Microsoft Windows DirectShow AVI Handling Vulnerability - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence

Microsoft Windows DirectShow AVI Handling Vulnerability
Secunia Advisory:	SA17160	Advisory Toolbox: Issue ticket Save in to-do list Mark as handled Exploit information Download as PDF Review actions Add comment
Release Date:	2005-10-11
Last Update:	2006-02-10
Popularity:	17,500 views

Critical:	Highly 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 Embedded Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition Microsoft Windows XP Professional

Software:	Microsoft DirectX 7.x Microsoft DirectX 8.x Microsoft DirectX 9.x

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CVE reference:	CVE-2005-2128

Description: eEye Digital Security has been reported a vulnerability in Microsoft Windows DirectShow, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system. The vulnerability is caused due to a validation error in QUARTZ.DLL when decoding AVI movie files. This can be exploited to write a null byte to an arbitrary memory location e.g. the header of the heap block. Successful exploitation allows arbitrary code execution, but requires that the user open a malicious AVI file with specially crafted value in the length field of the "strn" element. Solution: Apply patches. Microsoft DirectX 7.0 on Microsoft Windows 2000 (requires Service Pack 4): http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...=2feffe6c-6c1c-42d9-b15e-f8f8d9c0e60e Microsoft DirectX 8.1 on Microsoft Windows XP (requires Service Pack 1 or 2): http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...=2636cfce-49ea-4d06-80ba-21a84f3658a5 Microsoft DirectX 8.1 on Microsoft Windows XP Professional x64 Edition: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...=ef614cdc-1db5-4b5c-8440-714941799a9f Microsoft DirectX 8.1 on Microsoft Windows Server 2003 (with and without Service Pack 1): http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...=66f44766-3741-4c83-aa5f-1b3498131dd9 Microsoft DirectX 8.1 on Microsoft Windows Server 2003 (Itanium) (with and without Service Pack 1): http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...=7f8342a0-2462-46d3-9e40-262f72db68a6 Microsoft DirectX 8.1 on Microsoft Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...=76c3815c-a966-49eb-825f-1b8454c09bbf Microsoft DirectX 8.0, 8.0a, 8.1, 8.1a, 8.1b, and 8.2 on Windows 2000 (requires Service Pack 4): http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...=FEDC7212-27B8-4993-9965-53E9298DB386 Microsoft DirectX 9.0, 9.0a, 9.0b, and 9.0c on Windows 2000 (requires Service Pack 4): http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...=1853AD1F-92C8-4C2B-8F52-9B2FC8DBF769 Microsoft DirectX 9.0, 9.0a, 9.0b, and 9.0c on Windows XP (requires Service Pack 1): http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...=36FBED29-E264-4BC7-AB48-2CC4A59ACAA1 Microsoft DirectX 9.0, 9.0a, 9.0b, and 9.0c on Windows Server 2003: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...=6083BA2D-4F1A-4900-8F7D-A32CB41CB5FA Microsoft Windows XP Embedded (with SP2): http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...=e7b6d199-7607-44a8-96fd-5a2386427bd9 Microsoft Windows XP Embedded (with SP1): http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...=af116ff1-9347-40d5-b03c-c2c758c652ba Provided and/or discovered by: Fang Xing, eEye Digital Security. Changelog: 2005-10-12: Added information from eEye Digital Security. Updated "Description", "Original Advisory", "Other References", and credit sections. 2005-11-21: Added patch information for Windows XP Embedded. 2006-02-10: Added patch information for Windows XP Embedded with SP1. Original Advisory: MS05-050 (KB904706): http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/MS05-050.mspx eEye Digital Security: http://www.eeye.com/html/research/advisories/AD20051011a.html Other References: US-CERT VU#995220 http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/995220

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