Gracenote CDDBControl ActiveX Control Option String Overflow

high Nessus Plugin ID 21772

Synopsis

The remote Windows host has an ActiveX control that is susceptible to a buffer overflow vulnerability.

Description

The Windows remote host contains the Gracenote CDDBControl ActiveX control, which is used by various products, including AOL's software, to lookup CD information in the Gracenote CDDB and is commonly marked as safe for scripting.

The version of this ActiveX control on the remote host reportedly contains a buffer overflow vulnerability that arises when a large string is supplied as an option for the control. A remote attacker may be able to leverage this issue to execute arbitrary code on the remote host subject to the privileges of the current user.

Solution

Contact the developer of the software you are using for a patch or new version; otherwise, use Gracenote's tool to set its kill bit to disable the control in Internet Explorer.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 21772

File Name: cddbcontrol_activex_overflow.nasl

Version: 1.30

Type: local

Agent: windows

Family: Windows

Published: 6/28/2006

Updated: 11/15/2018

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.3

Temporal Score: 6.9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Vulnerability Information

Required KB Items: SMB/Registry/Enumerated

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/27/2006

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2006-3134, CVE-2006-6442

BID: 18678

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