Chris Posted November 28, 2004 Report Share Posted November 28, 2004 Users of America Online Inc.'s Winamp media player are at risk of remote code execution attacks because of a flaw in the software, according to a warning from a security research firm. The flaw, which Secunia rates as "highly critical," has been reported in Winamp versions 5.05 and 5.06. Prior versions also may be affected. Security-Assessment.com, which is credited with finding the vulnerability, said a malicious hacker could cause a buffer overflow in various ways, the most dangerous being through a malformed .m3u playlist file. "When hosted on a Web site, these files will be automatically downloaded and opened in Winamp without any user interaction. This is enough to cause the overflow that would allow a malicious playlist to overwrite EIP and execute arbitrary code," the company said.The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error in the "IN_CDDA.dll" file," the company said.Secunia recommends that users disassociate ".cda" and ".m3u" extensions from Winamp until the vendor releases a fix.More | Here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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