Secunia Security Advisory - Secunia Research has discovered a vulnerability in TUGZip, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.
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TITLE:
TUGZip ARJ Archive Handling Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA17086
VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/17086/
CRITICAL:
Moderately critical
IMPACT:
System access
WHERE:
>From remote
SOFTWARE:
TUGZip 3.x
http://secunia.com/product/6702/
DESCRIPTION:
Secunia Research has discovered a vulnerability in TUGZip, which can
be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.
The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error when handling an
ARJ archive containing a file with an overly long filename. This can
be exploited to cause a stack-based buffer overflow.
Successful exploitation allows arbitrary code execution when a
malicious ARJ file is opened.
The vulnerability has been confirmed in version 3.4.0.0. Other
versions may also be affected.
SOLUTION:
Do not open untrusted ARJ archives.
PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Tan Chew Keong, Secunia Research.
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
Secunia Research:
http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2005-63/
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