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Secunia Research 23/09/2005

- PowerArchiver ACE/ARJ Archive Handling Buffer Overflow -

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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

PowerArchiver 2006 version 9.5 Beta 4/Beta 5
PowerArchiver 2004 version 9.25
PowerArchiver 2003 version 8.60
PowerArchiver 2002 version 8.10

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 PowerArchiver,
which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's
system.

The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error when reading the
filename of a compressed file from an ACE/ARJ archive. This can be
exploited to cause a stack-based buffer overflow when a malicious
archive containing a file with an overly long filename is opened.

Successful exploitation allows arbitrary code execution.

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4) Solution

Update to the fixed versions.

PowerArchiver 2004:
Update to version 9.26.

The vulnerability has also been fixed in PowerArchiver 2006 Beta 6.

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5) Time Table

09/09/2005 - Initial vendor notification.
20/09/2005 - Vendor provided fixed version for testing.
22/09/2005 - Vendor released fixed versions.
23/09/2005 - Public disclosure.

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6) Credits

Discovered by Tan Chew Keong, Secunia Research.

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7) References

No references available.

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9) Verification

Please verify this advisory by visiting the Secunia website:
http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2005-50/advisory/

Complete list of vulnerability reports published by Secunia Research:
http://secunia.com/secunia_research/

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