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Windows Media Player Bitmap File Processing Vulnerability
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA18835
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Release Date:
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2006-02-14
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Last Update:
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2006-02-28
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Popularity:
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18,570 views
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Critical:
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Highly 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: | Microsoft Windows Media Player 10.x
Microsoft Windows Media Player 7.x
Microsoft Windows Media Player 8.x
Microsoft Windows Media Player 9.x
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| | CVE reference: | CVE-2006-0006
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Description:
eEye Digital Security has reported a vulnerability in Windows Media Player, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.
The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error within the processing of bitmap files (.bmp) and can be exploited to cause a heap-based buffer overflow via a specially crafted bitmap file that declares its size as 0.
Successful exploitation allows execution of arbitrary code when a user e.g. visits a malicious web site, opens a malicious bitmap file (Windows Media Player is not the default handler for bitmap files), or opens a file (e.g. Word document) containing a malicious Windows Media Player (.wmp) image.
The following supported products and product combinations are NOT vulnerable:
* Windows Media Player 6.4
* Windows Media Player 10 on Windows Server 2003 SP1
* Windows XP Professional x64 Edition
* Windows Server 2003 (with or without SP1) for Itanium-based systems
* Microsoft Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition
Solution:
Apply patch.
Windows Media Player for XP on Windows XP SP1:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...=110054F2-244D-4036-B98C-E951CBA7E9BA
Windows Media Player 9 on Windows XP SP2:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...=8F9EEF16-04F7-4DA8-A0EF-1797B52D0B4B
Windows Media Player 9 on Windows Server 2003:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...=8F9EEF16-04F7-4DA8-A0EF-1797B52D0B4B
Windows Media Player 7.1 on Windows 2000 SP4:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...=26A0B9E1-1242-4E55-B3D4-8377B83257C6
Windows Media Player 9 on Windows 2000 SP4 / Windows XP SP1:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...=8F9EEF16-04F7-4DA8-A0EF-1797B52D0B4B
Windows Media Player 10 on Windows XP SP1 / SP2:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...=182735E1-9382-4F2E-A624-D2316A96B411
Windows XP Embedded SP1:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...-b356-45eb3f4c2f1b&DisplayLang=en
Windows XP Embedded SP2:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...-b519-576cfab9d55f&DisplayLang=en
Windows 98, Windows 98 SE, and Windows ME:
Patches are available via the Windows Update web site.
Provided and/or discovered by:
Fang Xing, eEye Digital Security.
Changelog:
2006-02-15: Added additional information provided by eEye. Added link to US-CERT vulnerability note.
2006-02-28: Added fixes for Windows XP Embedded.
Original Advisory:
MS06-005 (KB911565):
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/MS06-005.mspx
eEye Digital Security:
http://www.eeye.com/html/research/advisories/AD20060214.html
Other References:
US-CERT VU#291396:
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/291396
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