Weekly Vulnerabilities Reports > December 3 to 9, 2001

Cisco 12000 with IOS 12.0 and line cards based on Engine 2 does not properly filter does not properly filter packet fragments even when the "fragment" keyword is used in an ACL, which allows remote attackers to bypass the intended access controls.

Cisco 12000 with IOS 12.0 and lines card based on Engine 2 does not properly handle an outbound ACL when an input ACL is not configured on all the interfaces of a multi port line card, which could allow remote attackers to bypass the intended access controls.

Cisco 12000 with IOS 12.0 and line cards based on Engine 2 does not support the "fragment" keyword in an outgoing ACL, which could allow fragmented packets in violation of the intended access.

Cisco 12000 with IOS 12.0 and line cards based on Engine 2 does not properly handle the implicit "deny ip any any" rule in an outgoing ACL when the ACL contains exactly 448 entries, which can allow some outgoing packets to bypass access restrictions.

Cisco 12000 with IOS 12.0 and line cards based on Engine 2 does not block non-initial packet fragments, which allows remote attackers to bypass the ACL.

Terminal Services Manager MMC in Windows 2000 and XP trusts 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.

Cross-site scripting vulnerability in status.php3 in Imp Webmail 2.2.6 and earlier allows remote attackers to gain access to the e-mail of other users by hijacking session cookies via the message parameter.

viralator CGI script in Viralator 0.9pre1 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a URL for a file being downloaded, which is insecurely passed to a call to wget.

Lotus Domino Web Server 5.x allows remote attackers to gain sensitive information by accessing the default navigator $defaultNav via (1) URL encoding the request, or (2) directly requesting the ReplicaID.

Vulnerability in (1) Book of guests and (2) Post it! allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via shell metacharacters in the email parameter.

Directory traversal vulnerability in Search.cgi in Leoboard LB5000 LB5000II 1029 and earlier allows remote attackers to overwrite files and gain privileges via ..

Directory traversal vulnerability in Search.cgi in Ikonboard ib219 and earlier allows remote attackers to overwrite files and gain privileges via ..

ibillpm.pl in iBill password management system generates weak passwords based on a client's MASTER_ACCOUNT, which allows remote attackers to modify account information in the .htpasswd file via brute force password guessing.

Format string vulnerability in Network Solutions Rwhoisd 1.5.x allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in the -soa command.

Buffer overflow in Oracle9iAS Web Cache 2.0.0.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long HTTP GET request.

Cross-site scripting vulnerability in Webalizer 2.01-06, and possibly other versions, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary HTML tags by specifying them in (1) search keywords embedded in HTTP referrer information, or (2) host names that are retrieved via a reverse DNS lookup.

Buffer overflows in CesarFTPD 0.98b allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via long arguments to (1) HELP, (2) USER, (3) PASS, (4) PORT, (5) DELE, (6) REST, (7) RMD, or (8) MKD.

Cross-site scripting vulnerability in IBM WebSphere 3.02 and 3.5 FP2 allows remote attackers to execute Javascript by inserting the Javascript into (1) a request for a .JSP file, or (2) a request to the webapp/examples/ directory, which inserts the Javascript into an error page.

Buffer overflows in GazTek ghttpd 1.4 allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code via long arguments that are passed to (1) the Log function in util.c, or (2) serveconnection in protocol.c.

A buffer overflow in Linux fetchmail before 5.8.6 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a large 'To:' field in an email header.

A buffer overflow the '\s' console command in MDBMS 0.99b9 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands by sending the command a large amount of data.

OpenSSH before 2.9.9, when running sftp using sftp-server and using restricted keypairs, allows remote authenticated users to bypass authorized_keys2 command= restrictions using sftp commands.

Buffer overflow in PerlIS.dll in Activestate ActivePerl 5.6.1.629 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an HTTP request for a long filename that ends in a .pl extension.

Outlook Web Access (OWA) in Microsoft Exchange 5.5 Server, when used with Internet Explorer, does not properly detect certain inline script, which can allow remote attackers to perform arbitrary actions on a user's Exchange mailbox via an HTML e-mail message.

Internet Explorer 5.1 for Macintosh on Mac OS X allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands by causing a BinHex or MacBinary file type to be downloaded, which causes the files to be executed if automatic decoding is enabled.

Buffer overflow in Microsoft Windows Media Player 6.4 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a malformed Advanced Streaming Format (ASF) file.

ValiCert Enterprise Validation Authority (EVA) Administration Server 3.3 through 4.2.1 uses insufficiently random data to (1) generate session tokens for HSMs using the C rand function, or (2) generate certificates or keys using /dev/urandom instead of another source which blocks when the entropy pool is low, which could make it easier for local or remote attackers to steal tokens or certificates via brute force guessing.

Buffer overflows in forms.exe CGI program in ValiCert Enterprise Validation Authority (EVA) Administration Server 3.3 through 4.2.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via long arguments to the parameters (1) Mode, (2) Certificate_File, (3) useExpiredCRLs, (4) listenLength, (5) maxThread, (6) maxConnPerSite, (7) maxMsgLen, (8) exitTime, (9) blockTime, (10) nextUpdatePeriod, (11) buildLocal, (12) maxOCSPValidityPeriod, (13) extension, and (14) a particular combination of parameters associated with private key generation that form a string of a certain length.

Cross-site scripting (CSS) vulnerability in ValiCert Enterprise Validation Authority (EVA) 3.3 through 4.2.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or display false information by including HTML or script in the certificate's description, which is executed when the certificate is viewed.

Forms.exe CGI program in ValiCert Enterprise Validation Authority (EVA) 3.3 through 4.2.1 allows remote attackers to determine the real pathname of the server by requesting an invalid extension, which produces an error page that includes the path.

Buffer overflow in db_loader in ClearCase 4.2 and earlier allows local users to gain root privileges via a long TERM environment variable.

Buffer overflow in otrcrep in Oracle 8.0.x through 9.0.1 allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a long ORACLE_HOME environment variable, aka the "Oracle Trace Collection Security Vulnerability."

The pmpost program in Performance Co-Pilot (PCP) before 2.2.1-3 allows a local user to gain privileges via a symlink attack on the NOTICES file in the PCP log directory (PCP_LOG_DIR).

lpstat in IRIX 6.5.13f and earlier allows local users to gain root privileges by specifying a Trojan Horse nettype shared library.

PHP 4.0.4pl1 and 4.0.5 in safe mode allows remote attackers to read and write files owned by the web server UID by uploading a PHP script that uses the error_log function to access the files.

htsearch CGI program in htdig (ht://Dig) 3.1.5 and earlier allows remote attackers to use the -c option to specify an alternate configuration file, which could be used to (1) cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) by specifying a large file such as /dev/zero, or (2) read arbitrary files by uploading an alternate configuration file that specifies the target file.

Internet Explorer 5.5 and 6.0 allows remote attackers to read and modify user cookies via Javascript in an about: URL, aka the "First Cookie Handling Vulnerability."

A cross-site scripting vulnerability in Apache Tomcat 3.2.1 allows a malicious webmaster to embed Javascript in a request for a .JSP file, which causes the Javascript to be inserted into an error message.

A cross-site scripting vulnerability in Caucho Technology Resin before 1.2.4 allows a malicious webmaster to embed Javascript in a hyperlink that ends in a .jsp extension, which causes an error message that does not properly quote the Javascript.

wrshdsp.exe in Denicomp Winsock RSHD/NT 2.21.00 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via (1) in 2.20.00 and earlier, an invalid port number such as a negative number, which causes a connection attempt to that port and all ports below 1024, and (2) in 2.21.00, a port number of 1024.

Lotus Domino 5.0.5 and 5.0.8, and possibly other versions, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (block access to databases that have not been previously accessed) via a URL that includes the .

THQ Volition Red Faction Game allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (hang) of a client or server via packets to UDP port 7755.

Windows 2000 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) by flooding Internet Key Exchange (IKE) UDP port 500 with packets that contain a large number of dot characters.

Cisco 12000 with IOS 12.0 and line cards based on Engine 2 does not handle the "fragment" keyword in a compiled ACL (Turbo ACL) for packets that are sent to the router, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a flood of fragments.

Cisco 12000 with IOS 12.0 and line cards based on Engine 2 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) by flooding the router with traffic that generates a large number of ICMP Unreachable replies.

2.4.3-12 kernel in Red Hat Linux 7.1 Korean installation program sets the setting default umask for init to 000, which installs files with world-writeable permissions.

PHP-Nuke 5.2 allows remote attackers to copy and delete arbitrary files by calling case.filemanager.php with admin.php as an argument, which sets the $PHP_SELF variable and makes it appear that case.filemanager.php is being called by admin.php instead of the user.

Directory traversal vulnerability in Entrust GetAccess allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a ..

TUX HTTP server 2.1.0-2 in Red Hat Linux allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a long Host: header.

Squid proxy server 2.4 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a mkdir-only FTP PUT request.

6tunnel 0.08 and earlier does not properly close sockets that were initiated by a client, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource exhaustion) by repeatedly connecting to and disconnecting from the server.

Cerberus FTP server 1.0 - 1.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a large number of "PASV" requests.

FPF kernel module 1.0 allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service via fragmented packets.

The default configuration of DCShop 1.002 beta places sensitive files in the cgi-bin directory, which could allow remote attackers to read sensitive data via an HTTP GET request for (1) orders.txt or (2) auth_user_file.txt.

Directory traversal vulnerability in ttawebtop.cgi in Tarantella Enterprise 3.00 and 3.01 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a ..

Directory traversal vulnerability in story.pl in Interactive Story 1.3 allows a remote attacker to read arbitrary files via a ..

SGI IRIX 6.5 through 6.5.12f and possibly earlier versions, and FreeBSD 3.0, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a malformed IGMP multicast packet with a small response delay.

Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) in Windows 98, 98SE, ME, and XP allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption or crash) via a malformed UPnP request.

Citrix MetaFrame 1.8 Server with Service Pack 3, and XP Server Service Pack 1 and earlier, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a large number of incomplete connections to the server.

Terminal Server in Windows NT and Windows 2000 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a sequence of invalid Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) packets.

Buffer overflow in Outlook Express 5.0 through 5.02 for Macintosh allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via an e-mail message that contains a long line.

wmtv 0.6.5 and earlier does not properly drop privileges, which allows local users to execute arbitrary commands via the -e (external command) option.

Buffer overflow in pppattach and other linked PPP utilities in Caldera Open Unix 8.0 and UnixWare 7.1.0 and 7.1.1 allows local users to gain privileges.

Common Cryptographic Architecture (CCA) in IBM 4758 allows an attacker with physical access to the system and Combine_Key_Parts permissions, to steal DES and 3DES keys by using a brute force attack to create a 3DES exporter key.

join.cfm in e-Zone Media Fuse Talk allows a local user to execute arbitrary SQL code via a semi-colon (;) in a form variable.

Vulnerability in DECwindows Motif Server on OpenVMS VAX or Alpha 6.2 through 7.3, and SEVMS VAX or Alpha 6.2, allows local users to gain access to unauthorized resources.

Unknown vulnerability in Oracle Label Security in Oracle 8.1.7 and 9.0.1, when audit functionality, SET_LABEL, or SQL*Predicate is being used, allows local users to gain additional access.

Apple MacOS X 10.0 and 10.1 allow a local user to read and write to a user's desktop folder via insecure default permissions for the Desktop when it is created in some languages.

apmscript in Apmd in Red Hat 7.2 "Enigma" allows local users to create or change the modification dates of arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the LOW_POWER temporary file, which could be used to cause a denial of service, e.g.

Internet Explorer 5.0, and possibly other versions, may allow remote attackers (malicious web pages) to read known text files from a client's hard drive via a SCRIPT tag with a SRC value that points to the text file.

DeltaThree Pc-To-Phone 3.0.3 places sensitive data in world-readable locations in the installation directory, which allows local users to read the information in (1) temp.html, (2) the log folder, and (3) the PhoneBook folder.

Vulnerability in Oracle 8.0.x through 9.0.1 on Unix allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files, possibly via a symlink attack or incorrect file permissions in (1) the ORACLE_HOME/rdbms/log directory or (2) an alternate directory as specified in the ORACLE_HOME environmental variable, aka the "Oracle File Overwrite Security Vulnerability."

Vulnerability in CIFS/9000 Server (SAMBA) A.01.06 and earlier in HP-UX 11.0 and 11.11, when configured as a print server, allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files by modifying certain resources.