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                    Secunia Research 07/06/2006

       - AutoMate unacev2.dll Buffer Overflow Vulnerability -

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Table of Contents

Affected Software....................................................1
Severity.............................................................2
Description of Vulnerability.........................................3
Solution.............................................................4
Time Table...........................................................5
Credits..............................................................6
References...........................................................7
About Secunia........................................................8
Verification.........................................................9

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1) Affected Software 

* AutoMate version 6.1.0.0

Other versions may also be affected.

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2) Severity 

Rating: Less Critical
Impact: System Access
Where:  Remote

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3) Description of Vulnerability

Secunia Research has discovered a vulnerability in AutoMate, which
can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.

The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error in UNACEV2.DLL 
when extracting an ACE archive containing a file with an overly long
filename. This can be exploited to cause a stack-based buffer overflow
when a user extracts a specially crafted ACE archive.

The vulnerability is related to:
SA16479

Successful exploitation requires that the user is e.g. tricked into
scheduling a task to extract a malicious ACE archive.

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4) Solution 

The vendor reportedly released a fix on 2006-05-29.

Do not extract untrusted ACE archives.

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5) Time Table 

02/05/2006 - Initial vendor notification.
09/05/2006 - Initial vendor reply.
16/05/2006 - Vendor reminder.
16/05/2006 - Vendor reply.
30/05/2006 - Vendor reminder.
07/06/2006 - Public disclosure. (No reply from vendor)

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6) Credits 

Discovered by Secunia Research.

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7) References

SA16479:
http://secunia.com/advisories/16479/ 

The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) project has assigned
CVE-2005-2856 for the vulnerability.

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8) About Secunia 

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9) Verification 

Please verify this advisory by visiting the Secunia website:
http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2006-38/advisory/ 

Complete list of vulnerability reports published by Secunia Research:
http://secunia.com/secunia_research/ 

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