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GREED "DownloadLoop()" Function Vulnerabilities
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA13534
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Release Date:
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2004-12-20
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Last Update:
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2004-12-22
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Popularity:
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8,791 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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Unpatched
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| Software: | GREED (Get and Resume Elite EDition) 0.x
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| CVE reference: | CVE-2004-1273
CVE-2004-1274
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Description:
Manigandan Radhakrishnan has reported two vulnerabilities in GREED, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.
1) A boundary error in the "DownloadLoop()" function when parsing GRX files can be exploited to cause a buffer overflow.
2) An input validation error in the "DownloadLoop()" function can be exploited to pass arbitrary commands to a "system()" call via a specially crafted filename containing shell meta-characters.
Successful exploitation of the two vulnerabilities allows execution of arbitrary code, but requires that a user is tricked into opening a specially crafted GRX file list.
The vulnerability has been reported in version 0.81p. Other versions may also be affected.
Solution:
The product has reportedly been discontinued.
Don't open untrusted GRX files.
Use another product.
Provided and/or discovered by:
Manigandan Radhakrishnan
Changelog:
2004-12-22: Added CVE reference.
Original Advisory:
http://tigger.uic.edu/~jlongs2/holes/greed.txt
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