Secunia Research: AutoVue SolidModel Professional Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
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Secunia Research 26/07/2006
- AutoVue SolidModel Professional 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
* AutoVue SolidModel Professional Desktop Edition
version 19.1 Build 5993.
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 AutoVue SolidModel
Professional Desktop Edition, which can be exploited by malicious
people to compromise a vulnerable system.
The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error within the
handling of ARJ, RAR, and ZIP archives. This can be exploited to cause
a stack-based buffer overflow when a malicious archive containing a
file with an overly long filename is opened.
Successful exploitation allows execution of arbitrary code.
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4) Solution
Do not open untrusted archives.
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5) Time Table
07/07/2006 - Initial vendor notification.
12/07/2006 - Second vendor notification.
19/07/2006 - Third vendor notification.
26/07/2006 - Public disclosure.
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6) Credits
Discovered by Tan Chew Keong, Secunia Research.
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7) References
The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) project has assigned
CVE-2006-3350 for the vulnerability.
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9) Verification
Please verify this advisory by visiting the Secunia website:
http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2006-56/advisory/
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