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Fortinet Discovers Multiple Cisco WebEx WRF Player Vulnerabilities

Summary:

Multiple memory corruption vulnerabilities exist in Cisco WebEx WRF Player which allow a remote attacker to compromise a vulnerable system.

Impact:

Remote code execution / Denial of service.

Risk:

  • Critical

Affected Software:

  • Cisco WebEx WRF Player 3.0 or earlier versions on Linux,Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X

Additional Information:

Six vulnerabilities were discovered in Cisco WebEx WRF Player, each of which is highlighted below:

  • FG-VD-09-008: Cisco WebEx WRF Player Denial Of Service in "atrpui.dll" (CVE-2009-2880)
  • FG-VD-09-010: Cisco WebEx WRF Player Heap Overflow in "atas32.dll" (CVE-2009-2879)
  • FG-VD-09-012: Cisco WebEx WRF Player Heap Overflow in "atas32.dll" (CVE-2009-2876)
  • FG-VD-09-013: Cisco WebEx WRF Player Heap Overflow in "atas32.dll" (CVE-2009-2878)
  • FG-VD-09-014: Cisco WebEx WRF Player Stack Overflow in "ataudio.dll" (CVE-2009-2877)
  • FG-VD-09-016: Cisco WebEx WRF Player Denial of Service in "atas32.dll" (CVE-2009-2875)

Solutions:

Use the solution provided by Cisco:

  • FG-VD-09-008: fixed in WebEx releases T26 and T27
  • FG-VD-09-010: fixed in WebEx releases T26SP49EP32 and T27SP10
  • FG-VD-09-012: fixed in WebEx releases T26SP49EP32 and T27SP10
  • FG-VD-09-013: fixed in WebEx releases T26SP49EP32 and T27SP10
  • FG-VD-09-014: fixed in WebEx releases T26LSp49EP32 and T27SP10
  • FG-VD-09-016: fixed in WebEx release T26SP49EP

FortiGuard Labs released the following signatures to protect against these vulnerabilities

  • "Cisco.WebEx.Player.atas32.Heap.Overflow" (CVE-2009-2879, CVE-2009-2876, CVE-2009-2878)
  • "Cisco.WebEx.Player.ataudio.Buffer.Overflow" (CVE-2009-2877)
  • "Cisco.WebEx.Player.atrpui.DoS" (CVE-2009-2880)
  • "Cisco.WebEx.Player.atas32.DoS" (CVE-2009-2875)

Fortinet customers who subscribe to Fortinet's intrusion prevention (IPS) service should be protected against these memory corruption vulnerabilities. Fortinet's IPS service is one component of FortiGuard Subscription Services, which also offer comprehensive solutions such as antivirus, Web content filtering and antispam capabilities. These services enable protection against threats on both application and network layers. FortiGuard Services are continuously updated by Fortinet's FortiGuard Labs, which enables Fortinet to deliver a combination of multi-layered security intelligence and true zero-day protection from new and emerging threats. These updates are delivered to all FortiGate, FortiMail and FortiClient products. Fortinet strictly follows responsible disclosure guidelines to ensure optimum protection during a threat's lifecycle.

References:

Acknowledgment:

  • Zhenhua Liu and XiaoPeng Zhang of Fortinet's FortiGuard Labs