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Gracenote CDDBControl ActiveX Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA22924
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Release Date:
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2007-04-20
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Popularity:
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5,850 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: | Gracenote CDDBControl ActiveX Control 2.x
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| CVE reference: | CVE-2007-0443
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Description:
A vulnerability has been reported in GraceNote CDDBControl ActiveX Control, 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 certain unspecified proxy configuration parameters. This can be exploited to cause a buffer overflow when a user visits a malicious web site.
Successful exploitation allows execution of arbitrary code.
Note: Other products that install this ActiveX control may also be affected.
Solution:
The vendor recommends users of other affected products to contact their respective vendors for an update.
The vendor has also provided the following program to allow users of other Gracenote-enabled products to update or disable the ActiveX control if a patch is not available.
http://www.gracenote.com/corporate/update/
Provided and/or discovered by:
Discovered by Peter Vreugdenhil and reported via ZDI.
Original Advisory:
Gracenote:
http://www.gracenote.com/corporate/FAQs.html/faqset=update/page=0
ZDI:
http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-07-021.html
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