Gyach Enhanced (Gyach-E) strip_html_tags buffer overflow
| gyach-striphtmltags-bo (40082) |  High Risk |
Description:
Gyach Enhanced (Gyach-E) is vulnerable to a buffer overflow, caused by improper bounds checking by the strip_html_tags function. By sending a specially-crafted request containing HTML tags, a remote attacker could overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code on the system or cause the application to crash.
Platforms Affected:
- Gyach Enhanced, Gyach Enhanced prior to 1.0.4
Remedy:
Upgrade to the latest version of Gyach Enhanced (1.0.4 or later), available from SourceForge.net: Files. See References.
Consequences:
Gain Access
References:
- Gyach Enhanced Web page, Gyach Enhanced/pY! Voice Chat: Change Log: What's New at http://phpaint.sourceforge.net/pyvoicechat/changelog.php.
- SourceForge.net: Files, Gyach Enhanced - File Release Notes and Changelog at http://www.phrozensmoke.com/projects/pyvoicechat/changelog.php.
- CVE-2004-2709: Buffer overflow in the strip_html_tags method for Gyach Enhanced (Gyach-E) before 1.0.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors involving HTML tags.
- OSVDB ID: 8969: Gyach Enhanced util.c strip_html_tags() Function Overflow
Reported:
Jun 24, 2004
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