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Winzip Unspecified Multiple Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA12430
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Release Date:
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2004-09-02
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Last Update:
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2007-01-08
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Popularity:
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31,702 views
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Critical:
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Highly critical
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Impact:
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System access
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Where:
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From remote
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Solution Status:
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Vendor Patch
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| Software: | WinZip 3.x
WinZip 6.x
WinZip 7.x
WinZip 8.x
WinZip 9.x
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Description:
Multiple vulnerabilities has been reported in Winzip, which potentially can be exploited to compromise a user's system.
1) Some unspecified vulnerabilities, which can be exploited to cause buffer overflows. Successful exploitation can potentially lead to execution of arbitrary code.
2) A problem caused due to insufficient validation of command-line arguments. This can be exploited by using a specially crafted argument to cause a buffer overflow and potentially execute arbitrary code.
Solution:
Update to 9.0 SR-1:
http://www.winzip.com/dprob.htm
Provided and/or discovered by:
Reported by vendor.
Changelog:
2007-01-08: Updated Link in "Solution" section.
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