bugtraq - Re: Re: Winamp 5.12 - 0day exploit - code execution through playlist

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Message-ID: <19145153.1138689019990.JavaMail.juha-matti.laurio@netti.fi>
Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2006 08:30:19 +0200 (EET)
From: Juha-Matti Laurio <juha-matti.laurio@...ti.fi>
To: Chris Wysopal <weld@...nwatch.org>, bugtraq@...urityfocus.com
Cc: Process <processtree@...tonfire.org>
Subject: Re: Re: Winamp 5.12 - 0day exploit - code execution through
 playlist


Nullsoft has released a fixed version 5.13 now. Internet Storm Center 
shared the information last night at
http://isc.sans.org/diary.php?storyid=1080
An official download link is 
http://www.winamp.com/player/

- Juha-Matti 

> 
> You can disable auto launching Winamp for playlist files as a workaround.
> 
> For Firefox, go to Tools / Options settings, click on Download icon, then
> click on View & Edit Actions...  Scroll down to M3U extension and then
> push the Remove Action button.  Firefox will no longer automatically
> launch firefox for Winamp playlist files.
> 
> It is a good idea in general for attack surface reduction to trim down the
> View & Edit actions to just the ones you need. Do you really need AIFF and
> AU autolaunching for instance?  What about all those Quicktime and Acrobat
> formats? Looks like a lot of unnecessary attack surface to me.
> 
> For IE you need to disable the file type in Windows Explorer.  Go to Tools
> / Folder Options / File Types.  Scroll down to the file extension you want
> to change. In this case its M3U. Check Confirm after download.  You will
> be prompted to launch WinAmp if a M3U file is downloaded.  You can remove
> the file type completely but that will also remove the ability to
> double-click to launch playlists from the Windows shell.
> 
> You may want to go through this list and check confirm after download for
> many file types.  It would be nice if more vendors installed their file
> types with this option in place.
> 
> -Chris