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TITLE:
Rising Antivirus unacev2.dll Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA20009

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/20009/

CRITICAL:
Highly critical

IMPACT:
System access

WHERE:
>From remote

SOFTWARE:
Rising Antivirus Personal Edition 18.x
http://secunia.com/product/7036/

DESCRIPTION:
Secunia Research has discovered a vulnerability in Rising Antivirus,
which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's
system.

The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error in UNACEV2.DLL
when extracting an ACE archive containing a file with an overly long
filename. This can be exploited to cause a stack-based buffer
overflow when a user scans a specially crafted ACE archive.

The vulnerability is related to:
SA16479

Successful exploitation allows arbitrary code execution when a
malicious ACE archive is scanned.

The vulnerability has been confirmed in Rising Antivirus 2006 version
18.24.10, 18.25.30, 18.25.40, and 18.27.21. Other versions may also be
affected.

SOLUTION:
Update to version 18.29.12 or later via online update.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Secunia Research.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
Secunia Research:
http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2006-36/

OTHER REFERENCES:
SA16479:
http://secunia.com/advisories/16479/

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