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CheckMark Payroll DUNZIP32.dll Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA17096
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Release Date:
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2005-10-12
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Last Update:
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2006-03-30
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Popularity:
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5,623 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: | CheckMark Payroll for Windows 3.x
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| CVE reference: | CVE-2004-1094
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Description:
Juha-Matti Laurio has reported a vulnerability in CheckMark Payroll, which potentially can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.
The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error in a 3rd-party compression library (DUNZIP32.dll) when extracting a backup file.
The vulnerability is related to:
SA12805
Successful exploitation may allow execution of arbitrary code, but requires that the user is e.g. tricked into restoring from a malicious ZIP backup file.
The vulnerability has been reported in versions prior to 3.9.7.
Solution:
Update to version 3.9.7 (requires CheckMark Payroll 2004/2005 for Windows version 3.9.x).
http://www.checkmark.com/support/patch_win_pr.php
Provided and/or discovered by:
Juha-Matti Laurio
Changelog:
2006-03-30: Added CVE reference.
Original Advisory:
CheckMark Software:
http://www.checkmark.com/support/prw_update.php
Juha-Matti Laurio:
http://www.networksecurity.fi/advisories/payroll.html
Other References:
SA12805:
http://secunia.com/advisories/12805/
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