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary Javascript as other web users via the lang parameter.

Format string vulnerability in Network Solutions Rwhoisd 1.5.7.2 and earlier, when using syslog, allows remote attackers to corrupt memory and possibly execute arbitrary code via a rwhois request that contains format specifiers.

Legato Networker before 6.1 allows remote attackers to bypass access restrictions and gain privileges on the Networker interface by spoofing the admin server name and IP address and connecting to Networker from an IP address whose hostname can not be determined by a DNS reverse lookup.

Buffer overflow in helpctr.exe program in Microsoft Help Center for Windows XP allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long hcp: URL.

CITRIX Metaframe 1.8 logs the Client Address (IP address) that is provided by the client instead of obtaining it from the packet headers, which allows clients to spoof their public IP address, e.g.

Linear key exchange process in High-bandwidth Digital Content Protection (HDCP) System allows remote attackers to access data as plaintext, avoid device blacklists, clone devices, and create new device keyvectors by computing and using alternate key combinations for authentication.

Microsoft IIS 5.0 allows remote attackers to spoof web log entries via an HTTP request that includes hex-encoded newline or form-feed characters.

The remote administration client for RhinoSoft Serv-U 3.0 sends the user password in plaintext even when S/KEY One-Time Password (OTP) authentication is enabled, which allows remote attackers to sniff passwords.

Hypermail allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands on a server supporting SSI via an attachment with a .shtml extension, which is archived on the server and can then be executed by requesting the URL for the attachment.

Buffer overflow in Berkeley parallel make (pmake) 2.1.33 and earlier allows a local user to gain root privileges via a long check argument of a shell definition.

Format string vulnerability in Berkeley parallel make (pmake) 2.1.33 and earlier allows a local user to gain root privileges via format specifiers in the check argument of a shell definition.

Vulnerabilities in CGI scripts in susehelp in SuSE 7.2 and 7.3 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands by not opening files securely.

Directory traversal vulnerability in ifx CGI program in Informix Web DataBlade allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a ..

Jakarta Tomcat 4.0.1 allows remote attackers to reveal physical path information by requesting a long URL with a .JSP extension.

Internet Explorer 5.5 and 6 with the Q312461 (MS01-055) patch modifies the HTTP_USER_AGENT (UserAgent) information that indicates that the patch has been installed, which could allow remote malicious web sites to more easily identify and exploit vulnerable clients.

Netscape 4.79 and earlier for MacOS allows an attacker with access to the browser to obtain passwords from form fields by printing the document into which the password has been typed, which is printed in cleartext.

Linux kernel before 2.4.11pre3 in multiple Linux distributions allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) by starting the core vmlinux kernel, possibly related to poor error checking during ELF loading.