Multiple vulnerabilities have been identified in Winamp, which could be exploited by remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands.
The first flaw is due to a buffer overflow error when processing a specially crafted playlist (".pls" file) containing a malformed "File" tag, which could be exploited by remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands and take complete control of an affected system without any user-interaction via a specially crafted web page.
The second issue is due to a stack overflow error when processing malformed "m3u" or "pls" files, which could be exploited by remote attackers to compromise a vulnerable system [...]
References
http://www.frsirt.com/english/advisories/2006/0361
http://www.frsirt.com/exploits/20060129.winamp0day.c.php
http://www.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=377
http://www.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=378
Credits
Vulnerabilities reported by ATmaCA, Alan Mccaig (b0f) and Ruben Santamarta.
ChangeLog
2006-01-29 : Initial release
2006-01-30 : Updated Solution
2006-02-01 : Updated Advisory
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