TZipBuilder ZIP File Handling Buffer OverflowVulnerability
SecurityAlert : 853 CVE : CVE-2006-2161 SecurityRisk : Medium (About) Remote Exploit : Yes Local Exploit : No Exploit Available : No Credit : Secunia Research (remove-vuln secunia com) Published : 09.05.2006
- TZipBuilder ZIP File Handling Buffer Overflow Vulnerability -
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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
Rating: Moderately Critical
Impact: System Access
Where: Remote
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3) Description of Vulnerability
Secunia Research has discovered a vulnerability in TZipBuilder, which
can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.
The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error when listing the
contents of a ZIP archive that contains a file with an overly long
filename. This can be exploited to cause a stack-based buffer overflow
when a specially crafted ZIP archive is opened.
Successful exploitation allows execution of arbitrary code with the
privileges of an application that uses the library.
The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) project has assigned
CVE-2006-2161 for the vulnerability.
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