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TITLE:
Microsoft DirectShow MPEG2TuneRequest ActiveX Control Buffer Overflow

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA35683

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http://secunia.com/advisories/35683/

DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been reported in Microsoft Windows, which can be
exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.

The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error in the ActiveX
control for streaming video (msvidctl.dll) and can be exploited to
cause a stack-based buffer overflow via specially crafted image
content.

Successful exploitation allows execution of arbitrary code when a
user e.g. visits a malicious website.

NOTE: The vulnerability is currently being actively exploited.

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

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Reported as a 0-day.

CHANGELOG:
2009-07-06: Added additional information from Microsoft. Added
Windows Server 2003 as affected.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
Microsoft:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/972890.mspx

KingSoft Internet Security Blog:
http://blog.duba.net/read.php/225.htm
http://blog.duba.net/read.php/226.htm

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