Secunia Research: Where Is It unacev2.dll Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
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Secunia Research 09/05/2006
- Where Is It unacev2.dll Buffer Overflow Vulnerability -
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Table of Contents
Affected Software....................................................1
Severity.............................................................2
Description of Vulnerability.........................................3
Solution.............................................................4
Time Table...........................................................5
Credits..............................................................6
References...........................................................7
About Secunia........................................................8
Verification.........................................................9
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1) Affected Software
* Where Is It version 3.73.501
Other versions may also be affected.
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2) Severity
Rating: Moderately Critical
Impact: System Access
Where: Remote
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3) Description of Vulnerability
Secunia Research has discovered a vulnerability in Where Is It
(WhereIsIt), which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise
a user's system.
The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error in UNACEV2.DLL
when extracting an ACE archive containing a file with an overly long
filename. This can be exploited to cause a stack-based buffer overflow
when a user extracts a specially crafted ACE archive.
The vulnerability is related to:
SA16479
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4) Solution
Update to version 3.73.505
http://www.whereisit-soft.com/download.html
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5) Time Table
04/05/2006 - Initial vendor notification.
09/05/2006 - Public disclosure. (No reply from vendor, but silently
fixed in latest version)
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6) Credits
Discovered by Secunia Research.
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7) References
SA16479:
http://secunia.com/advisories/16479/
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9) Verification
Please verify this advisory by visiting the Secunia website:
http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2006-28/advisory/
Complete list of vulnerability reports published by Secunia Research:
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