---------------------------------------------------------------------- Try a new way to discover vulnerabilities that ALREADY EXIST in your IT infrastructure. The Full Featured Secunia Network Software Inspector (NSI) is now available: http://secunia.com/network_software_inspector/ The Secunia NSI enables you to INSPECT, DISCOVER, and DOCUMENT vulnerabilities in more than 4,000 different Windows applications. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: InterActual Player Two ActiveX Controls Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities SECUNIA ADVISORY ID: SA25718 VERIFY ADVISORY: http://secunia.com/advisories/25718/ CRITICAL: Highly critical IMPACT: System access WHERE: >From remote SOFTWARE: InterActual Player 2.x http://secunia.com/product/6311/ DESCRIPTION: Parvez Anwar has discovered two vulnerabilities in InterActual Player, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system. 1) A boundary error within the IAMCE (IAMCE.dll) ActiveX control when handling the "FailURL" property can be exploited to cause a stack-based buffer overflow by assigning an overly long (greater than 256 bytes) string to the affected property. 2) A boundary error within the IAKey (IAKey.dll) ActiveX control when handling the "URLCode" property can be exploited to cause a stack-based buffer overflow by assigning an overly long (around 900 bytes) string to the affected property. Successful exploitation allows execution of arbitrary code. The vulnerabilities are confirmed in version 2.60.12.0717. Other versions may also be affected. SOLUTION: The vendor is reportedly working on a fix. Set the kill-bit for the affected ActiveX control. PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY: Parvez Anwar ---------------------------------------------------------------------- About: This Advisory was delivered by Secunia as a free service to help everybody keeping their systems up to date against the latest vulnerabilities. Subscribe: http://secunia.com/secunia_security_advisories/ Definitions: (Criticality, Where etc.) http://secunia.com/about_secunia_advisories/ Please Note: Secunia recommends that you verify all advisories you receive by clicking the link. Secunia NEVER sends attached files with advisories. Secunia does not advise people to install third party patches, only use those supplied by the vendor. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe: Secunia Security Advisories http://secunia.com/sec_adv_unsubscribe/?email=packet%40packetstormsecurity.org ----------------------------------------------------------------------