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TITLE:
IDA Pro Debugger Dynamic Link Library Loading Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA14610

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/14610/

CRITICAL:
Not critical

IMPACT:
System access

WHERE:
>From remote

SOFTWARE:
IDA Pro 4.x
http://secunia.com/product/4559/

DESCRIPTION:
Piotr Bania has reported a vulnerability in IDA Pro, which can be
exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.

The vulnerability is caused due to a format string error in the
debugging functionality when handling loaded dynamic link libraries
and can be exploited via a specially crafted library name containing
format specifiers.

Successful exploitation may allow execution of arbitrary code with
the privileges of the user running IDA Pro.

The vulnerability has been reported in version 4.7.0.830. Other
versions may also be affected.

NOTE: This vulnerability has been rated "Not critical" as untrusted
applications only should be debugged in dedicated test environments.

SOLUTION:
Update to version 4.8 or apply patch for version 4.7.

Patch for version 4.7:
http://www.datarescue.com/freefiles/ida47_fix2.zip

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Piotr Bania

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
DataRescue:
http://www.datarescue.com/ubb/ultimatebb.php?/topic/2/155.html

Piotr Bania:
http://pb.specialised.info/all/adv/ida-debugger-adv.txt

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