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AOL "YGP Picture Finder Tool" ActiveX Control Buffer Overflow Vulnerability


Title : AOL "YGP Picture Finder Tool" ActiveX Control Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Advisory ID : FrSIRT/ADV-2006-0221
CVE ID : CVE-2006-0316
Rated as : Critical 
Remotely Exploitable : Yes
Locally Exploitable : Yes
Release Date : 2006-01-16

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A vulnerability has been identified in AOL software and AOL You've Got Pictures, which could be exploited by remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands [...]

Solution

Upgrade to AOL 9.0 Optimized or AOL 9.0 Security Edition :
http://downloads.channel.aol.com/
Or download and apply the hotfix :
http://download.newaol.com/security/YGPClean.exe

Credits

Vulnerability reported by Richard M. Smith

ChangeLog

2006-01-16 : Initial release

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