Secunia Security Advisory - A vulnerability has been reported in UltraDefrag, which can potentially be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.
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TITLE:
UltraDefrag "FindFiles()" Buffer Overflow
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA26233
VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/26233/
CRITICAL:
Less critical
IMPACT:
DoS, System access
WHERE:
>From remote
SOFTWARE:
UltraDefrag 1.x
http://secunia.com/product/15003/
DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been reported in UltraDefrag, which can
potentially be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's
system.
The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error within the
"FindFiles()" function. This can be exploited to cause a heap-based
buffer overflow by placing a file with a specially crafted, overly
long pathname on the user's machine.
The vulnerability is reported in version 1.0.3. Prior versions may
also be affected.
SOLUTION:
Update to version 1.0.4.
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=199532&package_id=236738&release_id=527964
PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Reported by the vendor.
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?group_id=199532&release_id=527964
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