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Secunia Advisory SA25017

Microgaming Download Helper ActiveX Control Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Secunia Advisory

SA25017

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Release Date

2007-04-24

Last Update

2008-10-15

Popularity

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Criticality level

Highly critical

Impact

System access

Where

From remote

Authentication level

Available in Customer Area

Report reliability

Available in Customer Area

Solution Status

Vendor Patch

Systems affected

Available in Customer Area

Approve distribution

Available in Customer Area

Software:

Microgaming Download Helper ActiveX Control 7.x

Secunia CVSS Score

Available in Customer Area

CVE Reference(s)

CVE-2007-2177 CVSS available in Customer Area

Description

Will Dormann has reported a vulnerability in Microgaming Download Helper ActiveX Control, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.

The vulnerability is caused due to an unspecified error within the Microgaming Download Helper ActiveX control (dlhelper.dll). This can be exploited to cause a stack-based buffer overflow when a user visits a malicious website.

Successful exploitation may allow execution of arbitrary code.

Solution
Update to version 7.2.0.19.
Further details available in Customer Area

Provided and/or discovered by
Will Dormann, CERT/CC

Changelog
Further details available in Customer Area

Original Advisory
US-CERT VU#184473:
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/184473

Microgaming:
http://www.microgaming.co.uk/news_dlhelper.php

Other references
Further details available in Customer Area

Alternate/detailed remediation
Further details available in Customer Area

Deep Links
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