[SA21552] Ichitaro Document Viewer Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

TITLE:
Ichitaro Document Viewer Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA21552

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/21552/

CRITICAL:
Extremely critical

IMPACT:
System access

WHERE:
>From remote

SOFTWARE:
Ichitaro for Linux
http://secunia.com/product/11596/
Ichitaro 9.x
http://secunia.com/product/11597/
Ichitaro 2006
http://secunia.com/product/11604/
Ichitaro 2005
http://secunia.com/product/11603/
Ichitaro 2004
http://secunia.com/product/11602/
Ichitaro 13.x
http://secunia.com/product/11601/
Ichitaro 12.x
http://secunia.com/product/11600/
Ichitaro 11.x
http://secunia.com/product/11599/
Ichitaro 10.x
http://secunia.com/product/11598/

DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been reported in Ichitaro, which can be exploited
by malicious people to compromise a user's system.

The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error when processing a
specially crafted document. This can be exploited to cause a
stack-based buffer overflow via an overly long string.

Successful exploitation allows execution of arbitrary code.

NOTE: The vulnerability is currently being actively exploited.

SOLUTION:
Apply patch.

Ichitaro 2005/2006:
A patch was released on 2006-08-18.

Ichitaro for Linux:
A patch should be available soon.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Discovered in the wild as a so-called 0-day.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
Justsystem (japanese):
http://www.justsystem.co.jp/info/pd6002.html

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