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Total Commander unacev2.dll Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Secunia Advisory: SA19454
Release Date: 2006-03-30
Last Update: 2006-05-05
Popularity: 5,793 views

Critical:
Moderately critical
Impact: System access
Where: From remote
Solution Status: Vendor Patch

Software:Total Commander 6.x

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CVE reference:CVE-2005-2856


Description:
A vulnerability has been reported in Total Commander, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.

The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error in UNACEV2.DLL when extracting an ACE archive containing a file with an overly long filename. This can be exploited to cause a stack-based buffer overflow when a user extracts a specially crafted ACE archive.

The vulnerability is related to:
SA16479

The vulnerability has confirmed in version 6.53. Prior versions may also be affected.

Solution:
Update to version 6.54 or later.
http://www.ghisler.com/download.htm

Provided and/or discovered by:
Originally reported by Secunia Research in ALZip.

Reported in Total Commander by vendor.

Changelog:
2006-05-05: Added CVE reference.

Other References:
SA16479:
http://secunia.com/advisories/16479/


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