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TITLE:
Creative Software AutoUpdate Engine ActiveX Control Buffer Overflow

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA30403

VERIFY ADVISORY:
https://secunia.com/advisories/30403/

CRITICAL:
Highly critical

IMPACT:
System access

WHERE:
>From remote

SOFTWARE:
Creative Software AutoUpdate Engine ActiveX Control
https://secunia.com/product/18818/

DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been reported in Creative Software AutoUpdate
Engine ActiveX Control, which can be exploited by malicious people to
compromise a user's system.

The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error within the
Creative Software AutoUpdate Engine ActiveX control (CTSUEng.ocx)
when handling certain unspecified properties or methods. This can be
exploited to cause a stack-based buffer overflow when a user is
tricked into visiting a malicious website.

Successful exploitation may allow execution of arbitrary code.

SOLUTION:
Set the kill-bit for the affected ActiveX control.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Reported by Greg Linares of eEye Digital Security via US-CERT.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
US-CERT VU#501843:
https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/501843

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