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TITLE:
TIBCO SmartSockets Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA34911

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/34911/

DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been reported in TIBCO SmartSockets, which can be
exploited by malicious people to compromise a vulnerable system.

The vulnerability is caused due to an unspecified error when
processing UDP requests. This can be exploited to cause a stack-based
buffer overflow via a specially crafted UDP request.

Successful exploitation allows execution of arbitrary code.

The vulnerability affects the following products and versions:
* TIBCO SmartSockets prior to versions 6.8.2
* TIBCO SmartSockets Product Family (RTworks) versions prior to
4.0.5
* TIBCO Enterprise Message Service (EMS) versions 4.0.0 through 5.1.1

SOLUTION:
Update to the latest versions.

* TIBCO SmartSockets version 6.8.2
* TIBCO SmartSockets Product Family (RTworks) version 4.0.5
* TIBCO Enterprise Message Service (EMS) version 5.1.2.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Stephen Fewer of Harmony Security

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
TIBCO:
http://www.tibco.com/multimedia/security_advisory_smartsockets_tcm8-7560.txt
http://www.tibco.com/multimedia/security_advisory_rtworks_tcm8-7559.txt
http://www.tibco.com/multimedia/security_advisory_ems_tcm8-7558.txt

iDefense:
http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=785

Harmony Security:
http://www.harmonysecurity.com/blog/2009/04/tibco-smartsockets-stack-buffer.html

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