Aaron Portnoy has reported a vulnerability in Progress, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a vulnerable system.

The vulnerability is caused due to an input validation error within the Progress server (_mprosrv.exe) and can be exploited to cause a heap-based buffer overflow by sending a specially crafted packet to default port 5520/TCP or 5530/TCP.

Successful exploitation may allow execution of arbitrary code.

The vulnerability is reported in Progress 9.1E and OpenEdge 10.1x. Other versions may also be affected.

Solution
Please contact Progress Technical Support for fix information (Support ID: P123949).

Provided and/or discovered by
Aaron Portnoy, TippingPoint DVLabs

Original Advisory
TippingPoint DVLabs:
http://dvlabs.tippingpoint.com/advisory/TPTI-07-12

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