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Credit:
The information has been provided by Ivan Rodriguez Almuina.
The original article can be found at: http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-11-172/
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Vulnerable Systems:
* Novell iPrint
User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must visit a malicious page or open a malicious file.
The flaw exists within the nipplib component which is used by both the ActiveX and Netscape compatible browser plugins. When handling the uri parameter from the user specified printer-url the process blindly copies user supplied data into a fixed-length buffer on the heap. A remote attacker can exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code under the context of the browser.
Patch Availability:
The fix has been pubished as:
Support TID 7008720: Security Vulnerability - Novell iPrint nipplib.dll uri Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
http://www.novell.com/support/php/search.do?cmd=displayKC&docType=kc&externalId=7008720
CVE Information:
CVE-2011-1699
Disclosure Timeline:
2011-01-24 - Vulnerability reported to vendor
2011-06-06 - Coordinated public release of advisory
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