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TITLE:
HP Instant Support Driver Check sdd.dll Buffer Overflow

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA25918

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/25918/

CRITICAL:
Highly critical

IMPACT:
System access

WHERE:
>From remote

SOFTWARE:
HP Instant Support - Driver Check 1.x
http://secunia.com/product/14696/

DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been reported in HP Instant Support Driver Check,
which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a vulnerable
system.

The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error when processing
the "queryHub()" function in sdd.dll. This can be exploited to cause
a buffer overflow via an overly long string passed to the affected
function when a user visits a malicious web page.

Successful exploitation allows execution of arbitrary code.

The vulnerability is reported in versions prior to 1.5.0.3.

SOLUTION:
Update to version 1.5.0.3.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
The vendor credits John Heasman of NGSSoftware and Carlo Di Dato
a.k.a. shinnai.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
HP:
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c01077597

Shinnai:
http://www.shinnai.altervista.org/index.php?mod=02_Forum&group=Exploits&argument=Remote&topic=1183360239.ff.php&page=last

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