| Name | Ourgame.GlobalLink.ChatRoom.ActiveX.Control.Buffer.Overflow |
| Release Date | Jan 29, 2008 |
| Severity | Critical |
| Impact | System Compromise: remote attackers can gain control of vulnerable systems.
Denial of service. |
| Description | This indicates an attempt to exploit a buffer overflow vulnerability in GlobalLink's 'GLChat.ocx' ActiveX control.
The buffer overflow occurs when a long argument is passed to the 'ChatRoom' variable. An attacker can exploit this issue to execute arbitrary code on a target host or cause a denial of service by crashing their web browser. |
| Affected Products | GlobalLink 'GLChat.ocx' ActiveX control. |
| Recommended Actions | Upgrade to the latest version.
Set the kill bit on the vulnerable ActiveX control. |
| Reference/s | http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27393 (BugTraq)
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