Outlook Express Address Book Contact Record Vulnerability - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence

Outlook Express Address Book Contact Record Vulnerability
Secunia Advisory:	SA23311	Advisory Toolbox: Issue ticket Save in to-do list Mark as handled Exploit information Download as PDF Review actions Add comment
Release Date:	2006-12-12
Popularity:	11,112 views

Critical:	Moderately critical
Impact:	System access
Where:	From remote
Solution Status:	Vendor Patch

OS:	Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional Microsoft Windows 2000 Server Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Web Edition Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition Microsoft Windows XP Professional

Software:	Microsoft Outlook Express 5.5 Microsoft Outlook Express 6

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CVE reference:	CVE-2006-2386

Description: A vulnerability has been reported in Outlook Express, 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 Windows Address Book files (.wab) and can be exploited to cause a buffer overflow by tricking a user into opening a specially crafted WAB file. Successful exploitation allows execution of arbitrary code. Solution: Apply patches. Outlook Express 5.5 SP2 on Windows 2000 SP4: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...=CB0563FB-A05D-4D9D-B269-B5602B09C16A Outlook Express 6 SP1 on Windows 2000 SP4: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...=1F0432D4-3F45-472E-8C2D-B7B6A879ACB8 Outlook Express 6 on Windows XP SP2: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...=560E8778-9733-4719-A565-614FD490C320 Outlook Express 6 on Windows XP Professional x64 Edition: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...=6BE4F4CE-ABD6-4A38-84A5-8952E3531217 Outlook Express 6 on Windows Server 2003 (optionally with SP1): http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...=FE358108-15DF-4ED9-B257-01AEB82647DF Outlook Express 6 on Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...=DDE5C141-DE6C-4DD9-8399-6E5DB0DCC574 Outlook Express 6 on Windows Server 2003 for Itanium-based systems (optionally with SP1): http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...=7D3FEA7A-DDC0-4A22-A8B3-D5F46707D017 Provided and/or discovered by: Reported by the vendor. Original Advisory: MS06-076 (KB923694): http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/MS06-076.mspx

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