FreeBSD pty hijacking
Published:		16.01.2008
Source:		BUGTRAQ
SecurityVulns ID:		8570
Type:		remote
Level:		5/10
Description:		'script' users openpty in insecure way, ptsname incorrectly extracts device name.

Affected:		FREEBSD : FreeBSD 7.0
		FREEBSD : FreeBSD 6.1
		FREEBSD : FreeBSD 5.5
		FREEBSD : FreeBSD 6.2
		FREEBSD : FreeBSD 6.3
CVE:		CVE-2008-0217 (The script program in FreeBSD 5.0 through 7.0-PRERELEASE invokes openpty, which creates a pseudo-terminal with world-readable and world-writable permissions when it is not run as root, which allows local users to read data from the terminal of the user running script.)
		CVE-2008-0216 (The ptsname function in FreeBSD 6.0 through 7.0-PRERELEASE does not properly verify that a certain portion of a device name is associated with a pty of a user who is calling the pt_chown function, which might allow local users to read data from the pty from another user.)

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FREEBSD, FreeBSD Security Advisory FreeBSD-SA-08:01.pty (16.01.2008)

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Linux kernel IPv6 DoS
Published:		16.01.2008
Source:		BUGTRAQ
SecurityVulns ID:		8575
Type:		remote
Level:		6/10
Description:		Uninitialized memory reference.

Affected:

LINUX : kernel 2.6

Original document

SECURITEAM, [EXPL] Linux Kernel IPv6 Jumbo Bug (16.01.2008)

Files:		PoC code for exploiting the jumbo bug found in linux kernels >=2.6.20 and <=2.6.21.1
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FreeBSD libc / libbind memory corruption
Published:		16.01.2008
Source:		BUGTRAQ
SecurityVulns ID:		8571
Type:		library
Level:		6/10
Description:		Off-by-one heap overflow in inet_network() .

Affected:		FREEBSD : FreeBSD 7.0
		FREEBSD : FreeBSD 6.2
		FREEBSD : FreeBSD 6.3
CVE:		CVE-2008-0122 (Off-by-one error in the inet_network function in libc in FreeBSD 6.2, 6.3, and 7.0-PRERELEASE and earlier allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via crafted input that triggers memory corruption.)

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FREEBSD, FreeBSD Security Advisory FreeBSD-SA-08:02.libc (16.01.2008)

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TIBCO SmartSockets RTserver multiple security vulnerabilities
Published:		16.01.2008
Source:		BUGTRAQ
SecurityVulns ID:		8573
Type:		remote
Level:		6/10
Description:		Buffer overflows, arrays overflows, pointers manipulation.

Affected:		TIBCO : SmartSockets 6.8
CVE:		CVE-2007-5658
		CVE-2007-5657
		CVE-2007-5656
		CVE-2007-5655

Original document		IDEFENSE, iDefense Security Advisory 01.15.08: TIBCO SmartSockets RTServer Multiple Untrusted Loop Bounds Vulnerabilities (16.01.2008)
		IDEFENSE, iDefense Security Advisory 01.15.08: TIBCO SmartSockets RTserver Multiple Untrusted Pointer Offset Vulnerabilities (16.01.2008)
		IDEFENSE, iDefense Security Advisory 01.15.08: TIBCO SmartSockets RTServer Multiple Untrusted Pointer Vulnerabilities (16.01.2008)
		IDEFENSE, iDefense Security Advisory 01.15.08: TIBCO SmartSockets RTserver Heap Overflow Vulnerability (16.01.2008)

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Daily web applications security vulnerabilities summary (PHP, ASP, JSP, CGI, Perl) updated since 16.01.2008
Published:		16.01.2008
Source:		BUGTRAQ
SecurityVulns ID:		8572
Type:		remote
Level:		5/10
Description:		PHP inclusions, SQL injections, directory traversals, crossite scripting, information leaks, etc. RiSearch PHP: crossite scripting

Original document		xcross87_(at)_gmail.com, MicroNews Admin Direct Access vulnerability (16.01.2008)
		xcross87_(at)_gmail.com, Max's File Uploader File Upload Vulnerability (16.01.2008)
		xcross87_(at)_gmail.com, Article DashBoard all version SQL Injection Vulnerability (16.01.2008)
		Jose M. Palazon Romero, Exploiting the SpamBam plugin for wordpress (16.01.2008)
		Jose M. Palazon Romero, Defeating audio captcha systems (16.01.2008)

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Apple QuickTime multiple security vulnerabilities updated since 16.01.2008
Published:		17.01.2008
Source:		FULL-DISCLOSURE
SecurityVulns ID:		8574
Type:		client
Level:		7/10
Description:		Buffer overflow on parsing Macintosh resources embedded into QuickTime movie. Quicktime Image IDSC atom memory corruption.

Affected:		APPLE : QuickTime 7.3
		APPLE : QuickTime Player 7.3
		APPLE : QuickTime PictureViewer 7.3
CVE:		CVE-2008-0033
		CVE-2008-0032

Original document		CERT, US-CERT Technical Cyber Security Alert TA08-016A -- Apple QuickTime Updates for Multiple Vulnerabilities (17.01.2008)
		DVLabs, TPTI-08-01: Apple Quicktime Image File IDSC Atom Memory Corruption Vulnerability (17.01.2008)
		IDEFENSE, [Full-disclosure] iDefense Security Advisory 01.15.08: Apple QuickTime Macintosh Resource Processing Heap Corruption Vulnerability (16.01.2008)

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