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                    Secunia Research 09/05/2006

     - Where Is It 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 

* Where Is It version 3.73.501

Other versions may also be affected.

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2) Severity 

Rating: Moderately Critical
Impact: System Access
Where:  Remote

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3) Description of Vulnerability

Secunia Research has discovered a vulnerability in Where Is It 
(WhereIsIt), 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

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4) Solution 

Update to version 3.73.505
http://www.whereisit-soft.com/download.html 

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5) Time Table 

04/05/2006 - Initial vendor notification.
09/05/2006 - Public disclosure. (No reply from vendor, but silently
             fixed in latest version)

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6) Credits 

Discovered by Secunia Research.

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7) References

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

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9) Verification 

Please verify this advisory by visiting the Secunia website:
http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2006-28/advisory/ 

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

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