TITLE:
AOL You've Got Pictures ActiveX Control Buffer Overflow

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA18521

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/18521/

CRITICAL:
Highly critical

IMPACT:
DoS, System access

WHERE:
>From remote

SOFTWARE:
AOL 8.x
http://secunia.com/product/6839/
AOL 9.x Classic
http://secunia.com/product/6840/

DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been reported in AOL, which can be exploited by
malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service) and potentially
compromise a user's system.

The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error in the YPG
Picture Finder Tool ActiveX Control (YGPPicFinder.DLL). This can be
exploited to cause a buffer overflow and may allow arbitrary code
execution.

The vulnerability has been reported in AOL 8.0, 8.0 Plus, and 9.0
Classic. The vulnerable control was also distributed via the You've
Got Pictures website prior to 2004.

SOLUTION:
Update to AOL 9.0 Optimized and AOL 9.0 Security Edition or apply
hotfix.
http://download.newaol.com/security/YGPClean.exe

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
The vendor credits Richard M. Smith.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
US-CERT VU#715730:
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/715730

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