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Posted on 11 May 2007
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Secunia Research 09/05/2007
- BearShare NCTAudioFile2 ActiveX Control Buffer Overflow -
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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
BearShare 6.0.2.26789
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
"Share, Discover and Download music and videos."
Product Link:
http://www.bearshare.com/
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4) Description of Vulnerability
Secunia Research has discovered a vulnerability in BearShare, which
can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.
The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error in the
NCTAudioFile2.AudioFile ActiveX control when handling the
"SetFormatLikeSample()" method. This can be exploited to cause a
stack-based buffer overflow by passing an overly long string (about
4124 bytes) as argument to the affected method.
Successful exploitation allows execution of arbitrary code when a user
e.g. visits a malicious website.
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5) Solution
Set the kill-bit for the affected ActiveX control.
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6) Time Table
30/04/2007 - Vendor notified.
09/05/2007 - 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-2007-0018 for the vulnerability.
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9) About Secunia
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10) Verification
Please verify this advisory by visiting the Secunia website:
http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2007-50/
Complete list of vulnerability reports published by Secunia Research:
http://secunia.com/secunia_research/
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