Advisory Details

December 4th, 2008

Trillian AIM Plugin Malformed XML Tag Heap Overflow Vulnerability

ZDI-08-079
ZDI-CAN-410

CVE ID CVE-2008-5403
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 ['6619']. 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. Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability.

The specific flaw exists within the XML processing code for Trillian. When parsing a malformed XML tag, the application does not allocate enough space for it's contents. During copying of this to the newly allocated buffer, the application will overwrite heap structures with attacker-supplied data that can then be leveraged to achieve code execution with the privileges of the application.

ADDITIONAL DETAILS Cerulean Studios has issued an update to correct this vulnerability. More details can be found at:
http://blog.ceruleanstudios.com/?p=404
DISCLOSURE TIMELINE
  • 2008-11-24 - Vulnerability reported to vendor
  • 2008-12-04 - Coordinated public release of advisory
CREDIT Damian Put
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