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TITLE:
PrivateWire Registration Functionality Buffer Overflow

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA20812

VERIFY ADVISORY:
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CRITICAL:
Highly critical

IMPACT:
DoS, System access

WHERE:
>From remote

SOFTWARE:
PrivateWire 3.x
http://secunia.com/product/10656/

DESCRIPTION:
Michael Thumann has reported a vulnerability in PrivateWire, which
can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS and potentially
compromise a vulnerable system.

The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error within the Online
Registration functionality when handling an overly long URL. This can
be exploited to cause a buffer overflow via an overly long GET
request.

The vulnerability has been reported in PrivateWire Gateway version
3.7. Prior versions may also be affected.

SOLUTION:
The vendor has reportedly issued a patch.

Users can contract the vendor to obtain the patch.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Michael Thumann

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://www.ernw.de/security_advisories.html

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