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TITLE:
Gateway CWebLaunchCtl ActiveX Control "DoWebLaunch()" Vulnerabilities

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA28379

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/28379/

CRITICAL:
Highly critical

IMPACT:
System access

WHERE:
>From remote

SOFTWARE:
Gateway CWebLaunchCtl ActiveX Control 1.x
http://secunia.com/product/17132/

DESCRIPTION:
Some vulnerabilities have been discovered in Gateway CWebLaunchCtl
ActiveX control, which can be exploited by malicious people to
compromise a vulnerable system.

1) A boundary error in the WebLaunch.WeblaunchCtl.1 ActiveX control
(weblaunch.ocx) can be exploited to cause a stack-based buffer
overflow by passing overly-long strings as arguments to the
"DoWebLaunch()" method.

2) The WebLaunch.WeblaunchCtl.1 ActiveX control includes the insecure
"DoWebLaunch()" method, which can be exploited to execute arbitrary
commands on the vulnerable system.

The vulnerabilities are confirmed in version 1.0. Other versions may
also be affected.

SOLUTION:
Set the kill-bit for the affected ActiveX control.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
1) Independently discovered by:
* Will Dormann, CERT/CC
* Elazar

2) Elazar

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
US-CERT VU#735441:
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/735441

milw0rm:
http://www.milw0rm.com/exploits/4869

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