[auton-users] Update your WinRAR (if you have it installed)

[Michael J. Baysek]

Hi Lab.  Today a "Highly Critical" security advisory was posted by 
Secunia for WinRAR.  Windows WinRAR users:  You should upgrade your 
WinRAR version to 3.71 by downloading it from


http://www.rarlab.com/download.htm


For more information on the security advisory, you may read the message 
below, or visit. 


http://secunia.com/advisories/29407/


-Mike

PS: At this time, there was no security advisory posted for the Linux 
version of RAR.

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Subject: 	[SA29407] WinRAR Multiple Unspecified Vulnerabilities
Date: 	20 Mar 2008 01:48:27 -0000
From: 	Secunia Security Advisories <sec-adv at secunia.com>
To: 	mjbaysek at cs.cmu.edu



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A new version (0.9.0.0 - Release Candidate 1) of the free Secunia PSI
has been released. The new version includes many new and advanced
features, which makes it even easier to stay patched.

Download and test it today:
https://psi.secunia.com/

Read more about this new version:
https://psi.secunia.com/?page=changelog

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TITLE:
WinRAR Multiple Unspecified Vulnerabilities

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA29407

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/29407/

CRITICAL:
Highly critical

IMPACT:
DoS, System access

WHERE:
>From remote

SOFTWARE:
WinRAR 3.x
http://secunia.com/product/890/

DESCRIPTION:
Some vulnerabilities have been reported in WinRAR, which can
potentially be exploited by malicious people to compromise a
vulnerable system.

The vulnerabilities are caused due to unspecified errors in the
processing of archives and can be exploited to cause heap corruptions
and stack-based buffer overflows via specially crafted archives.

Successful exploitation may allow execution of arbitrary code.

The vulnerabilities are reported in versions prior to 3.71.

SOLUTION:
Update to version 3.71.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Oulu University Secure Programming Group

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://www.ee.oulu.fi/research/ouspg/protos/testing/c10/archive/

OTHER REFERENCES:
https://www.cert.fi/haavoittuvuudet/joint-advisory-archive-formats.html

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use those supplied by the vendor.

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Michael J. Baysek, Systems Analyst
Carnegie Mellon University - Auton Lab
www.cmu.edu - www.autonlab.org
412-268-8939

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