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PCWorks: WinAmp MIDI File Handling Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
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2006-06-23 13:24:14
TITLE:
WinAmp MIDI File Handling Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA20722

RELEASE DATE:
2006-06-21

LAST UPDATE:
2006-06-22

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.c
om/advisories/20722/

CRITICAL:
Highly critical

WHERE:
 From remote

IMPACT:
DoS
System access

SOFTWARE:
Winamp 5.x

DESCRIPTION:
BassReFLeX has discovered a vulnerability in WinAmp, which
potentially 
can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's
system.

The vulnerability is cause due to a boundary error within
the MIDI 
plug-in (in_midi.dll) when handling MIDI files. This can be
exploited to 
cause a heap-based buffer overflow via a malicious
".mid" file with a 
specially crafted header.

Successful exploitation may allow execution of arbitrary
code.

The vulnerability has been confirmed in version 5.23 and has
also been 
reported in version 5.21. Other versions may also be
affected.

NOTE: The vulnerability may be related to one reported by
Fortinet 
Security Research Team.


SOLUTION:
Update to version 5.24.


REPORTED BY CREDITS:
BassReFLeX


CHANGELOG:
2006-06-22: Updated "Solution" section.


ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
Winamp:
http://www.winamp.com/player/version_history.php#5.24

milw0rm:
http://www.milw0
rm.com/exploits/1935

Fortinet:
http://www.fortinet.com/FortiGuardCenter/adviso
ry/FG-2006-16.html
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