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Secunia Research 08/04/2008
- activePDF DocConverter Folio Flat File Parsing Buffer Overflows -
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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
* activePDF DocConverter 3.8.4.0
NOTE: Other versions may also be affected.
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2) Severity
Rating: Highly critical
Impact: From remote
Where: System access
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3) Vendor's Description of Software
"activePDF DocConverter enables you to convert to PDF from over 280
different file types, without requiring manual intervention."
Product Link:
http://www.activepdf.com/products/serverproducts/docconverter/
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4) Description of Vulnerability
Secunia Research has discovered 21 vulnerabilities in activePDF
DocConverter, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise
a vulnerable system.
Boundary errors within the "Folio Flat File" speed reader (foliosr.dll)
when handling attribute values of a number of tags (eg. DI, FD, FT, JD,
JL, LE, OB, OD, OL, PN, PS, PW, RD, QL, or TS) can be exploited to
cause stack-based buffer overflows.
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5) Solution
The vulnerabilities will be addressed in an upcoming version 3.8.4.5
by removing the affected file viewers.
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6) Time Table
28/12/2007 - Autonomy notified.
28/12/2007 - Autonomy responds.
03/01/2008 - activePDF and other vendors notified.
11/03/2008 - Symantec release p189 of SMSSMTP 5.0.1 containing fix.
14/03/2008 - activePDF notified of published fix.
08/04/2008 - 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-2007-6020 for the vulnerability.
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10) Verification
Please verify this advisory by visiting the Secunia website:
http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2007-106/
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