Vantage Linguistics AnswerWorks ActiveX control buffer overflow

vantage-answerworks-bo (39004) The risk level is classified as HighHigh Risk

Description:

Vantage Linguistics AnswerWorks ActiveX control (awApi4.dll) is vulnerable to a stack-based buffer overflow. By persuading a victim to visit a specially-crafted Web page that passes overly long arguments to the GetHistory(), GetSeedQuery() and SetSeedQuery() methods, a remote attacker could overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code on the system with the privileges of the victim or cause the victim's browser to crash.

Note: This vulnerability also affects multiple Intuit products.

Platforms Affected:

  • Intuit, Intuit Clearly Bookkeeping 2003
  • Intuit, Intuit Clearly Bookkeeping 2004
  • Intuit, Intuit ProSeries 2003
  • Intuit, Intuit ProSeries 2004
  • Intuit, Intuit ProSeries 2005
  • Intuit, Intuit ProSeries 2006
  • Intuit, QuickBooks 2003
  • Intuit, QuickBooks 2004
  • Intuit, QuickBooks 2005
  • Intuit, QuickBooks 2006
  • Intuit, QuickBooks 2007
  • Intuit, QuickBooks Basic 2005
  • Intuit, QuickBooks Basic 2006
  • Intuit, QuickBooks Basic 2007
  • Intuit, QuickBooks Credit Card Processing Kit
  • Intuit, QuickBooks Enterprise 2005
  • Intuit, QuickBooks Enterprise 2006
  • Intuit, QuickBooks Enterprise 2007
  • Intuit, QuickBooks Invoice Manager
  • Intuit, QuickBooks Pro 2005
  • Intuit, QuickBooks Pro 2006
  • Intuit, QuickBooks Pro 2007
  • Intuit, QuickBooks Simple Start 2005
  • Intuit, QuickBooks Simple Start 2006
  • Intuit, QuickBooks Simple Start 2007
  • Intuit, Quicken 2008
  • Intuit, QuickTax 2003
  • Intuit, QuickTax 2004
  • Intuit, QuickTax 2005
  • Intuit, QuickTax 2006
  • Intuit, TurboTax 2003
  • Intuit, TurboTax 2004
  • Intuit, TurboTax 2005
  • Intuit, TurboTax 2006
  • Vantage Linguistics, Vantage Linguistics AnswerWorks 3.0.0.0 - 4.0.0.100
  • Vantage Linguistics, Vantage Linguistics AnswerWorks 4.0.0.42
  • Vantage Linguistics, Vantage Linguistics AnswerWorks 5.0.0.0 - 5.0.0.6

Remedy:

For Vantage Linguistics:
Apply the AnswerWorks security patch, available from the Vantage Linguistics Web site. See References.

For Intuit:
Apply the AnswerWorks Minimal security patch, available from the Intuit Web site. See References.

Consequences:

Gain Access

References:

  • Intuit Web site, Customer Notification at http://www.intuit.com/support/security/.
  • Intuit Web site, Important security update at http://support.quickbooks.intuit.com/support/qbupdate2007/Default.aspx.
  • Vantage Linguistics Web site, Security Vulnerabilty Patch for AnswerWorks Desktop Help Search at http://www.vantagelinguistics.com/answerworks/release/.
  • BID-26815: Vantage Linguistics AnswerWorks ActiveX Controls Multiple Unspecified Vulnerabilities
  • BID-26819: Intuit QuickBooks Online Edition ActiveX Controls Multiple Unspecified Vulnerabilities
  • CVE-2007-6387: Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in the awApi4.AnswerWorks.1 ActiveX control in awApi4.dll 4.0.0.42, as used by Vantage Linguistics AnswerWorks, and Intuit Clearly Bookkeeping, ProSeries, QuickBooks, Quicken, QuickTax, and TurboTax, allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via long arguments to the (1) GetHistory, (2) GetSeedQuery, (3) SetSeedQuery, and possibly other methods. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.
  • FrSIRT/ADV-2007-4194: Vantage Linguistics AnswerWorks AWAPI4.dll Remote Vulnerabilities
  • FrSIRT/ADV-2007-4195: Intuit Products AWAPI4.dll ActiveX Control Code Execution Vulnerabilities
  • SA26566: Vantage Linguistics AnswerWorks 4 API ActiveX Control Buffer Overflow
  • SA26670: Intuit Products AnswerWorks ActiveX Control Buffer Overflow

Reported:

Dec 11, 2007

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