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Lhaplus ARJ Long Filename Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA26907
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Release Date:
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2007-09-21
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Last Update:
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2007-09-25
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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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Vendor Patch
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| Software: | Lhaplus 1.x
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| | CVE reference: | CVE-2007-5048 (Secunia mirror)
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Description:
Fourteenforty Research has reported a vulnerability in Lhaplus, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.
The vulnerability is caused due to an input validation error when handling ARJ archives. This can be exploited to cause a heap-based buffer overflow via a specially crafted ARJ archive containing a long filename.
Successful exploitation allows execution of arbitrary code.
The vulnerability is reported in version 1.53. Other versions may also be affected.
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Solution:
Update to version 1.55.
http://www7a.biglobe.ne.jp/~schezo/
Provided and/or discovered by:
Fourteenforty Research Institute, Inc.
Changelog:
2007-09-25: Added CVE reference.
Original Advisory:
Lhaplus:
http://www7a.biglobe.ne.jp/~schezo/arj_vul.html
Fourteenforty Research Institute, Inc.:
http://www.fourteenforty.jp/research/advisory.cgi?FFRRA-20070921
Other References:
JVN:
http://jvn.jp/jp/JVN%2370734805/index.html
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Secunia collects, validates, and verifies all vulnerability reports issued by security research groups, vendors, and others.
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3 Related Secunia Security Advisories
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1. Lhaplus ZOO Archive Processing Buffer Overflow
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2. Lhaplus LZH Archive Processing Unspecified Buffer Overflow
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3. Lhaplus "extended header size" Buffer Overflow
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