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Secunia Research 25/07/2016
Reprise License Manager "actserver" Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
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Table of Contents
Affected Software....................................................1
Severity.............................................................2
Description of Vulnerabilities.......................................3
Solution.............................................................4
Time Table...........................................................5
Credits..............................................................6
References...........................................................7
About Secunia........................................................8
Verification.........................................................9
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1) Affected Software
* Reprise License Manager version 12.0BL2. Other versions may also be
affected.
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2) Severity
Rating: Moderately critical
Impact: System compromise
Where: From local network
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3) Description of Vulnerabilities
Secunia Research have discovered a vulnerability in Reprise
License Manager (RLM), which can be exploited by malicious people to
compromise a vulnerable system.
The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error when handling the
"actserver" POST parameter related to /goform/activate_doit, which
can be exploited to cause a stack-based buffer overflow via a
specially crafted HTTP request.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may allow execution of
arbitrary code.
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4) Solution
Update to version 12.1BL2 if available for the supported platforms.
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5) Time Table
01/06/2016 - Initial contact with vendor.
01/06/2016 - Vendor responds with service ticket ID.
02/06/2016 - Details transferred.
02/06/2016 - Vendor confirms reception and informs that the issues
will be fixed in version 12.1.
28/06/2016 - Release of vendor patch.
30/06/2016 - Release of Secunia Advisory SA67000, which includes
one of the vulnerabilities that is confirmed fixed.
25/07/2016 - Public disclosure of Research Advisory.
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6) Credits
Discovered by Behzad Najjarpour Jabbari, Secunia Research at Flexera
Software.
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7) References
Currently no CVE identifier is assigned.
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8) About Secunia (now part of Flexera Software)
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9) Verification
Please verify this advisory by visiting the Secunia website:
http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2016-7/
Complete list of vulnerability reports published by Secunia Research:
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