Weekly Vulnerabilities Reports > March 25 to 31, 2002

The zone determination function in Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5 and 6.0 allows remote attackers to run scripts in the Local Computer zone by embedding the script in a cookie, aka the "Cookie-based Script Execution" vulnerability.

Heap-based buffer overflow in Squid before 2.4 STABLE4, and Squid 2.5 and 2.6 until March 12, 2002 distributions, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service, and possibly execute arbitrary code, via compressed DNS responses.

chuid 1.2 and earlier does not properly verify the ownership of files that will be changed, which allows remote attackers to change files owned by other users, such as root.

Directory traversal vulnerability in chuid 1.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to change the ownership of files outside of the upload directory via a ..

CGI handler in John Roy Pi3Web for Windows 2.0 beta 1 and 2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a series of requests whose physical path is exactly 260 characters long and ends in a series of .

Domain Name Relay Daemon (dnrd) 2.10 and earlier allows remote malicious DNS sites to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long or malformed DNS reply, which is not handled properly by parse_query, get_objectname, and possibly other functions.

Pi-Soft SpoonFTP 1.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to redirect traffic to other sites (aka FTP bounce) via the PORT command.

Telnet proxy in Avirt Gateway Suite 4.2 does not require authentication for connecting to the proxy system itself, which allows remote attackers to list file contents of the proxy and execute arbitrary commands via a "dos" command.

Buffer overflows in Avirt Gateway Suite 4.2 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via (1) long header fields to the HTTP proxy, or (2) a long string to the telnet proxy.

cgitest.exe in Sambar Server 5.1 before Beta 4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service, and possibly execute arbitrary code, via a long argument.

Buffer overflow in BlackMoon FTP Server 1.0 through 1.5 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long argument to (1) USER, (2) PASS, or (3) CWD.

MDG Computer Services Web Server 4D WS4D/eCommerce 3.0 and earlier, and possibly 3.5.3, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary commands via a long HTTP request.

Cross-site scripting vulnerability in Infopop Ultimate Bulletin Board (UBB) 6.2.0 Beta Release 1.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary script and steal cookies via a message containing encoded Javascript in an IMG tag.

Cross-site scripting vulnerability in Yet Another Bulletin Board (YaBB) 1 Gold SP 1 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary script and steal cookies via a message containing encoded Javascript in an IMG tag.

Directory traversal vulnerability in Funsoft Dino's Webserver 1.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to read files or execute arbitrary commands via a ..

Allaire Forums 2.0.4 and 2.0.5 and Forums! 3.0 and 3.1 allows remote authenticated users to spoof messages as other users by modifying the hidden form fields for the name and e-mail address.

AOL AOLserver 3.4.2 Win32 allows remote attackers to bypass authentication and read password-protected files via a URL that directly references the file.

Buffer overflow in index.cgi administration interface for Boozt! Standard 0.9.8 allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a long name field when creating a new banner.

Geeklog 1.3 allows remote attackers to hijack user accounts, including the administrator account, by modifying the UID of a user's permanent cookie to the target account.

The default configuration of BSCW (Basic Support for Cooperative Work) 3.x and possibly version 4 enables user self registration, which could allow remote attackers to upload files and possibly join a user community that was intended to be closed.

config_converters.py in BSCW (Basic Support for Cooperative Work) 3.x and versions before 4.06 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the file name during filename conversion.

CDRDAO 1.1.4 and 1.1.5 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the $HOME/.cdrdao configuration file.

Buffer overflow in Chinput 3.0 allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a long HOME environment variable.

Buffer overflow in efax 0.9 and earlier, when installed setuid root, allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a long -x argument.

Buffer overflow in ClanLib library 0.5 may allow local users to execute arbitrary code in games that use the library, such as (1) Super Methane Brothers, (2) Star War, (3) Kwirk, (4) Clankanoid, and others, via a long HOME environment variable.

CDE dtlogin in Caldera UnixWare 7.1.0, and possibly other operating systems, allows local users to gain privileges via a symlink attack on /var/dt/Xerrors since /var/dt is world-writable.

The installation of Geeklog 1.3 creates an extra group_assignments record which is not properly deleted, which causes the first newly created user to be added to the GroupAdmin and UserAdmin groups, which could provide that user with administrative privileges that were not intended.

Linksys EtherFast BEFN2PS4, BEFSR41, and BEFSR81 Routers, and possibly other products, allow remote attackers to gain sensitive information and cause a denial of service via an SNMP query for the default community string "public," which causes the router to change its configuration and send SNMP trap information back to the system that initiated the query.

LogWatch before 2.5 allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a symlink attack on the logwatch temporary directory.

rpcbind in SGI IRIX 6.5 through 6.5.15f, and possibly earlier versions, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via malformed RPC packets with invalid lengths.

Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5 on Windows 98 allows remote web pages to cause a denial of service (hang) via extremely long values for form fields such as INPUT and TEXTAREA, which can be automatically filled via Javascript.

Netopia Timbuktu Pro 6.0.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a series of connections to one of the ports (1417 - 1420).

ActivePython ActiveX control for Python in the AXScript package, when used in Internet Explorer, does not prevent a script from reading files from the client's filesystem, which allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a malicious web page containing Python script.

Netgear RP114 Cable/DSL Web Safe Router Firmware 3.26, when configured to block traffic below port 1024, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (hang) via a port scan of the WAN port.

MDG Computer Services Web Server 4D/eCommerce 3.5.3 allows remote attackers to exploit directory traversal vulnerability via a ../ (dot dot) containing URL-encoded slashes in the HTTP request.

Siemens 3568i WAP mobile phones allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via an SMS message containing unusual characters.

Alcatel Speed Touch Home ADSL Modem allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (reboot) via a network scan with unusual packets, such as nmap with OS detection.

Palm OS 3.5h and possibly other versions, as used in Handspring Visor and Xircom products, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a TCP connect scan, e.g.

Snort 1.8.3 does not properly define the minimum ICMP header size, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash and core dump) via a malformed ICMP packet.

Etype Eserv 2.97 allows remote attackers to view password protected files via /./ in the URL.

Web administration interface in CacheFlow CacheOS 4.0.13 and earlier allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via a series of GET requests that do not end in with HTTP/1.0 or another version string, which causes the information to be leaked in the error message.

BEA Systems Weblogic Server 6.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a series of requests to .JSP files that contain an MS-DOS device name.

AFTPD 5.4.4 allows remote attackers to gain sensitive information via a CD (CWD) ~ (tilde) command, which causes a core dump.

Oracle9iAS Web Cache 2.0.0.x allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via (1) a request to TCP ports 1100, 4000, 4001, and 4002 with a large number of null characters, and (2) a request to TCP port 4000 with a large number of "." characters.

Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 and earlier allows local users to cause a denial of service via an infinite loop for modeless dialogs showModelessDialog, which causes CPU usage while the focus for the dialog is not released.

Buffer overflow in Michael Lamont Savant Web Server 3.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a long HTTP request to the cgi-bin directory in which the CGI program name contains a large number of .

Plesk Server Administrator (PSA) 1.0 allows remote attackers to obtain PHP source code via an HTTP request containing the target's IP address and a valid account name for the domain.

Buffer overflow in Eterm of Enlightenment Imlib2 1.0.4 and earlier allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a long HOME environment variable.

EMC NetWorker (formerly Legato NetWorker) before 7.0 stores passwords in plaintext in the daemon.log file, which allows local users to gain privileges by reading the password from the file.

EMC NetWorker (formerly Legato NetWorker) before 7.0 stores log files in the /nsr/logs/ directory with world-readable permissions, which allows local users to read sensitive information and possibly gain privileges.

An installer program for Oracle9iAS Web Cache 2.0.0.x creates executable and configuration files with insecure permissions, which allows local users to gain privileges by (1) running webcached or (2) obtaining the administrator password from webcache.xml.

Vulnerability in SGI IRIX 6.5.11 through 6.5.15f allows local users to cause privileged applications to dump core via the HOSTALIASES environment variable, which might allow the users to gain privileges.

CDRDAO 1.1.4 and 1.1.5 allows local users to read arbitrary files via the show-data command.

efax 0.9 and earlier, when installed setuid root, allows local users to read arbitrary files via the -d option, which prints the contents of the file in a warning message.

PHP 4.0 through 4.1.1 stores session IDs in temporary files whose name contains the session ID, which allows local users to hijack web connections.

Apple Palm Desktop 4.0b76 and 4.0b77 creates world-readable backup files and folders when a hotsync is performed, which could allow a local user to obtain sensitive information.

Nevrona Designs MiraMail 1.04 and earlier stores authentication information such as POP usernames and passwords in plaintext in a .ini file, which allows an attacker to gain privileges by reading the passwords from the file.

Maelstrom GPL 3.0.1 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files of other Maelstrom users via a symlink attack on the /tmp/f file.