[PCWorks] Windows MPEG Layer-3 Codecs Buffer Overflow

  • From: "Clint Hamilton-PCWorks Admin" <PCWorks@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: "PCWorks@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <pcworks@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 14 Apr 2010 22:57:06 -0500

TITLE:
Microsoft Windows MPEG Layer-3 Codecs Buffer Overflow

Highly critical
Impact:  System access
Where:  From remote

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/39379/

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

The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error in the MPEG
Layer-3 codecs and can be exploited to cause a stack-based buffer
overflow when decoding an AVI file containing a specially crafted
MPEG Layer-3 audio stream.

Successful exploitation allows execution of arbitrary code.

SOLUTION:
Apply patches.

Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=F6394FC2-B9D0-46CF-9265-A0D4AEB1448F

Windows XP SP2/SP3:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=B1582A74-4A7B-4540-BEB1-7C89C86EAE87

Windows XP Professional x64 Edition SP2:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=8AFCA317-A647-44AA-A771-5D85CD5D62EA

Windows Server 2003 SP2:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=9F89746C-181E-4177-A851-EC1826E78B6D

Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition SP2:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=B97E7EA1-A163-4CE4-8CBC-5F933773C4B2

Windows Vista (optionally with SP1/SP2):
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=0E7140BB-42D3-48B3-9F4B-D55B17770DE8

Windows Vista x64 Edition (optionally with SP1/SP2):
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=B885AEF4-3A5D-4C3E-BEF6-5EFEF2965752

Windows Server 2008 for 32-bit Systems (optionally with SP2):
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=8E9C04C9-898F-4ED2-949D-F4343CC0D9F6

Windows Server 2008 for x64-based Systems (optionally with SP2):
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=D6F2E1AE-48D3-4D2C-B329-32CFF00AFEE5

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
MS10-026 (KB977816):
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS10-026.mspx


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