22789 : Winamp Playlist Processing File Tag Overflow
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Views This Week	Views All Time	Added to OSVDB	Last Modified	Modified (since 2008)	Percent Complete
8	701	over 4 years ago	10 days ago	4 times	100%

Timeline

Vendor Informed Date	Disclosure Date	Exploit Publish Date
2005-12-15	2006-01-30	2006-01-30

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
Attack Type: Input Manipulation
Impact: Loss of Integrity
Exploit: Exploit Public
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

Security Tracker: 1015552
Bugtraq ID: 16410
Secunia Advisory ID: 18649
CVE ID: 2006-0476 (see also: NVD)
SCIP VulDB ID: 2018
Metasploit ID: 22789
ISS X-Force ID: 24361
CERT VU: 604745
VUPEN Advisory: ADV-2006-0361
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
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
Generic Exploit URL: http://www.metasploit.com
http://www.spyinstructors.com/show.php?name=Advisories&pa=showpage&pid=71
Vendor URL: http://www.winamp.com/
Vendor Specific News/Changelog Entry: http://www.winamp.com/player/version_history.php

Tools & Filters

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CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 7.6
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2006-01-31 | Disagree?

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