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Winamp < 5.13 Multiple Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities

Vulnerability Assessment Summary
Checks for multiple buffer overflow vulnerabilities in Winamp < 5.13

Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment

Summary :

A multimedia application that is vulnerable to multiple buffer
overflows is installed on the remote Windows host.

Description :

The remote host is using Winamp, a popular media player for Windows.

It's possible that a remote attacker using a specially-crafted M3U or
PLS file can cause a buffer overflow in the version of Winamp
installed on the remote Windows host, resulting in a crash of the
application and even execution of arbitrary code remotely subject to
the user's rights. Note that these issues can reportedly be
exploited without user interaction by linking to a '.pls' file in an
IFRAME tag.

See also :

http://www.frsirt.com/exploits/20060129.winamp0day.c.php
http://www.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=377
http://www.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=378
http://www.winamp.com/player/version_history.php

Solution :

Upgrade to Winamp version 5.13 or later.

Network Security Threat Level:

High / CVSS Base Score : 8.0
(AV:R/AC:H/Au:NR/C:C/I:C/A:C/B:N)

Networks Security ID: 16410, 16462

Vulnerability Assessment Copyright: This script is Copyright (C) 2006 Tenable Network Security

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