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Where Is It unacev2.dll Buffer Overflow
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SUMMARY
<http://www.whereisit-soft.com/> WhereIsIt is an application written for
32-bit Windows operating systems, designed to help you maintain and
organize a catalog of your computer media collection.
A vulnerability in Where Is It (WhereIsIt) can be exploited by malicious
people to compromise a user's system.
DETAILS
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.
Fix:
Update to version 3.73.505
<http://www.whereisit-soft.com/download.html>
http://www.whereisit-soft.com/download.html
Disclosure Timeline:
04/05/2006 - Initial vendor notification.
09/05/2006 - Public disclosure. (No reply from vendor, but silently fixed
in latest version)
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
The original article can be found at:
<http://secunia.com/advisories/16479/>
http://secunia.com/advisories/16479/
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