PowerArchiver add buffer overflow

powerarchiver-add-bo (27939) The risk level is classified as HighHigh 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.

*CVSS:

Base Score: 5.6
  Access Vector: Remote
  Access Complexity: High
  Authentication: Not Required
  Confidentiality Impact: Partial
  Integrity Impact: Partial
  Availability Impact: Partial
 
Temporal Score: 4.1
  Exploitability: Unproven
  Remediation Level: Official-Fix
  Report Confidence: Confirmed

Consequences:

Denial of Service

Remedy:

Upgrade to the latest version of PowerArchiver (9.63 or later), available from the PowerArchiver Web site. See References.

References:

  • PowerArchiver Web site: PowerArchiver 2006 - The Ultimate Archiving Utility.
  • vuln.sg Vulnerability Research Advisory: PowerArchiver DZIPS32.DLL Buffer Overflow Vulnerability.
  • BID-19143: InnerMedia DynaZip ZIP Archive Handling Multiple Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities
  • 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

Platforms Affected:

  • PowerArchiver PowerArchiver 9.62.03

Reported:

Jul 25, 2006

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