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Secunia Research 22/10/2008

- Trend Micro OfficeScan CGI Parsing Buffer Overflows -

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Table of Contents

Affected Software.......................................... ..........1
Severity.......................................... ...................2
Vendor's Description of Software.....................................3
Description of Vulnerability..................................... ....4
Solution.......................................... ...................5
Time Table............................................. ..............6
Credits........................................... ...................7
References........................................ ...................8
About Secunia........................................... .............9
Verification...................................... ..................10

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1) Affected Software

* Trend Micro OfficeScan 7.3 patch 4 build 1367

NOTE: Other versions may also be affected.

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2) Severity

Rating: Moderately critical
Impact: System compromise
Where: Local network

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3) Vendor's Description of Software

"Protect your desktops, laptops, and file servers with OfficeScan,
comprehensive security against today's complex, blended threats and
Web-based attacks."

Product Link:
http://us.trendmicro.com/us/products...cescan-client-
server-edition/

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4) Description of Vulnerability

Secunia Research has discovered a vulnerability in Trend Micro
OfficeScan Server, which can be exploited by malicious people
to compromise a vulnerable system.

A boundary error when parsing CGI requests can be exploited to cause a
stack-based buffer overflow via an HTTP POST request to an affected
CGI executable with specially crafted form data.

Successful exploitation allows execution of arbitrary code.

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5) Solution

Apply patches available from Trend Micro.

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6) Time Table

24/09/2008 - Vendor notified.
24/09/2008 - Vendor response.
30/09/2008 - Vendor confirms vulnerability.
22/10/2008 - Public disclosure.

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7) Credits

Discovered by Dyon Balding, Secunia Research.

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8) References

The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) project has assigned
CVE-2008-3862 for the vulnerability.

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10) Verification

Please verify this advisory by visiting the Secunia website:
http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2008-40/

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