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HistoryDec 17, 2009 - 12:00 a.m.

Secunia Research: Winamp Ultratracker File Parsing Buffer Overflow

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                 Secunia Research 17/12/2009

    - Winamp Ultratracker File Parsing Buffer Overflow -

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Table of Contents

Affected Software…1
Severity…2
Vendor's Description of Software…3
Description of Vulnerability…4
Solution…5
Time Table…6
Credits…7
References…8
About Secunia…9
Verification…10

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1) Affected Software

  • Winamp 5.56 Media Player

NOTE: Prior versions may also be affected.

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2) Severity

Rating: Highly critical
Impact: System access
Where: From remote

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3) Vendor's Description of Software

"It is more than just a player. It's your window to the multimedia
world. From MP3s to streaming video, Winamp is the one place you go to
feed your audio/video habit.".

Product Link:
http://www.winamp.com/

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4) Description of Vulnerability

Secunia Research has discovered a vulnerability in Winamp, which can
be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.

The vulnerability is caused by an error in the Module Decoder Plug-in
(IN_MOD.DLL) when parsing Ultratracker files and can be exploited to
cause a heap-based buffer overflow.

Successful exploitation may allow execution of arbitrary code.

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5) Solution

Update to version 5.57.

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6) Time Table

07/12/2009 - Vendor notified.
07/12/2009 - Vendor response.
17/12/2009 - Public disclosure.

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7) Credits

Discovered by Dyon Balding, Secunia Research.

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8) References

The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) project has assigned
CVE-2009-3996 for the vulnerability.

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9) About Secunia

Secunia offers vulnerability management solutions to corporate
customers with verified and reliable vulnerability intelligence
relevant to their specific system configuration:

http://secunia.com/advisories/business_solutions/

Secunia also provides a publicly accessible and comprehensive advisory
database as a service to the security community and private
individuals, who are interested in or concerned about IT-security.

http://secunia.com/advisories/

Secunia believes that it is important to support the community and to
do active vulnerability research in order to aid improving the
security and reliability of software in general:

http://secunia.com/secunia_research/

Secunia regularly hires new skilled team members. Check the URL below
to see currently vacant positions:

http://secunia.com/corporate/jobs/

Secunia offers a FREE mailing list called Secunia Security Advisories:

http://secunia.com/advisories/mailing_lists/

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10) Verification

Please verify this advisory by visiting the Secunia website:
http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2009-56/

Complete list of vulnerability reports published by Secunia Research:
http://secunia.com/secunia_research/

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