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TITLE:
HTTrack Long URLs Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA31323

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/31323/

CRITICAL:
Less critical

IMPACT:
System access

WHERE:
>From remote

SOFTWARE:
HTTrack 3.x
http://secunia.com/product/9105/

DESCRIPTION:
A security issue has been reported in HTTrack, which potentially can
be exploited by malicious people to compromise a vulnerable system.

The security issue is caused due to a boundary error when processing
command line arguments. This can be exploited to cause a buffer
overflow by passing overly long URLs to the application.

The security issue is reported in versions prior to 3.42-3.

SOLUTION:
Update to version 3.42-3.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
The vendor credits Joan CALVET.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://www.httrack.com/history.txt

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