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TITLE:
Microgaming Download Helper ActiveX Control Buffer Overflow
Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA25017

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/25017/

CRITICAL:
Highly critical

IMPACT:
System access

WHERE:
>From remote

SOFTWARE:
Microgaming Download Helper ActiveX Control 7.x
http://secunia.com/product/14016/

DESCRIPTION:
Will Dormann has reported a vulnerability in Microgaming Download
Helper ActiveX Control, which can be exploited by malicious people to
compromise a user's system.

The vulnerability is caused due to an unspecified error within the
Microgaming Download Helper ActiveX control (dlhelper.dll). This can
be exploited to cause a stack-based buffer overflow when a user
visits a malicious website.

Successful exploitation may allow execution of arbitrary code.

SOLUTION:
Update to version 7.2.0.19.

Set the kill-bit for the affected Active-X control.

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

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
US-CERT VU#184473:
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/184473

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