Microsoft Intelligent Application Gateway Whale Client Components ActiveX control buffer overflow
| iag-activex-bo (49888) |  High Risk |
Description:
The Microsoft Whale Intelligent Application Gateway Whale Client Components ActiveX control (WhlMgr.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 CheckForUpdates() and UpdateComponents() method, 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 Microsoft Whale Communications Intelligent Application Gateway 2007 (SP2 or later), available from the Microsoft Web site. See References.
References:
- Microsoft TechNet Web site: Intelligent Application Gateway (IAG) 2007 Service Pack 2 release notes:.
- BID-34532: Microsoft IAG 2007 ActiveX Control Multiple Stack Based Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities
- CVE-2007-2238: Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in the Whale Client Components ActiveX control (WhlMgr.dll), as used in Microsoft Intelligent Application Gateway (IAG) before 3.7 SP2, allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via long arguments to the (1) CheckForUpdates or (2) UpdateComponents methods.
- SA34725: Microsoft Whale IAG / Client Components ActiveX Control Buffer Overflows
- US-CERT VU#789121: Microsoft Whale Intelligent Application Gateway Whale Client Components ActiveX control stack buffer overflows
- VUPEN/ADV-2009-1061: Microsoft Whale IAG ActiveX Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities
Platforms Affected:
- Microsoft Whale Intelligent Application Gateway Whale Client Components ActiveX control
Reported:
Apr 15, 2009
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