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Message-Id: <200912170849.nBH8nJQT026796@CA-IX-1.intnet> Date: Thu, 17 Dec 2009 09:49:19 +0100 From: Secunia Research <remove-vuln@...unia.com> To: full-disclosure@...ts.grok.org.uk Subject: Secunia Research: Winamp Oktalyzer Parsing Integer Overflow Vulnerability ====================================================================== Secunia Research 17/12/2009 - Winamp Oktalyzer Parsing Integer Overflow Vulnerability - ====================================================================== 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 ====================================================================== 1) Affected Software * Winamp 5.56 Media Player NOTE: Prior versions may also be affected. ====================================================================== 2) Severity Rating: Highly critical Impact: System access Where: From remote ====================================================================== 3) Vendor's Description of Software "It is more than just a player. It's your window to the multimedia world. From MP3s to streaming video, Winamp is the one place you go to feed your audio/video habit.". Product Link: http://www.winamp.com/ ====================================================================== 4) Description of Vulnerability Secunia Research has discovered a vulnerability in Winamp, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system. The vulnerability is caused by an integer overflow error in the Module Decoder Plug-in (IN_MOD.DLL) when parsing Oktalyzer files and can be exploited to cause a heap-based buffer overflow. Successful exploitation may allow execution of arbitrary code. ====================================================================== 5) Solution Update to version 5.57. ====================================================================== 6) Time Table 07/12/2009 - Vendor notified. 07/12/2009 - Vendor response. 17/12/2009 - Public disclosure. ====================================================================== 7) Credits Discovered by Dyon Balding, Secunia Research. ====================================================================== 8) References The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) project has assigned CVE-2009-3997 for the vulnerability. ====================================================================== 9) About Secunia Secunia offers vulnerability management solutions to corporate customers with verified and reliable vulnerability intelligence relevant to their specific system configuration: http://secunia.com/advisories/business_solutions/ Secunia also provides a publicly accessible and comprehensive advisory database as a service to the security community and private individuals, who are interested in or concerned about IT-security. http://secunia.com/advisories/ Secunia believes that it is important to support the community and to do active vulnerability research in order to aid improving the security and reliability of software in general: http://secunia.com/secunia_research/ Secunia regularly hires new skilled team members. Check the URL below to see currently vacant positions: http://secunia.com/corporate/jobs/ Secunia offers a FREE mailing list called Secunia Security Advisories: http://secunia.com/advisories/mailing_lists/ ====================================================================== 10) Verification Please verify this advisory by visiting the Secunia website: http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2009-57/ Complete list of vulnerability reports published by Secunia Research: http://secunia.com/secunia_research/ ====================================================================== _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.grok.org.uk/full-disclosure-charter.html Hosted and sponsored by Secunia - http://secunia.com/
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