BusinessObjects RptViewerAX ActiveX control buffer overflow
| businessobjects-rptviewerax-bo (41256) |  High Risk |
Description:
The BusinessObjects RptViewerAX ActiveX control (RptViewerAX.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, 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.
*CVSS:
| Base Score: | 9.3 |
| Access Vector: | Network |
| Access Complexity: | Medium |
| Authentication: | None |
| Confidentiality Impact: | Complete |
| Integrity Impact: | Complete |
| Availability Impact: | Complete |
| Temporal Score: | 6.9 |
| Exploitability: | Unproven |
| Remediation Level: | Official-Fix |
| Report Confidence: | Confirmed |
Consequences:
Gain Access
Remedy:
Apply the hotfix for this vulnerability (hot fix CHF74), available from the Business Objects Support Web site. See References.
References:
- Business Objects Support Web site: Service Packs.
- BID-28292: BusinessObjects 'RptViewerAX' ActiveX Control Stack Based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
- CVE-2007-6254: Stack-based buffer overflow in the SAP Business Objects BusinessObjects RptViewerAX ActiveX control in RptViewerAX.dll in Business Objects 6.5 before CHF74 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors.
- SA29437: BusinessObjects "RptViewerAX" ActiveX Control Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
- SECTRACK ID: 1019668: BusinessObjects Stack Overflow in RptViewerAX ActiveX Control Lets Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code
- US-CERT VU#329673: BusinessObjects RptViewerAX ActiveX control stack buffer overflow
- VUPEN/ADV-2008-0927: BusinessObjects RptViewerAX ActiveX Code Execution Vulnerability
Platforms Affected:
- BusinessObjects Report Viewer ActiveX control 6.5
Reported:
Mar 18, 2008
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