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CDDBControl ActiveX Control Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Vulnerability Assessment Summary Checks for the CDDBControl ActiveX control Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment Summary : The remote Windows host has an ActiveX control that is susceptible to a buffer overflow vulnerability. Description : The Windows remote host contains the GraceNote CDDBControl ActiveX control, which is used by various products, including AOL's software, to lookup CD information in the GraceNote CDDB and is commonly marked as safe for scripting. The version of this ActiveX control on the remote host reportedly contains a buffer overflow vulnerability that arises when a large string is supplied as an option for the control. A remote attacker may be able to leverage this issue to execute arbitrary code on the remote host subject to the rights of the current user. See also : http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-06-019.html http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2006-June/047420.html http://www.gracenote.com/music/corporate/FAQs.html/faqset=security/page=0 http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2006-69/advisory/ Solution : Contact the developer of the software you are using for a patch or new version otherwise, use Gracenote's tool to set its 'kill' bit to disable the control in Internet Explorer. Network Security Threat Level: High / CVSS Base Score : 7.0 (AV:R/AC:L/Au:NR/C:P/I:P/A:P/B:N) Networks Security ID: 18678 Vulnerability Assessment Copyright: This script is Copyright (C) 2006 Tenable Network Security

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