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CoolPlayer Skin Long Key Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA23360
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Release Date:
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2006-12-14
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Last Update:
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2009-01-05
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Popularity:
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4,521 views
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Critical:
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Moderately 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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Unpatched
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| Software: | CoolPlayer 2.x
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| CVE reference: | CVE-2008-5735
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Description:
Mehdi Oudad and Kevin Fernandez have discovered a vulnerability in CoolPlayer, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.
The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error within the "main_skin_check_ini_value()" function in skin.c. This can be exploited to cause a stack-based buffer overflow by specifying an overly long string (more than 1024 bytes) as a key in the INI file of the skin.
Successful exploitation may allow execution of arbitrary code.
Buffer overflows are also reported to occur within "CPL_AddPrefixedFile()" function in CPI_Playlist.c and "main_skin_open()" function in skin.c.
The vulnerability is confirmed in version 2.16. Other versions may also be affected.
Solution:
Do not load untrusted skins.
Provided and/or discovered by:
Mehdi Oudad and Kevin Fernandez, zone-h.fr
Changelog:
2009-01-05: Added CVE reference.
Original Advisory:
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2006-December/051269.html
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