Secunia Security Advisory - Two vulnerabilities have been reported in Microsoft Windows, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.
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TITLE:
Microsoft Windows AVI Media File Parsing Vulnerabilities
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA36206
VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/36206/
DESCRIPTION:
Two vulnerabilities have been reported in Microsoft Windows, which
can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.
1) An error when parsing AVI file headers can be exploited to corrupt
memory.
2) An integer overflow error when parsing AVI files can be exploited
to corrupt memory.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerabilities may allow execution of
arbitrary code when a user e.g. opens a malicious AVI file or receives
malicious streaming content.
SOLUTION:
Apply patches.
Windows 2000 SP4:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=5f80bf0b-898c-46ca-b20c-21e0e729c332
Windows XP SP2/SP3:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=2e8a68ee-eb24-424c-b084-450636ccaeec
Windows XP Professional x64 Edition SP2:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=a1ff2ace-b9dc-4cf3-a151-ac6959bcb3a6
Windows Server 2003 SP2:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=cba78658-899c-428f-8b04-cfe14ce3c255
Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition SP2:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=58a7c8d9-ec36-46a6-a89b-d8dfd989fda4
Windows Server 2003 with SP2 for Itanium-based Systems:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=187b02bd-73d6-4f72-81d1-d9477d495499
Windows Vista (optionally with SP1/SP2):
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=81fce7bd-f33c-4586-949d-ac40d415f755
Windows Vista x64 Edition (optionally with SP1/SP2):
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=a6cea61a-4ad9-4e18-bf18-348ae4ae51c4
Windows Server 2008 for 32-bit Systems (optionally with SP2):
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=fdc96a07-ed79-4798-8077-b2e9ca64cd0f
Windows Server 2008 for x64-based Systems (optionally with SP2):
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=8e3afba4-6761-4b3d-98bb-4b4145e27b7f
Windows Server 2008 for Itanium-based Systems (optionally with SP2):
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=aa1bb13a-5905-48c4-8e74-a41104593046
PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
The vendor credits Vinay Anantharaman, Adobe Systems.
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
MS09-038 (KB971557):
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/MS09-038.mspx
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