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TITLE:
AOL YGP ActiveX Controls Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA22304

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/22304/

CRITICAL:
Highly critical

IMPACT:
System access

WHERE:
>From remote

SOFTWARE:
AOL 8.x
http://secunia.com/product/6839/
AOL 9.x
http://secunia.com/product/6840/

DESCRIPTION:
CERT/CC has reported two vulnerabilities in AOL, which can be
exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.

The vulnerabilities are caused due to unspecified boundary errors
within the AOL YGP (You've Got Pictures) Screensaver and the AOL YGP
(You've Got Pictures) Pic Downloader ActiveX controls. This can be
exploited to cause a buffer overflow when e.g. visiting a malicious
website.

Successful exploitation may allow execution of arbitrary code.

SOLUTION:
Updates are automatically available by logging into the AOL service.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Will Dormann, CERT/CC.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
US-CERT VU#154641:
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/154641

US-CERT VU#661524:
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/661524

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