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Hummingbird Xweb ActiveX Control "PlainTextPassword" Property Buffer Overflow
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA32319
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Release Date:
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2008-10-17
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Last Update:
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2008-10-24
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Popularity:
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1,746 views
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Critical:
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Highly critical
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Impact:
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DoS
System access
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Where:
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From remote
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Solution Status:
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Unpatched
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| Software: | Exceed 10.x
Exceed 2006 11.x
Exceed 2007
Exceed 9.x
Exceed PowerSuite 10.x
Hummingbird Xweb ActiveX Control
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| CVE reference: | CVE-2008-4729
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Description:
Thomas Pollet has reported a vulnerability in Hummingbird Xweb ActiveX Control, which potentially can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.
The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error within the Hummingbird.XWebHostCtrl.1 ActiveX control (hclxweb.dll) when handling the "PlainTextPassword" property. This can be exploited to cause a stack-based buffer overflow by assigning an overly long string to the affected property.
Successful exploitation may allow execution of arbitrary code.
The vulnerability is reported in versions prior to 13.0.
Solution:
Set the kill-bit for the affected ActiveX control.
Provided and/or discovered by:
Thomas Pollet
Changelog:
2008-10-24: Added CVE reference.
Original Advisory:
http://milw0rm.com/exploits/6761
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