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PDF Form Filling and Flattening Tool Field Name Buffer Overflow
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA20233
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Release Date:
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2006-05-24
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Popularity:
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5,849 views
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Critical:
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Moderately 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: | PDF Form Filling and Flattening Tool 3.x
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| CVE reference: | CVE-2006-2549
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Description:
George D. Gal has reported a vulnerability in PDF Form Filling and Flattening Tool, which potentially can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.
The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error within the handling of form field names. This can be exploited to cause a stack-based buffer overflow via an overly long field name, supplied either via a malicious control file or via the command line.
The vulnerability has been reported in version 3.0 for Windows. Other versions may also be affected.
Solution:
The vulnerability has reportedly been fixed in version 3.1.0.12 released on 2006-05-10.
Provided and/or discovered by:
George D. Gal, Virtual Security Research.
Original Advisory:
Virtual Security Research, LLC:
http://www.vsecurity.com/bulletins/advisories/2006/pdf-form-filling.txt
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