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TITLE:
EViews Program File Processing Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA46094

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RELEASE DATE:
2011-09-20

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DESCRIPTION:
Luigi Auriemma has discovered a vulnerability in EViews, which can be
exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.

The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error when handling
"subroutine" declarations within program files. This can be exploited
to cause a heap-based buffer overflow via a specially crafted ".prg"
file.

Successful exploitation may allow execution of arbitrary code, but
requires tricking a user into opening a malicious file.

The vulnerability is confirmed in version 7.0.0.1. Other versions may
also be affected.

SOLUTION:
Do not open files from untrusted sources.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Luigi Auriemma

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/eviews_1-adv.txt

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