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CA eTrust PestPatrol Anti-Spyware 'ppctl.dll' ActiveX Control BOF Vulnerability
Information
Severity
Severity
Family
Family
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
Solution Type
Solution Type
Created
Created
Modified
Modified
Summary
This host is installed with CA eTrust PestPatrol Anti-Spyware and is prone to Buffer Overflow vulnerability.
Insight
Insight
A Stack-based buffer overflow error in ActiveX control in 'ppctl.dll', which can be caused by persuading a victim to visit a specially-crafted Web page that passes an overly long string argument to the 'Initialize()' method.
Affected Software
Affected Software
CA eTrust PestPatrol Anti-Spyware
Solution
Solution
No known solution was made available for at least one year since the disclosure of this vulnerability. Likely none will be provided anymore. General solution options are to upgrade to a newer release, disable respective features, remove the product or replace the product by another one.