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Hummingbird HostExplorer ActiveX Control BOF Vulnerability
Information
Severity
Severity
Medium
Family
Family
Denial of Service
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
6.8
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Solution Type
Solution Type
Vendor Patch
Created
Created
15 years ago
Modified
Modified
5 years ago
Summary
This host has Hummingbird HostExplorer ActiveX Control installed and is prone to stack based buffer overflow vulnerability.
Insight
Insight
The flaw is due to error in Hummingbird.XWebHostCtrl.1 ActiveX control in hclxweb.dll file when handling the 'PlainTextPassword' function, which can be exploited by assigning an overly long string.
Affected Software
Affected Software
Hummingbird HostExplorer versions prior to 2008 on Windows (all)
Solution
Solution
Update to HostExplorer 2008.