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>> Nostra DivX Player M3U Playlist File Handling Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
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Title : Nostra DivX Player M3U Playlist File Handling Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
VUPEN ID : VUPEN/ADV-2006-4892
CVE ID : CVE-2006-6444
Rated as : High Risk 
Remotely Exploitable : Yes
Locally Exploitable : Yes
Release Date : 2006-12-07
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A vulnerability has been identified in Nostra DivX Player, which could be exploited by remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands. This flaw is due to a buffer overflow error when handling M3U playlists containing an overly long UNC pathname, which could be exploited by attackers to compromise a vulnerable system by tricking a user into opening a specially crafted playlist file.
Affected Products
Nostra DivX Player version 2.2.00.0 and prior
Solution
VUPEN Security is not aware of any vendor-supplied patch.
References
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4892
Credits
Vulnerability reported by Parvez Anwar via Secunia
ChangeLog
2006-12-07 : Initial release
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