RARLAB Unrar Password Protected Archives Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

BID:22447

Info

RARLAB Unrar Password Protected Archives Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 22447
Class: Boundary Condition Error
CVE: CVE-2007-0855
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Feb 07 2007 12:00AM
Updated: Mar 19 2015 09:26AM
Credit: The reporter of this issue wishes to remain anonymous.
Vulnerable: SuSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9
SuSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 8
+ Linux kernel 2.4.21
+ Linux kernel 2.4.19
SuSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10
SuSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10
SuSE Linux Professional 10.2 x86_64
SuSE Linux Personal 10.2 x86_64
S.u.S.E. UnitedLinux 1.0
S.u.S.E. SuSE Linux Standard Server 8.0
S.u.S.E. SuSE Linux School Server for i386
S.u.S.E. SUSE LINUX Retail Solution 8.0
S.u.S.E. SuSE Linux Openexchange Server 4.0
S.u.S.E. openSUSE 10.2
S.u.S.E. Novell Linux Desktop 9.0
S.u.S.E. Linux Professional 10.0 OSS
S.u.S.E. Linux Professional 9.3 x86_64
S.u.S.E. Linux Professional 9.3
S.u.S.E. Linux Professional 10.2
S.u.S.E. Linux Professional 10.1
S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 10.0 OSS
S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 9.3 x86_64
S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 9.3
S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 10.2
S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 10.1
S.u.S.E. Linux Desktop 10
RARLAB UnRar 3.61
RARLAB UnRar 3.60
Gentoo Linux
Not Vulnerable: RARLAB UnRar 3.70 beta

Discussion

RARLAB Unrar Password Protected Archives Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Unrar is prone to a stack-based buffer-overflow vulnerability because it fails to properly bounds-check user-supplied input before copying it to an insufficiently sized memory buffer.

An attacker can exploit this issue to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user opening the archive.

This issue affects version 3.60 for Linux and 3.61 for Windows; prior versions may also be affected.

Exploit / POC

RARLAB Unrar Password Protected Archives Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Currently we are not aware of any exploits for this issue. If you feel we are in error or if you are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected].

Solution / Fix

RARLAB Unrar Password Protected Archives Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Solution:
The vendor released an update to address this issue. Please see the references for more information.

References

RARLAB Unrar Password Protected Archives Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

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