[security-alerts] FW: [SA23233] Adobe Download Manager AOM Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

["Kazennov, Vladimir" <Vladimir.Kazennov@xxxxxxxxxx>]

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> TITLE:
> Adobe Download Manager AOM Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
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> SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
> SA23233
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> VERIFY ADVISORY:
> http://secunia.com/advisories/23233/
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> CRITICAL:
> Highly critical
> 
> IMPACT:
> System access
> 
> WHERE:
> From remote
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> SOFTWARE:
> Adobe Download Manager 1.x
> http://secunia.com/product/7045/
> Adobe Download Manager 2.x
> http://secunia.com/product/12814/
> 
> DESCRIPTION:
> A vulnerability has been reported in Adobe Download Manager, which
> can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.
> 
> The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error when handling
> section names in the "dm.ini" file as created by Adobe Download
> Manager when processing AOM files. This can be exploited to cause a
> stack-based buffer overflow via a specially crafted AOM or "dm.ini"
> file.
> 
> Successful exploitation allows execution of arbitrary code when a
> user e.g. visits a malicious website.
> 
> The vulnerability is reported in version 2.1 and earlier.
> 
> SOLUTION:
> Update to version 2.2.
> 
> PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
> Derek Soeder, eEye Digital Security.
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> The vendor also credits Zero Day Initiative.
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> ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
> Adobe:
> http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb06-19.html
> 
> eEye Digital Security:
> http://research.eeye.com/html/advisories/published/AD20061205.html
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