5th Jan 2003 [SBWID-5905]
COMMAND
Winamp multiple overflows in b4s-lists
SYSTEMS AFFECTED
All versions: up to v.3.0
Not vulnerable: all that doesn't support b4s-lists
PROBLEM
In D4rkGr3y of Damage Hacking Group security [http://www.dhgroup.org]
advisory [bld #488] :
WinAmp allows u to save your mp3-list to *.b4s-files. This is something
like *.m3u-lists, but b4s uses XML for it's work. Here is example of
one b4s-file (# - comments):
<?xml version="1.0" encoding='UTF-8' standalone="yes"?>
<WinampXML>
<!-- Generated by: Nullsoft Winamp3 version 3.0 -->
<playlist num_entries="[number_of_entries]" label="[playlist_name]"> #(1)
#first entry
<entry Playstring="file:[patch_to_file]"> #(2)
<Name>[name_of_the_song]</Name>
<Length>[file_size_in_byts]</Lengt>
</entry>
#end of first entry
</playlist>
</WinampXML>
Now, lets talk about bugs.
(1) if [playlist_name] will be longer then 16580b, ecx, esi and
retaddr(!!) will be overwriten at addr 0x1007C340. So it's possible to
execute arbitrary code with user's permisson.
(2) buffer overflow in [patch_to_file]. I don't parse this problem, but
I realy think, that it's very serious too.
(3) DoS. If [playlist_name] will include some cyrilic (imho, any none
English) letters, WinAmp will be crashed.
(4) DOS Device bug. If [patch_to_file] will be "file:aux", WinAmp will
be freezed.
SOLUTION
Use m3u-lists :) & wait for new versions of WinAmp.
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