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RARLabs UnRAR Password Prompt Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Secunia Advisory: SA24077
Release Date: 2007-02-08
Last Update: 2007-02-09
Popularity: 11,672 views

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

Software:RAR 3.x
WinRAR 3.x

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CVE reference:CVE-2007-0855


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

The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error when processing password-protected archives using the UnRAR command line utility. This can be exploited to cause a stack-based buffer overflow via a specially crafted password-protected archive.

Successful exploitation requires that the user is e.g. tricked into opening a password-protected archive and respond to the password prompt.

The vulnerability is reported in version 3.60 for Linux and 3.61 for Windows. Other versions may also be affected.

Solution:
The vendor has issued version 3.70 beta release.

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

Changelog:
2007-02-09: Added CVE reference.

Original Advisory:
http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=472


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