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TITLE:
Gracenote CDDBControl ActiveX Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA22924

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/22924/

CRITICAL:
Highly critical

IMPACT:
System access

WHERE:
>From remote

SOFTWARE:
Gracenote CDDBControl ActiveX Control 2.x
http://secunia.com/product/10669/

DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been reported in GraceNote CDDBControl 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
handling of certain unspecified proxy configuration parameters. This
can be exploited to cause a buffer overflow when a user visits a
malicious web site.

Successful exploitation allows execution of arbitrary code.

Note: Other products that install this ActiveX control may also be
affected.

SOLUTION:
The vendor recommends users of other affected products to contact
their respective vendors for an update.

The vendor has also provided the following program to allow users of
other Gracenote-enabled products to update or disable the ActiveX
control if a patch is not available.
http://www.gracenote.com/corporate/update/

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Discovered by Peter Vreugdenhil and reported via ZDI.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
Gracenote:
http://www.gracenote.com/corporate/FAQs.html/faqset=update/page=0

ZDI:
http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-07-021.html

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