Rising.Online.Virus.Scanner.ActiveX.Scan.Buffer.Overflow

Release Date May 27, 2011
Severity high
Impact System Compromise: Remote attackers can gain control of vulnerable systems.
Description This indicates an attempt to exploit a buffer overflow vulnerability in the Rising Online Scanner ActiveX control. There is a buffer overflow vulnerability in the "scan" function in Rising Online Scanner. This issue is caused by the application's failure to perform adequate boundary checks on user supplied data. The overflow occurs when processing an overly long argument passed to the "scan()" method.
Affected Products Rising Antivirus International Virus Scanner 22.0.5
Recommended Actions Currently we are not aware of any vendor supplied patch for this issue.
Coverage IPS VCM
Reference/s http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/38282 (BugTraq)

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