Green.Dam.URL.Processing.Buffer.Overflow
| Release Date | Apr 29, 2010 |
| Severity | Medium |
| Impact | Successful exploitation of this vulnerability allows an attacker to execute arbitrary code by tricking a user into visiting a malicious Web page. |
| Description | Green Dam is software designed to monitor Internet connections and text typed on the computer. It blocks undesirable or politically sensitive content and optionally reports it to authorities.
A vulnerability has been reported in Green Dam, which is caused due to a boundary error when filtering URLs and can be exploited to cause a stack-based buffer overflow via an overly long URL string. |
| Affected Products | Green Dam 3.17 |
| Recommended Actions | There are no vendor supplied patches available at this time.
Workaround:
Do not browse untrusted Web sites or follow untrusted links. |
Reference: VID-22585
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