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Buffer overflow in HHOpen ActiveX control (hhopen.ocx) 1.0.0.1 for Internet Explorer 4.01 and 5 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via long arguments to the OpenHelp method.

Buffer overflow in Skyfull mail server via MAIL FROM command.

Netscape Messaging Server 3.54, 3.55, and 3.6 allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service (memory exhaustion) via a series of long RCPT TO commands.

Falcon web server allows remote attackers to determine the absolute path of the web root via long file names.

URL Live! web server allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) attack.

Netscape Communicator 4.7 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service, and possibly execute arbitrary commands, via a long certificate key.

Buffer overflow in WFTPD FTP server allows remote attackers to gain root access via a series of MKD and CWD commands that create nested directories.

Falcon web server allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) attack.

LSA (LSASS.EXE) in Windows NT 4.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a NULL policy handle in a call to (1) SamrOpenDomain, (2) SamrEnumDomainUsers, and (3) SamrQueryDomainInfo.

genfilt in the AIX Packet Filtering Module does not properly filter traffic to destination ports greater than 32767.

Idle locking function in MacOS 9 allows local users to bypass the password protection of idled sessions by selecting the "Log Out" option and selecting a "Cancel" option in the dialog box for an application that attempts to verify that the user wants to log out, which returns the attacker into the locked session.

Zeus web server allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files by specifying the file name in an option to the search engine.

The Zeus web server administrative interface uses weak encryption for its passwords.

IBM WebSphere ikeyman tool uses weak encryption to store a password for a key database that is used for SSL connections.

ypserv allows local administrators to modify password tables.

ypserv allows a local user to modify the GECOS and login shells of other users.

Buffer overflow in rpc.yppasswdd allows a local user to gain privileges via MD5 hash generation.

Linux kernel before 2.3.18 or 2.2.13pre15, with SLIP and PPP options, allows local unprivileged users to forge IP packets via the TIOCSETD option on tty devices.

Buffer overflow in OmniHTTPd CGI program imagemap.exe allows remote attackers to execute commands.

Linux cdwtools 093 and earlier allows local users to gain root privileges via the /tmp directory.

Buffer overflows in Linux cdwtools 093 and earlier allows local users to gain root privileges.

Denial of service in Axent Raptor firewall via malformed zero-length IP options.

The Microsoft Java Virtual Machine allows a malicious Java applet to execute arbitrary commands outside of the sandbox environment.

Microsoft Virtual Machine (VM) allows remote attackers to escape the Java sandbox and execute commands via an applet containing an illegal cast operation, aka the "Virtual Machine Verifier" vulnerability.

Firewall-1 does not properly restrict access to LDAP attributes.

Red Hat Linux screen program does not use Unix98 ptys, allowing local users to write to other terminals.

When BSDI patches for Gauntlet 5.0 BSDI are installed in a particular order, Gauntlet allows remote attackers to bypass firewall access restrictions, and does not log the activities.

ICQ ActiveList Server allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via malformed packets to the server's UDP port.

Buffer overflow in OpenLink 3.2 allows remote attackers to gain privileges via a long GET request to the web configurator.

HTTP server for Xerox DocuColor 4 LP allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (hang) via a long URL that contains a large number of . characters.

Pluggable Authentication Modules (PAM) in Red Hat Linux 6.1 does not properly lock access to disabled NIS accounts.

userOsa in SCO OpenServer allows local users to corrupt files via a symlink attack.

Directory traversal vulnerability in Jana proxy web server 1.40 allows remote attackers to ready arbitrary files via a "......" (modified dot dot) attack.

Directory traversal vulnerability in Jana proxy web server 1.45 allows remote attackers to ready arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) attack.

The IDENT server in Caldera Linux 2.3 creates multiple threads for each IDENT request, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service.

PAM configuration file for rlogin in Red Hat Linux 6.1 and earlier includes a less restrictive rule before a more restrictive one, which allows users to access the host via rlogin even if rlogin has been explicitly disabled using the /etc/nologin file.

Xsession in Red Hat Linux 6.1 and earlier can allow local users with restricted accounts to bypass execution of the .xsession file by starting kde, gnome or anotherlevel from kdm.

Vulnerability in htmlparse.pike in Roxen Web Server 1.3.11 and earlier, possibly related to recursive parsing and referer tags in RXML.

Hybrid Network cable modems do not include an authentication mechanism for administration, allowing remote attackers to compromise the system through the HSMP protocol.

NFS daemon (nfsd.exe) for Omni-NFS/X 6.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource exhaustion) via certain packets, possibly with the Urgent (URG) flag set, to port 111.

Auto_FTP.pl script in Auto_FTP 0.2 stores usernames and passwords in plaintext in the auto_ftp.conf configuration file.

Auto_FTP.pl script in Auto_FTP 0.2 uses the /tmp/ftp_tmp as a shared directory with insecure permissions, which allows local users to (1) send arbitrary files to the remote server by placing them in the directory, and (2) view files that are being transferred.

Netscape Communicator 4.04 through 4.7 (and possibly other versions) in various UNIX operating systems converts the 0x8b character to a "<" sign, and the 0x9b character to a ">" sign, which could allow remote attackers to attack other clients via cross-site scripting (CSS) in CGI programs that do not filter these characters.

Buffer overflow in Sambar Web Server 4.2.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service, and possibly execute arbitrary commands, via a long HTTP GET request.

RPMMail before 1.4 allows remote attackers to execute commands via an e-mail message with shell metacharacters in the "MAIL FROM" command.

shell-lock in Cactus Software Shell Lock allows local users to read or modify decoded shell files before they are executed, via a symlink attack on a temporary file.

shell-lock in Cactus Software Shell Lock uses weak encryption (trivial encoding) which allows attackers to easily decrypt and obtain the source code.

UnixWare dos7utils allows a local user to gain root privileges by using the STATICMERGE environmental variable to find a script which it executes.

Macromedia "The Matrix" screen saver on Windows 95 with the "Password protected" option enabled allows attackers with physical access to the machine to bypass the password prompt by pressing the ESC (Escape) key.

Microsoft Excel does not warn a user when a macro is present in a Symbolic Link (SYLK) format file.