Secunia Research: Autonomy Keyview EML Reader Buffer Overflows
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Secunia Research 08/04/2008
- Autonomy Keyview EML Reader Buffer Overflows -
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Table of Contents
Affected Software....................................................1
Severity.............................................................2
Vendor's Description of Software.....................................3
Description of Vulnerability.........................................4
Solution.............................................................5
Time Table...........................................................6
Credits..............................................................7
References...........................................................8
About Secunia........................................................9
Verification........................................................10
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1) Affected Software
* Autonomy Keyview 10.3.0.0
NOTE: Other versions may also be affected.
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2) Severity
Rating: Highly critical
Impact: System compromise
Where: Remote
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3) Vendor's Description of Software
"Whether you require export of documents to Web-ready HTML or valid
XML, high-speed filtering, or high-fidelity viewing capabilities,
KeyView has a software developer kit that you can use.".
Product Link:
http://www.autonomy.com/content/Products/KeyView/index.en.html
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4) Description of Vulnerability
Secunia Research has discovered multiple vulnerabilities in Autonomy
Keyview, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a
user's system.
1) A boundary error in the EML reader (emlsr.dll) when parsing certain
headers ("To:", "Cc:", "Bcc:", "From:", "Date:", "Subject:",
"Priority:", "Importance:", and "X-MSMail-Priority:") in EML files can
be exploited to cause a heap-based buffer overflow via an overly long
string.
2) A boundary error in the EML reader (emlsr.dll) when encountering the
beginning of RFC2047 encoded-words in headers can be exploited to cause
a heap-based buffer overflow via an overly long string.
3) A boundary error in the EML reader (emlsr.dll) when parsing the text
string in RFC2047 encoded-words in headers can be exploited to cause a
heap-based buffer overflow via an overly long string.
4) A boundary error in the EML reader (emlsr.dll) when creating a
filename based on the subject in an EML file can be exploited to cause
a heap-based buffer overflow via an overly long string.
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5) Solution
Update to version 10.4.0.0 or later.
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6) Time Table
08/11/2007 - IBM notified.
08/11/2007 - IBM response.
08/04/2008 - Public disclosure.
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7) Credits
Discovered by Carsten Eiram, Secunia Research.
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8) References
The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) project has assigned
CVE-2007-5399 for the vulnerability.
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10) Verification
Please verify this advisory by visiting the Secunia website:
http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2007-91/
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