Broadcast crash in Popmessenger 1.60 (before 20 Sep 2004)
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Luigi Auriemma
Application: PopMessenger
http://www.leadmind.com
Versions: <= 1.60 (before 20 Sep 2004)
Platforms: Windows
Bug: crash
Risk: medium
Exploitation: remote (broadcast)
Date: 21 September 2004
Author: Luigi Auriemma
e-mail: aluigi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
web: http://aluigi.altervista.org
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1) Introduction
2) Bug
3) The Code
4) Fix
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1) Introduction
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PopMessenger is a LAN messenger for Windows with some features.
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2) Bug
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The messages exchanged with this program are encrypted with the
Blowfish algorithm and then converted to plain-text with Base64.
The problem is located just in the Base64 function because the program
shows an alert dialog if there are illegal chars in a message (like %
or _).
After about 15 consecutive dialogs the program definitely crashs.
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3) The Code
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http://aluigi.altervista.org/poc/popmsgboom.zip
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4) Fix
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The vendor has released a new version without changing the version
number (1.60).
All the programs downloaded after the 20 September 2004 are not
vulnerable.
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Luigi Auriemma
http://aluigi.altervista.org