SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA40782
VERIFY ADVISORY:
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http://secunia.com/advisories/40782/
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RELEASE DATE:
2010-08-04
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http://secunia.com/advisories/40782/#comments
DESCRIPTION:
Some vulnerabilities have been reported in Novell iPrint Client,
which can be exploited by malicious people to manipulate certain data
or compromise a user's system.
1) An unspecified error exists in the browser plugin when parsing
parameter names.
2) An unspecified error exists in the browser plugin. No more
information is currently available.
3) A boundary error in the ActiveX control (ienipp.ocx) when
constructing a debug string based on input supplied to the
"ExecuteRequest()" method can be exploited to cause a stack-based
buffer overflow via an overly long string.
4) An unspecified error in the browser plugin can be exploited to
delete files on a user's system.
Successful exploitation of vulnerabilities #1 through #3 may allow
execution of arbitrary code.
The vulnerabilities are reported in version 5.40. Other versions may
also be affected.
SOLUTION:
Update to version 5.42.
Further details available in Customer Area:
http://secunia.com/products/corporate/EVM/
PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
1-2) The vendor credits Ivan Almuina via ZDI.
3-4) The vendor credits Aaron Portnoy, TippingPoint DVLabs.
Additional details provided by Secunia Research.
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
Novell:
http://support.novell.com/docs/Readmes/InfoDocument/patchbuilder/readme_5078392.html
OTHER REFERENCES:
Further details available in Customer Area:
http://secunia.com/products/corporate/EVM/
DEEP LINKS:
Further details available in Customer Area:
http://secunia.com/products/corporate/EVM/
EXTENDED DESCRIPTION:
Further details available in Customer Area:
http://secunia.com/products/corporate/EVM/
EXTENDED SOLUTION:
Further details available in Customer Area:
http://secunia.com/products/corporate/EVM/
EXPLOIT:
Further details available in Customer Area:
http://secunia.com/products/corporate/EVM/
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