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Vilistextum "get_attr()" Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA13552
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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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8,806 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: | Vilistextum 2.x
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| CVE reference: | CVE-2004-1299
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Description:
Ariel Berkman has reported a vulnerability in Vilistextum, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.
The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error in the "get_attr()" function when converting HTML documents into text. This can be exploited to cause a buffer overflow via a specially crafted HTML document.
Successful exploitation allows execution of arbitrary code, but requires that the user is tricked into converting a malicious HTML document.
The vulnerability has been reported in version 2.6.6. Other versions may also be affected.
Solution:
The vulnerability has been fixed in version 2.6.7.
Provided and/or discovered by:
Ariel Berkman
Changelog:
2004-12-21: Updated solution.
2004-12-22: Added CVE reference.
Original Advisory:
http://tigger.uic.edu/~jlongs2/holes/vilistextum.txt
http://sourceforge.net/project/showno...group_id=117488&release_id=291137
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