22789 : Winamp Playlist Processing File Tag Overflow
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4 months ago

Percent Complete

100%

Disclosure

Jan 30, 2006

Discovery

Unknown

Dates

Exploit

Jan 30, 2006

Solution

Unknown

Description

A remote overflow exists in WinAmp. WinAmp fails to perform correct boundary checks on playlists resulting in a buffer overflow. With a specially crafted playlist, an attacker can execute arbitrary code resulting in a loss of integrity.

Classification

Location: Remote/Network Access Required
Attack Type: Input Manipulation
Impact: Loss of Integrity
Exploit: Exploit Available
Disclosure: OSVDB Verified
OSVDB: Web Related

Solution

Upgrade to version 5.13 or higher, as it has been reported to fix this vulnerability. It is also possible to mitigate the flaw by disable auto launching Winamp for playlist files as a workaround.

Products

NullSoft

WinAmp

5.12

References

FrSIRT Advisory: ADV-2006-0361
Bugtraq ID: 16410
Vendor Specific News/Changelog Entry: http://www.winamp.com/player/version_history.php
CERT VU: 604745
Generic Exploit URL: http://www.spyinstructors.com/show.php?name=Advisories&pa=showpage&pid=71
Other Advisory URL: http://milw0rm.com/id.php?id=1458
http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/68981
http://www.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=377
ISS X-Force ID: 24361
Secunia Advisory ID: 18649
Mail List Post: http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2006-01/0477.html
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2006-01/0499.html
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2006-01/1001.html
CVE ID: 2006-0476 (see also: NVD)
Security Tracker: 1015552
Vendor URL: http://www.winamp.com/

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Credit

ATmaCA - atmacaicqmail.com - AtmacaSoft Inc.

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