SecurityReason.com - Our Reason is

Security

Register | Forget Password | Login
SecurityReason
IT News
Search
SecurityAlert Database
About SecurityAlert
ExploitAlert Database
SecurityReason Research
WLB
WLB Database
Send to WLB
About WLB
Services
Security Audit
Schedule
Prices of services
Contact
RSS
SecurityReason IT News
SecurityAlert
World Laboratory of Bugtraq
ExploitAlert
Apache
PHP
Corporate
Contact
About SecurityReason
Note

If you have found a vulnerability, please send to our SecurityAlert Database :
secalert()securityreason()com

Also if you have new ( 0-day ) exploit, please send to our ExploitAlert Archive :
exploit()securityreason()com
Home arrow SecurityAlert Database

Arrow  Topic :

Secunia Research: NJStar Word Processor Font Name Buffer Overflow


Arrow  SecurityAlert : 461
Arrow  CVE : CVE-2006-0807
Arrow  SecurityRisk : High  Security Risk High  (About)
Arrow  Remote Exploit : Yes
Arrow  Local Exploit : No
Arrow  Exploit Available : No
Arrow  Credit : Secunia Research
Arrow  Published : 22.02.2006

Arrow  Affected Software :
NJStar Chinese/Japanese Word Processor 5.01.41108.
NJStar Chinese/Japanese Word Processor 4.x and 5.0x.



Arrow  Advisory Content :  

======================================================================

Secunia Research 20/02/2006

- NJStar Word Processor Font Name Buffer Overflow -

======================================================================
Table of Contents

Affected Software....................................................1
Severity.............................................................2
Description of Vulnerability.........................................3
Solution.............................................................4
Time Table...........................................................5
Credits..............................................................6
References...........................................................7
About Secunia........................................................8
Verification.........................................................9

======================================================================
1) Affected Software

* NJStar Chinese/Japanese Word Processor 5.01.41108.
* NJStar Chinese/Japanese Word Processor 4.x and 5.0x.

======================================================================
2) Severity

Rating: Moderately Critical
Impact: System access
Where: Remote

======================================================================
3) Description of Vulnerability

Secunia Research has discovered a vulnerability in NJStar Word
Processor, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a
user's system.

The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error within the
handling of font names read from a NJStar document file (".njx").
This can be exploited to cause a stack-based buffer overflow.

Successful exploitation allows arbitrary code execution when a
malicious ".njx" file is opened.

======================================================================
4) Solution

Update to version 5.10.

======================================================================
5) Time Table

03/02/2006 - Initial vendor notification.
04/02/2006 - Initial vendor reply.
18/02/2006 - Vendor released fixed versions.
20/02/2006 - Public disclosure.

======================================================================
6) Credits

Discovered by Tan Chew Keong, Secunia Research.

======================================================================
7) References

No other references.

======================================================================
8) About Secunia

Secunia collects, validates, assesses, and writes advisories regarding
all the latest software vulnerabilities disclosed to the public. These
advisories are gathered in a publicly available database at the
Secunia website:

http://secunia.com/

Secunia offers services to our customers enabling them to receive all
relevant vulnerability information to their specific system
configuration.

Secunia offers a FREE mailing list called Secunia Security Advisories:

http://secunia.com/secunia_security_advisories/

======================================================================
9) Verification

Please verify this advisory by visiting the Secunia website:
http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2006-5/advisory/

Complete list of vulnerability reports published by Secunia Research:
http://secunia.com/secunia_research/

======================================================================




Arrow  Feedback :

If you have additional information or notice any errors regarding this security advisory, please use contact form or email us at info()securityreason()com.
Alert

libc:fts_*() Multiple Denial of Service

Security Risk Medium- 2009-10-02

The fts functions are provided for traversing UNIX file hierarchies...
Apache RSS Apache Alert

» Apache 1.3.41 mod_proxy
   Integer overflow (code
   execution)

» Apache Tomcat 6.0.20 and
   5.5.28 unexpected file
   deletion in work
   directory

» Apache Tomcat 6.0.20 and
   5.5.28 insecure partial
   deploy after failed
   undeploy

» Apache Tomcat 6.0.20 and
   5.5.28 unexpected file
   deletion and/or
   alteration
PHP RSS PHP Alert

» PHP 5.2.12/5.3.1
   session.save_path
   safe_mode and
   open_basedir bypass

» PHP 5.2.12/5.3.1 Multiple
   Vulnerabilities

» PHP 5.2.11 libgd multiple
   vulnerabilities

» PHP 5.2.11 tempnam()
   safe_mode bypass
Copyright © SecurityReason.com. All Rights Reserved.