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TITLE:
Icarus Portable Game Notation File Buffer Overflow

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA34368

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/34368/

DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been discovered in Icarus, which can be exploited
by malicious people to compromise a user's system.

The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error when handling
Portable Game Notation files. This can be exploited to cause a
stack-based buffer overflow via a specially crafted Portable Game
Notation file (*.pgn).

The vulnerability is confirmed in version 2.0. Other versions may
also be affected.

SOLUTION:
Do not open Portable Game Notation files from untrusted sources.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
His0k4

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://milw0rm.com/exploits/8236

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