VDB-83523 · Nessus 20924 · BID 16576

Verity KeyView Viewer SDK TAR Archive tarrdr.dll memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Verity KeyView Viewer SDK. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality in the library tarrdr.dll of the component TAR Archive Handler. Performing a manipulation results in memory corruption. There is no available exploit. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Verity KeyView Viewer SDK (version now known). This affects some unknown processing in the library tarrdr.dll of the component TAR Archive Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The weakness was presented 02/10/2006 by Carsten Eiram (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at www-1.ibm.com. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 20924 (Lotus Notes < 6.5.5 / 7.0.1 Attachment Handling Vulnerabilities), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Gain a shell remotely and running in the context l.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (20924), SecurityFocus (BID 16576†), OSVDB (23067†) and Secunia (SA16100†). See VDB-2045, VDB-2042, VDB-2044 and VDB-2041 for similar entries. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Nessus ID: 20924
Nessus Name: Lotus Notes < 6.5.5 / 7.0.1 Attachment Handling Vulnerabilities
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Recommended: Upgrade
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02/15/2006 +4 days 🔍
05/05/2016 +3732 days 🔍
07/28/2022 +2275 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: www-1.ibm.com
Researcher: Carsten Eiram
Status: Not defined

GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-83523
SecurityFocus: 16576
Secunia: 16100
OSVDB: 23067 - Verity KeyView Viewer SDK tarrdr.dll TAR Extraction Overflow

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Entryinfo

Created: 05/05/2016 22:14
Updated: 07/28/2022 16:40
Changes: 05/05/2016 22:14 (48), 11/16/2018 09:14 (2), 07/28/2022 16:40 (2)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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