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>> TUGzip Archive Processing Client-Side Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
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Title : TUGzip Archive Processing Client-Side Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
VUPEN ID : VUPEN/ADV-2008-2918
CVE ID : CVE-2008-4779
CWE ID : CWE-119
Rated as : Moderate Risk 
Remotely Exploitable : Yes
Locally Exploitable : Yes
Release Date : 2008-10-27
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A vulnerability has been identified in TUGzip, which could be exploited by attackers to compromise a vulnerable system. This issue is caused by a buffer overflow error when processing an archive containing an overly long file or directory name, which could be exploited by attackers to crash an affected application or execute arbitrary code by tricking a user into opening a specially crafted archive.
Affected Products
TUGzip version 3.5.0.0 and prior
Solution
VUPEN Security is not aware of any vendor-supplied patch.
References
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2918
Credits
Vulnerability reported by Stefan Marin.
ChangeLog
2008-10-27 : Initial release
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