BackWeb Lite Install Runner ActiveX control (LiteInstActivator.dll) buffer overflow
| backweb-activex-liteinstactivator-bo (42991) |  High Risk |
Description:
The BackWeb Lite Install Runner ActiveX control (LiteInstActivator.dll), as used in the Logitech Desktop Messenger, is vulnerable to a stack-based buffer overflow, caused by improper bounds checking. By persuading a victim to visit a malicious Web page that passes an overly long argument to unspecified 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.
*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:
Upgrade to the latest version of Desktop Messenger (2.56 or later), available from the Logitech Web site. See References.
References:
- BackWeb Web site: BACKWEB NEWS.
- Logitech Web site: Desktop Messenger.
- BID-29558: BackWeb 'LiteInstActivator.dll' ActiveX Control Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
- CVE-2008-0956: Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in the BackWeb Lite Install Runner ActiveX control in the BackWeb Web Package ActiveX object in LiteInstActivator.dll in BackWeb before 8.1.1.87, as used in Logitech Desktop Manager (LDM) before 2.56, allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors.
- SA30598: BackWeb Lite Install Runner ActiveX Control Unspecified Buffer Overflows
- SA30625: Logitech Desktop Messenger BackWeb ActiveX Control Unspecified Buffer Overflows
- US-CERT VU#216153: BackWeb Lite Install Runner ActiveX stack buffer overflows
- VUPEN/ADV-2008-1791: BackWeb Lite Install Runner ActiveX Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities
- VUPEN/ADV-2008-1792: Logitech Desktop Messenger BackWeb Remote Buffer Overflow
Platforms Affected:
- BackWeb Lite Install Runner 8.1.1.87
- Logitech Desktop Messenger
Reported:
Jun 10, 2008
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