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Aspell word-list-compress Word List Processing Buffer Overflow
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA11828
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Release Date:
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2004-06-18
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Last Update:
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2006-02-23
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Popularity:
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7,196 views
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Critical:
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Less 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: | GNU Aspell 0.x
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Description:
shaun2k2 has reported a vulnerability in aspell. This can potentially be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.
The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error within the word-list-compress utility when processing word lists. This can be exploited to cause a stack-based buffer overflow via a specially crafted word list containing an overly long word (more than 256 bytes).
Successful exploitation may allow execution of arbitrary code with the user's privileges, but requires a large amount of social engineering.
A malicious person has to be able to manipulate a word list on the user's system or trick the user into downloading a malicious word list. Afterwards, the user has to process the word list with the word-list-compress utility.
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