Secunia Security Advisory - A vulnerability has been reported in AkkyWareHOUSE 7-zip32.dll, which potentially can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.
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TITLE:
AkkyWareHOUSE 7-zip32.dll Archive Processing Buffer Overflow
Vulnerability
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA26624
VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/26624/
CRITICAL:
Moderately critical
IMPACT:
System access
WHERE:
>From remote
SOFTWARE:
AkkyWareHOUSE 7-zip32.dll 4.x
http://secunia.com/product/15606/
DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been reported in AkkyWareHOUSE 7-zip32.dll, which
potentially can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a
user's system.
The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error when processing
certain archives and can be exploited to cause a heap-based buffer
overflow.
Successful exploitation may allow execution of arbitrary code.
The vulnerability is reported in versions prior to 4.42.00.04. Other
versions and applications using the vulnerable library may also be
affected.
SOLUTION:
Update to version 4.42.00.04.
http://akky.cjb.net/download/7-zip32.html
PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Reported via JVN.
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
JVN:
http://jvn.jp/jp/JVN%2362868899/index.html
AkkyWareHOUSE:
http://akky.cjb.net/security/7-zip3.txt
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