[SA12772] Crystal Reports JPEG Processing Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

TITLE:
Crystal Reports JPEG Processing Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA12772

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/12772/

CRITICAL:
Highly critical

IMPACT:
System access

WHERE:
>From remote

SOFTWARE:
Crystal Reports 9
http://secunia.com/product/2254/
Crystal Reports 10
http://secunia.com/product/3551/
Crystal Enterprise 9
http://secunia.com/product/3552/
Crystal Enterprise 10
http://secunia.com/product/3553/

DESCRIPTION:
BusinessObjects has acknowledged a vulnerability in Crystal Reports,
which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's
system.

For more information:
SA12528

SOLUTION:
Apply patches.

Crystal Reports 10 and Crystal Enterprise 10:
ftp://ftp1.businessobjects.com/outgoing/ehf/CriticalUpdate/v10_gdiplus_critical_update.zip

An updated copy of the "ActiveXViewer.cab" file for runtime
environments or third party applications using the ActiveX viewer but
not having Crystal Reports 10 or Crystal Enterprise 10 installed is
available at:
ftp://ftp1.businessobjects.com/outgoing/ehf/CriticalUpdate/ActiveXViewer_gdiplus_critical_update.zip

Crystal Reports 9 and Crystal Enterprise 9:
ftp://ftp1.businessobjects.com/outgoing/ehf/CriticalUpdate/v9_gdiplus_critical_update.zip

Updated merge modules:
http://support.businessobjects.com/mergemodules

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://support.businessobjects.com/library/kbase/articles/c2016358.asp

OTHER REFERENCES:
SA12528:
http://secunia.com/advisories/12528/

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