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TITLE:
Picasm Error Handling Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA15468

VERIFY ADVISORY:
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CRITICAL:
Less critical

IMPACT:
System access

WHERE:
>From remote

SOFTWARE:
Picasm 1.x
http://secunia.com/product/5140/

DESCRIPTION:
Shaun Colley has reported a vulnerability in Picasm, which can be
exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.

The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error in the error
handling and can be exploited to cause a stack-based buffer overflow
by tricking a user into assembling a specially crafted file.

Successful exploitation allows execution of arbitrary code with the
privileges of the user running Picasm.

The vulnerability has been reported in versions 1.12b and prior.

SOLUTION:
Update to version 1.12c.
http://www.co.jyu.fi/~trossi/pic/

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Shaun Colley

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