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>> Download Accelerator Plus M3U File Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
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Title : Download Accelerator Plus M3U File Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
VUPEN ID : VUPEN/ADV-2008-2027
CVE ID : CVE-2008-3182
CWE ID : CWE-119
Rated as : Moderate Risk 
Remotely Exploitable : Yes
Locally Exploitable : Yes
Release Date : 2008-07-09
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A vulnerability has been identified in Download Accelerator Plus, which could be exploited by attackers to cause a denial of service or compromise a vulnerable system. This issue is caused by a buffer overflow error when processing M3U files containing overly long URLs, which could be exploited by attackers to crash an affected application or execute arbitrary code by tricking a user into opening a malicious M3U file.
Affected Products
Download Accelerator Plus version 8.6
Solution
VUPEN Security is not aware of any vendor-supplied patch.
References
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2027
Credits
Vulnerability reported by Krystian Kloskowski (h07).
ChangeLog
2008-07-09 : Initial release
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