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TITLE:
InstallShield InstallFromTheWeb Multiple Buffer Overflows

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA24285

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/24285/

CRITICAL:
Highly critical

IMPACT:
System access

WHERE:
>From remote

SOFTWARE:
InstallShield InstallFromTheWeb
http://secunia.com/product/13551/

DESCRIPTION:
Will Dormann has reported some vulnerabilities in InstallShield
InstallFromTheWeb, which can be exploited by malicious people to
compromise a user's system.

The vulnerabilities are caused due to unspecified errors within the
"InstallFromTheWeb" ActiveX Control (iftw.dll) and the plugin for
Netscape-style browsers (npiftw32.dll), which can be exploited to
cause buffer overflows.

Successful exploitation may allow execution of arbitrary code by e.g.
tricking a user into visiting a malicious website.

SOLUTION:
Set the kill-bit for the affected ActiveX control. Delete the
npiftw32.dll.

Reportedly, the vendor does not support the product anymore.

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

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
US-CERT VU#181041:
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/181041

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