---------------------------------------------------------------------- BETA test the new Secunia Personal Software Inspector! The Secunia PSI detects installed software on your computer and categorises it as either Insecure, End-of-Life, or Up-To-Date. Effectively enabling you to focus your attention on software installations where more secure versions are available from the vendors. Download the free PSI BETA from the Secunia website: https://psi.secunia.com/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: Skulltag Huffman Decompression Heap Overflow Vulnerability SECUNIA ADVISORY ID: SA26549 VERIFY ADVISORY: http://secunia.com/advisories/26549/ CRITICAL: Highly critical IMPACT: System access, DoS WHERE: >From remote SOFTWARE: Skulltag 0.x http://secunia.com/product/9497/ DESCRIPTION: Luigi Auriemma has reported a vulnerability in Skulltag, which potentially can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a vulnerable system. The vulnerability is caused due to an unspecified error within the huffman decompression algorithm. This can be exploited to cause a heap-based buffer overflow by sending a specially crafted UDP datagram to a vulnerable server. The vulnerability is reported in version 0.97d-beta4.1. Other versions may also be affected. SOLUTION: Use in trusted network environments only. PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY: Luigi Auriemma ORIGINAL ADVISORY: http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/skulltaghof-adv.txt ---------------------------------------------------------------------- About: This Advisory was delivered by Secunia as a free service to help everybody keeping their systems up to date against the latest vulnerabilities. Subscribe: http://secunia.com/secunia_security_advisories/ Definitions: (Criticality, Where etc.) http://secunia.com/about_secunia_advisories/ Please Note: Secunia recommends that you verify all advisories you receive by clicking the link. Secunia NEVER sends attached files with advisories. Secunia does not advise people to install third party patches, only use those supplied by the vendor. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe: Secunia Security Advisories http://secunia.com/sec_adv_unsubscribe/?email=packet%40packetstormsecurity.org ----------------------------------------------------------------------