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TITLE:
IBM eGatherer ActiveX "RunEgatherer" Buffer Overflow

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA21528

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/21528/

CRITICAL:
Highly critical

IMPACT:
System access

WHERE:
>From remote

SOFTWARE:
IBM Access Support ActiveX Control (eGatherer) 2.x
http://secunia.com/product/3585/
IBM Access Support ActiveX Control (eGatherer) 3.x
http://secunia.com/product/11550/

DESCRIPTION:
eEye Digital Security has reported a vulnerability in the IBM
eGatherer ActiveX control, which can be exploited by malicious people
to compromise a user's system.

The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error within the
RunEgatherer function and can be exploited to cause a stack-based
overflow by e.g. tricking a user into visiting a malicious website.

Successful exploitation allows execution of arbitrary code.

SOLUTION:
Update to version 3.20.0284.0.
http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/IbmEgath.cab

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Andre Derek Protas, eEye Digital Security

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://www.eeye.com/html/research/advisories/AD20060816.html

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