RARLAB WinRAR LHA Filename Handling Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

BID:19043

CVE-2006-3845 |

Info

RARLAB WinRAR LHA Filename Handling Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 19043
Class: Boundary Condition Error
CVE: CVE-2006-3845
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Jul 18 2006 12:00AM
Updated: Nov 02 2007 04:26PM
Credit: Discovered by Ryan Smith.
Vulnerable: RARLAB WinRar 3.51
RARLAB WinRar 3.50
RARLAB WinRar 3.42
RARLAB WinRar 3.41
RARLAB WinRar 3.40
RARLAB WinRar 3.30
RARLAB WinRar 3.20
RARLAB WinRar 3.11
RARLAB WinRar 3.10 beta 5
RARLAB WinRar 3.10 beta 3
RARLAB WinRar 3.10 beta 3
RARLAB WinRar 3.10
RARLAB WinRar 3.0 .0
RARLAB WinRar 3.0
RARLAB WinRar 3.60 beta 6
RARLAB WinRar 3.60 beta 5
RARLAB WinRar 3.60 beta 4
RARLAB WinRar 3.60 beta 3
RARLAB WinRar 3.60 beta 2
RARLAB WinRar 3.60 beta 1
Not Vulnerable: RARLAB WinRar 3.60 beta 7

Discussion

RARLAB WinRAR LHA Filename Handling Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

WinRAR is susceptible to a remote buffer-overflow vulnerability because it fails to properly bounds-check user-supplied input before copying it to an insufficiently sized memory buffer.

This vulnerability allows attackers to execute arbitrary machine code in the context of the affected application.

Versions of WinRAR from 3.0 to 3.60 beta 6 are vulnerable to this issue.

Exploit / POC

RARLAB WinRAR LHA Filename Handling Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

This issue is being exploited in the wild by Trojan.Radropper.

The following exploit code is available:

UPDATE: Core Security Technologies has developed a working commercial exploit for its CORE IMPACT product. This exploit is not otherwise publicly available or known to be circulating in the wild.

Solution / Fix

RARLAB WinRAR LHA Filename Handling Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Solution:
The vendor has released WinRAR 3.60 beta 7 to address this issue.


RARLAB WinRar 3.60 beta 6

RARLAB WinRar 3.60 beta 1

RARLAB WinRar 3.60 beta 4

RARLAB WinRar 3.60 beta 2

RARLAB WinRar 3.60 beta 3

RARLAB WinRar 3.60 beta 5

RARLAB WinRar 3.0

RARLAB WinRar 3.0 .0

RARLAB WinRar 3.10

RARLAB WinRar 3.10 beta 5

RARLAB WinRar 3.10 beta 3

RARLAB WinRar 3.10 beta 3

RARLAB WinRar 3.11

RARLAB WinRar 3.20

RARLAB WinRar 3.30

RARLAB WinRar 3.40

RARLAB WinRar 3.41

RARLAB WinRar 3.42

RARLAB WinRar 3.50

RARLAB WinRar 3.51

References

RARLAB WinRAR LHA Filename Handling Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

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