PowerArchiver add buffer overflow
| powerarchiver-add-bo (27939) |  High Risk |
Description:
PowerArchiver is vulnerable to a stack-based buffer overflow, caused by improper bounds checking by DZIPS32.DLL when adding to an archived file. By creating a malicious archive file with an overlong filename of more than 2048 bytes, a remote attacker could overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code on the system or cause the system to crash when the victim attempts to add to the malicious ZIP archive file.
Platforms Affected:
- PowerArchiver, PowerArchiver 9.62.03
Remedy:
Upgrade to the latest version of PowerArchiver (9.63 or later), available from the PowerArchiver Web site. See References.
Consequences:
Denial of Service
References:
- PowerArchiver Web site, PowerArchiver 2006 - The Ultimate Archiving Utility at http://www.powerarchiver.com/.
- vuln.sg Vulnerability Research Advisory, PowerArchiver DZIPS32.DLL Buffer Overflow Vulnerability at http://vuln.sg/powarc962-en.html.
- CVE-2006-3985: Stack-based buffer overflow in DZIPS32.DLL 6.0.0.4 in ConeXware PowerArchiver 9.62.03 allows user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code by adding a new file to a crafted ZIP archive that already contains a file with a long name.
- OSVDB ID: 27492: PowerArchiver DZIPS32.DLL Zip File Addition Overflow
- SA21199: PowerArchiver DZIPS32.DLL Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
- SECTRACK ID: 1016579: PowerArchiver Buffer Overflow in `DZIPS32.DLL` in Processing ZIP Archives Lets Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code
- VUPEN/ADV-2006-2971: PowerArchiver DZIPS32.DLL Library ZIP Archive Handling Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Reported:
Jul 25, 2006
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