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TITLE:
Programmer's Notepad ctags Processing Buffer Overflow

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA29233

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/29233/

CRITICAL:
Highly critical

IMPACT:
System access

WHERE:
>From remote

SOFTWARE:
Programmers Notepad 2.x
http://secunia.com/product/8130/

DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been discovered in Programmer's Notepad, which
can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.

The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error within the
processing of ctags output. This can be exploited to cause a
stack-based buffer overflow when a user e.g. opens a specially
crafted ".c" file and uses the "Jump To" dialog.

Successful exploitation allows execution of arbitrary code.

The vulnerability is confirmed in version 2.0.6.1. Other versions may
also be affected.

SOLUTION:
Update to version 2.0.8.718.
http://www.pnotepad.org/download/

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Reported by the vendor.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=581499&group_id=45545

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