Topic : | TSC2 Help Desk CTab ActiveX Control Buffer Overflow
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SecurityAlert : 4879
CVE : CVE-2008-4827
CWE : CWE-119
SecurityRisk : High (About)
Remote Exploit : Yes
Local Exploit : No
Victim interaction required : No
Exploit Available : No
Credit : Secunia
Published : 09.01.2009
Updated : 08.01.2010
SecurityReason Note : | Please note that as of version 4.3.1, TSC2 Help Desk includes the patched version of c1sizer.ocx (version 8.0.20081.142) which does not have the buffer overflow vulnerability.
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Affected Software : | sap:sap_gui:6.40
sap:sap_gui:7.10
sap:tabone:7.0.0.16
componentone:sizerone:8.0.20081.140
servantix:tsc2_help_desk:4.18 |
 Advisory Content : ======================================================================
Secunia Research 07/01/2009
- TSC2 Help Desk CTab ActiveX Control Buffer Overflow -
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Table of Contents
Affected Software....................................................1
Severity.............................................................2
Vendor's Description of Software.....................................3
Description of Vulnerability.........................................4
Solution.............................................................5
Time Table...........................................................6
Credits..............................................................7
References...........................................................8
About Secunia........................................................9
Verification........................................................10
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1) Affected Software
* TSC2 Help Desk 4.1.8
NOTE: Other versions may also be affected.
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2) Severity
Rating: Highly critical
Impact: System compromise
Where: Remote
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3) Vendor's Description of Software
"TSC2 Help Desk from is full-featured, easy to use help desk software
that will help you manage your support issues and assets.".
Product Link:
http://www.tsc2-helpdesk.com/
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4) Description of Vulnerability
Secunia Research has discovered a vulnerability in TSC2 Help Desk,
which can be exploited by malicious people to potentially compromise
a user's system.
The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error in the included
CTab ActiveX control (c1sizer.ocx) when copying tab captions. This
can be exploited to cause a heap-based buffer overflow by e.g. adding
multiple tabs via the "AddTab()" method.
Successful exploitation may allow execution of arbitrary code.
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5) Solution
Set the kill-bit for the affected ActiveX control.
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6) Time Table
13/11/2008 - Vendor notified.
07/01/2009 - Public disclosure.
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7) Credits
Discovered by Carsten Eiram, Secunia Research.
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8) References
The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) project has assigned
CVE-2008-4827 for the vulnerability.
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9) About Secunia
Secunia offers vulnerability management solutions to corporate
customers with verified and reliable vulnerability intelligence
relevant to their specific system configuration:
http://secunia.com/advisories/business_solutions/
Secunia also provides a publicly accessible and comprehensive advisory
database as a service to the security community and private
individuals, who are interested in or concerned about IT-security.
http://secunia.com/advisories/
Secunia believes that it is important to support the community and to
do active vulnerability research in order to aid improving the
security and reliability of software in general:
http://secunia.com/secunia_research/
Secunia regularly hires new skilled team members. Check the URL below
to see currently vacant positions:
http://secunia.com/corporate/jobs/
Secunia offers a FREE mailing list called Secunia Security Advisories:
http://secunia.com/advisories/mailing_lists/
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10) Verification
Please verify this advisory by visiting the Secunia website:
http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2008-54/
Complete list of vulnerability reports published by Secunia Research:
http://secunia.com/secunia_research/
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References :
http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/47771
http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/47770
http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/47769
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33148
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/499830/100/0/threaded
http://securitytracker.com/id?1021529
http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2008-54/
http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2008-53/
http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2008-52/
http://secunia.com/advisories/32672
http://secunia.com/advisories/32648
http://secunia.com/advisories/32609
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