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Buffer Overrun in MDAC Function Could Allow Code Execution (832483)
Downloads Because of a vulnerability in a specific MDAC component, an attacker could respond to this request with a specially-crafted packet that could cause a buffer overflow. Microsoft Data Access Components (MDAC) is a collection of components that...
[January 13, 2004, 6:00]
Buffer Overflow Exploits: The Why and How
White Papers Buffer overflow exploits are pervasive, powerful, and easy to use. Buffer overflow exploits can be prevented. If programmers were perfect, there would be no unchecked buffers, and consequently, no buffer overflow exploits.
[November 3, 2005, 0:00]
Buffer overflow flaw found in open source MP3 player
News The software vulnerability may lead to an exploit in which a specially crafted MP2 or MP3 file could cause a memory problem called a "buffer overflow" that could allow an attacker to run malicious code.
[January 12, 2005, 7:50]
Microsoft Windows 2000 Patch: Hyperterminal Buffer Overflow
Downloads This update resolves the "HyperTerminal Buffer Overflow" security vulnerability in Windows 2000. If you receive and open an HTML e-mail message that contains a particularly malformed Web address (URL), the URL can be used to exploit this...
[October 24, 2000, 8:00]
Scalable Socket Buffer Tuning for High-Performance Web Servers
White Papers This paper proposes a new architecture, called Scalable Socket Buffer Tuning (SSBT), to provide high-performance and fair service for many TCP connections at Internet endhosts. The other is Equation-based Automatic TCP Buffer Tuning (E-ATBT), where...
[December 6, 2007, 0:01]
Windows 98 Unchecked Buffer Help Security Vulnerability Patch
Downloads One of the functions that is exposed through the control contains an unchecked buffer. This buffer may be exploited by a Web page that is hosted on an attacker's site or that is sent to a user as an HTML message.
[October 31, 2002, 7:44]
Windows Me HyperTerminal Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Downloads The product contains an unchecked buffer in a section of the code that processes Telnet URLs. If a user opened an HTML mail that contained a particularly malformed Telnet URL, it would result in a buffer overrun that could enable the creator of the...
[June 30, 2001, 7:10]
Steps Involved in Exploiting a Buffer Overflow Vulnerability Using a SEH Handler
White Papers This paper uses buffer overflow vulnerability in an application to overwrite the SEH handler. This paper will outline all the steps necessary to exploit such vulnerability, from detecting the point of buffer overflow in the application, to writing...
[May 16, 2009, 1:17]
Content-Adaptive Temporal Search Range Control Based on Frame Buffer Utilization
White Papers This paper investigates the relationships between the reference frame buffer utilization and the optimal search range. Multiple reference frame selection adopted by the state-of-art H.264 video compression standard offers substantial performance gain.
[May 31, 2007, 1:00]
Microsoft windows NT 4.0 Unchecked Buffer in SNMP Service Could Enable Arbitrary Code to be Run
Downloads This update resolves the "Unchecked Buffer in SNMP Service Could Enable Arbitrary Code to be Run" security vulnerability in Windows NTŪ 4.0, and is discussed in Microsoft Security Bulletin MS02-006. The vulnerability exists because a component of...
[March 12, 2002, 7:00]
Transmeta adds buffer-overflow protection at chip level
News The "No Execute", or NX, technology is designed to help prevent a buffer overflow, a type of attack that involves overwhelming a computer's defence systems and inserting a malicious program in buffer, or temporary, memory.
[May 18, 2004, 9:00]
Receiver Buffer Requirement for Video Streaming Over TCP
White Papers In current practice, however, there are no systematic guidelines for the provisioning of the receiver buffer, and smooth playout is insured through over-provisioning. This paper is interested in memory-constrained applications where it is important...
[December 20, 2007, 0:01]
Malicious Code Protector: A New Approach for Detecting and Blocking Buffer Over?ow Attacks
White Papers While attack countermeasures have been developed to identify a buffer overflow attack after it has emerged, current solutions are unable to identify new attacks or variations on the attack. To solve this problem Check Point developed Malicious Code...
[March 2, 2005, 2:00]
Cisco IOS Firewall Authentication Proxy for FTP and Telnet Sessions Buffer Overflow
White Papers Cisco Systems has released Cisco Security Advisory: Cisco IOS Firewall Authentication Proxy for FTP and Telnet Sessions Buffer Overflow. This paper describes the Firewall Authentication Proxy (Auth-Proxy) feature and discusses the workarounds and...
[February 22, 2007, 0:00]
The TCP Bandwidth-Delay Product Revisited: Network Buffering, Cross Traffic, and Socket Buffer Auto-Sizing
White Papers The BDP is of fundamental importance because it determines the required socket buffer size for maximum throughput. It shows that, with careful socket buffer sizing, a bulk TCP transfer can saturate a network path independent of the BDP or the...
[December 20, 2007, 0:01]
Windows XP Unchecked Buffer in File Decompression Functions Vulnerability Patch
Downloads An unchecked buffer exists in the program that handles the decompressing of files from a zipped file. This patch addresses two vulnerabilities. When this program tries to open a file that has a specially malformed file name that is contained in a...
[October 31, 2002, 23:56]
Trend Micro plugs buffer overflow bug
News Security solutions provider Trend Micro has released a fix for buffer overflow vulnerabilities found in its home user and corporate anti-virus packages. The bug is known to allow individuals to use a controlled buffer overflow to crash the anti...
[December 12, 2002, 12:17]
Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 Patch: Unchecked Buffer in Index Server
Downloads This update resolves the "Unchecked Buffer in Index Server ISAPI Extension Could Enable Web Server Compromise" security vulnerability in Windows NTŪ 4.0 computers running Index Server 2.0, and is discussed in Microsoft Security Bulletin MS01-033.
[June 18, 2001, 8:00]
Windows Media Player ASF Unchecked Buffer Vulnerability
Downloads The two vulnerabilities are a buffer overrun in the functionality used to process Active Stream Redirector (.ASX) files, and a vulnerability affecting how Windows Media Player handles Internet shortcuts.
[December 13, 2001, 3:03]
Windows NT SNMP Unchecked Buffer Vulnerability Patch
Downloads A buffer overrun is present in all implementations. Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) is an Internet standard protocol for managing disparate network devices such as firewalls, computers, and routers.
[March 15, 2002, 3:47]
