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Microsoft Windows ART Image Handling Buffer Overflow
Secunia Advisory: SA20605
Release Date: 2006-06-13
Last Update: 2006-06-15
Popularity: 11,599 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 Home Edition
Microsoft Windows XP Professional

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CVE reference:CVE-2006-2378


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

The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error within the handling of the ART image file format. This can be exploited to cause a heap-based buffer overflow when the user views a malicious web site, which contains a specially crafted ART image, using Internet Explorer or opens a HTML e-mail message containing the image.

Successful exploitation allows arbitrary code execution.

Solution:
Apply patches.

Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4 (with Internet Explorer 5.01 SP4):
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...=AE6D8DA7-B170-416D-8812-265FFA757301

Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4 (with Internet Explorer 6 SP1):
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...=F6328F82-457E-44CB-95FB-2DB0E8C9EE3C

Microsoft Windows XP SP1:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...=F6328F82-457E-44CB-95FB-2DB0E8C9EE3C

Microsoft Windows XP SP2:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...=71022EA1-94CB-4FE9-B89E-46876D068B9A

Microsoft Windows XP Professional x64 Edition:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...=A386523E-96AB-43ED-B189-E13AF497B685

Microsoft Windows Server 2003:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...=56DF0CF2-9214-4B23-9034-C59E8B7126D6

Microsoft Windows Server 2003 for Itanium-based systems:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...=5E1B95C3-7E75-4468-829C-1DC7B4ECE5D0

Microsoft Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...=4DC13B7C-01AB-4BB6-9766-0FE0D02E410D

Windows 98, Windows 98 SE, or Windows ME:
Patches are available via the Microsoft Update web site or the Windows Update web site.

Provided and/or discovered by:
Discovered by an anonymous person and reported via iDEFENSE.

Changelog:
2006-06-15: Added link to US-CERT vulnerability note.

Original Advisory:
MS06-022 (KB918439):
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/MS06-022.mspx

iDefense Labs:
http://idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=407

Other References:
US-CERT VU#923236:
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/923236


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