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TITLE:
GenStat Book / Spreadsheet File Processing Two Vulnerabilities

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA46283

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RELEASE DATE:
2011-10-15

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DESCRIPTION:
Luigi Auriemma has reported two vulnerabilities in GenStat, which can
be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.

1) An array-indexing error when processing Book (GWB) files can be
exploited to corrupt memory via a specially crafted ".gwb" file.

2) An error when processing Spreadsheet (GSH) files can be exploited
to cause a heap-based buffer overflow via a specially crafted ".gsh"
file.

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

The vulnerabilities are reported in version 14.1.0.5943. Other
versions may also be affected.

SOLUTION:
Do not open files from untrusted sources.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Luigi Auriemma

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
https://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/genstat_1-adv.txt

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