Advisory Details

May 21st, 2008

Trillian Multiple Protocol XML Parsing Memory Corruption Vulnerability

CVE ID	CVE-2008-2408
CVSS SCORE
AFFECTED VENDORS	Cerulean Studios
AFFECTED PRODUCTS	Trillian
TREND MICRO CUSTOMER PROTECTION	Trend Micro TippingPoint IPS customers are protected against this vulnerability by Digital Vaccine protection filter ID ['6126']. For further product information on the TippingPoint IPS: http://www.tippingpoint.com
VULNERABILITY DETAILS	This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of Cerulean Studios Trillian Pro. Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within XML parsing in talk.dll. When processing certain malformed attributes within an 'IMG' tags, it is possible to overwrite past an allocated heap chunk which can eventually lead to code execution under the context of the currently user.
ADDITIONAL DETAILS	Trillian v3.1.10.0 has been released to address these vulnerabilities and is available at http://www.ceruleanstudios.com/downloads/
DISCLOSURE TIMELINE	2008-04-08 - Vulnerability reported to vendor 2008-05-21 - Coordinated public release of advisory
CREDIT	tw33k and n8

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