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>> unalz "alz" Archive Handling Client-Side Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
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Title : unalz "alz" Archive Handling Client-Side Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
VUPEN ID : VUPEN/ADV-2005-2604
CVE ID : CVE-2005-3862
Rated as : Moderate Risk 
Remotely Exploitable : Yes
Locally Exploitable : Yes
Release Date : 2005-11-28
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A vulnerability was identified in unalz, which may be exploited by attackers to execute arbitrary code. This flaw is due to a buffer overflow error when extracting a specially crafted ALZ archive containing a malicious file with an overly long filename, which could be exploited by remote attackers to compromise a vulnerable system by convincing a user to open and extract a specially crafted ".alz" file.
Affected Products
unalz version 0.52 and prior
Solution
Upgrade to unalz version 0.53 :
http://www.kipple.pe.kr/win/unalz/
References
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2604
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=340842
Credits
Vulnerability reported by Ulf Harnhammar
ChangeLog
2005-11-28 : Initial release
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