Secunia Research
28/04/06, 18:40
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Secunia Research 28/04/2006
- Servant Salamander unacev2.dll Buffer Overflow Vulnerability -
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Table of Contents
Affected Software.......................................... ..........1
Severity.......................................... ...................2
Description of Vulnerability..................................... ....3
Solution.......................................... ...................4
Time Table............................................. ..............5
Credits........................................... ...................6
References........................................ ...................7
About Secunia........................................... .............8
Verification...................................... ...................9
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1) Affected Software
* Servant Salamander 2.0
* Servant Salamander 2.5 Beta 11
Prior versions may also be affected.
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2) Severity
Rating: Moderately Critical
Impact: System Access
Where: Remote
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3) Description of Vulnerability
Secunia Research has discovered a vulnerability in Servant Salamander,
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 extracts a specially crafted ACE archive.
The vulnerability is related to:
SA16479
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4) Solution
The vulnerability has been fixed in version 2.5 RC 1.
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5) Time Table
27/04/2006 - Initial vendor notification.
27/04/2006 - Initial vendor reply.
28/04/2006 - Public disclosure.
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6) Credits
Discovered by Tan Chew Keong, Secunia Research.
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7) References
SA16479:
http://secunia.com/advisories/16479/
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8) About Secunia
Secunia collects, validates, assesses, and writes advisories regarding
all the latest software vulnerabilities disclosed to the public. These
advisories are gathered in a publicly available database at the
Secunia website:
http://secunia.com/
Secunia offers services to our customers enabling them to receive all
relevant vulnerability information to their specific system
configuration.
Secunia offers a FREE mailing list called Secunia Security Advisories:
http://secunia.com/secunia_security_advisories/
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9) Verification
Please verify this advisory by visiting the Secunia website:
http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2006-24/advisory/
Complete list of vulnerability reports published by Secunia Research:
http://secunia.com/secunia_research/
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Secunia Research 28/04/2006
- Servant Salamander unacev2.dll Buffer Overflow Vulnerability -
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Table of Contents
Affected Software.......................................... ..........1
Severity.......................................... ...................2
Description of Vulnerability..................................... ....3
Solution.......................................... ...................4
Time Table............................................. ..............5
Credits........................................... ...................6
References........................................ ...................7
About Secunia........................................... .............8
Verification...................................... ...................9
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1) Affected Software
* Servant Salamander 2.0
* Servant Salamander 2.5 Beta 11
Prior versions may also be affected.
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2) Severity
Rating: Moderately Critical
Impact: System Access
Where: Remote
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3) Description of Vulnerability
Secunia Research has discovered a vulnerability in Servant Salamander,
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 extracts a specially crafted ACE archive.
The vulnerability is related to:
SA16479
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4) Solution
The vulnerability has been fixed in version 2.5 RC 1.
================================================== ====================
5) Time Table
27/04/2006 - Initial vendor notification.
27/04/2006 - Initial vendor reply.
28/04/2006 - Public disclosure.
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6) Credits
Discovered by Tan Chew Keong, Secunia Research.
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7) References
SA16479:
http://secunia.com/advisories/16479/
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8) About Secunia
Secunia collects, validates, assesses, and writes advisories regarding
all the latest software vulnerabilities disclosed to the public. These
advisories are gathered in a publicly available database at the
Secunia website:
http://secunia.com/
Secunia offers services to our customers enabling them to receive all
relevant vulnerability information to their specific system
configuration.
Secunia offers a FREE mailing list called Secunia Security Advisories:
http://secunia.com/secunia_security_advisories/
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9) Verification
Please verify this advisory by visiting the Secunia website:
http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2006-24/advisory/
Complete list of vulnerability reports published by Secunia Research:
http://secunia.com/secunia_research/
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