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AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution
ESB-2008.1097 -- [Win]
Multiple vulnerabilities identified in Trillian versions prior to 3.1.12.0
12 December 2008
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AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product: Trillian
Publisher: ZDI
Operating System: Windows
Impact: Execute Arbitrary Code/Commands
Access: Remote/Unauthenticated
CVE Names: CVE-2008-5401 CVE-2008-5402 CVE-2008-5403
Original Bulletin: http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-077
http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-078
http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-079
Comment: This ESB contains three advisories regarding Trillian
vulnerabilities.
Revision History: December 12 2008: Added CVEs
December 8 2008: Initial Release
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ZDI-08-077: Trillian AIM IMG Tag Parsing Stack Overflow Vulnerability
http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-077
December 4, 2008
- -- Affected Vendors:
Cerulean Studios
- -- Affected Products:
Cerulean Studios Trillian
- -- Vulnerability Details:
This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on
vulnerable installations of Cerulean Studios Trillian. Authentication is
not required to exploit this vulnerability.
The specific flaw exists within the tooltip processing code for
Trillian. When creating a tooltip for an image, the application
generates an XML tag including a property containing the filename. This
data is then copied directly into a stack-based buffer without any
length verifications which can eventually lead to code execution with
the privileges of the client.
- -- Vendor Response:
Cerulean Studios has issued an update to correct this vulnerability. More
details can be found at:
http://blog.ceruleanstudios.com/?p=404
- -- Disclosure Timeline:
2008-11-10 - Vulnerability reported to vendor
2008-12-04 - Coordinated public release of advisory
- -- Credit:
This vulnerability was discovered by:
* Damian Put
ZDI-08-078: Trillian IMG SRC ID Memory Corruption Vulnerability
http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-078
December 4, 2008
- -- Affected Vendors:
Cerulean Studios
- -- Affected Products:
Cerulean Studios Trillian
- -- Vulnerability Details:
This vulnerability allows remote attackers to potentially execute
arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of Cerulean Studios Trillian.
Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability.
The specific flaw exists within the XML processing code for Trillian.
When parsing specially formulated xml, the application will corrupt an
internal data structure. Whilst deallocating this data structure, the
application can be tricked into freeing a single allocated chunk
multiple times, which can potentially lead to code execution.
- -- Vendor Response:
Trillian has issued an update to correct this vulnerability. More
details can be found at:
http://blog.ceruleanstudios.com/?p=404
- -- Disclosure Timeline:
2008-11-10 - Vulnerability reported to vendor
2008-12-04 - Coordinated public release of advisory
- -- Credit:
This vulnerability was discovered by:
* Damian Put
ZDI-08-079: Trillian AIM Plugin Malformed XML Tag Heap Overflow
Vulnerability
http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-079
December 4, 2008
- -- Affected Vendors:
Cerulean Studios
- -- Affected Products:
Cerulean Studios Trillian
- -- Vulnerability Details:
This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on
vulnerable installations of Cerulean Studios Trillian. Authentication is
not required to exploit this vulnerability.
The specific flaw exists within the XML processing code for Trillian.
When parsing a malformed XML tag, the application does not allocate
enough space for it's contents. During copying of this to the newly
allocated buffer, the application will overwrite heap structures with
attacker-supplied data that can then be leveraged to achieve code
execution with the privileges of the application.
- -- Vendor Response:
Cerulean Studios has issued an update to correct this vulnerability. More
details can be found at:
http://blog.ceruleanstudios.com/?p=404
- -- Disclosure Timeline:
2008-11-24 - Vulnerability reported to vendor
2008-12-04 - Coordinated public release of advisory
- -- Credit:
This vulnerability was discovered by:
* Damian Put
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