NetSupport Manager Initial Client Connection Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	25932
Class:	Boundary Condition Error
CVE:	CVE-2007-5252
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Oct 04 2007 12:00AM
Updated:	May 07 2015 05:35PM
Credit:	sxkeebler and r@b13$ are credited with the discovery of this vulnerability.
Vulnerable:	NetSupport NetSupport School 9.02 NetSupport NetSupport Manager 10.20 NetSupport NetSupport Manager 10.00
Not Vulnerable:	NetSupport NetSupport School 9.2.5 NetSupport NetSupport Manager 10.20.5

NetSupport Manager Initial Client Connection Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

NetSupport Manager is prone to a unspecified buffer-overflow vulnerability because the application fails to bounds-check user-supplied data before copying it into an insufficiently sized buffer.

An attacker may exploit this issue to execute arbitrary code within the context of the affected application or crash the application, denying service to legitimate users.

NetSupport Manager Initial Client Connection Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Currently we are not aware of any working 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].

NetSupport Manager Initial Client Connection Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Solution:
The vendor has released an advisory along with a fix to address this issue. Please see the references for more information.

NetSupport Manager Initial Client Connection Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

References:

• NetSupport Manager Product Homepage (NEWLOG)
  
• DDIVRT-2007-05 NetSupport Manager Client Buffer Overflow ([email protected])
  
• NetSupport Manager TD545 (NetSupport)