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Posted: Thu May 24, 2007 11:27 pm
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A vulnerability in Notepad++ was found this month, capable of executing
arbitrary code on vulnerable systems. The software flaw is due to a
boundary error in a third party library used by Notepad++.
An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by creating a specially
crafted Ruby source file (with the .rb extension), which could cause a
stack-based buffer overflow.
This vulnerability is rated by Secunia as highly critical because an
attacker could use this flaw to gain access to a vulnerable system.
An update has been released for this vulnerability, and users are
encouraged to patch their systems.
For more information:
http://secunia.com/advisories/25245/
Cheers All
A vulnerability in Notepad++ was found this month, capable of executing
arbitrary code on vulnerable systems. The software flaw is due to a
boundary error in a third party library used by Notepad++.
An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by creating a specially
crafted Ruby source file (with the .rb extension), which could cause a
stack-based buffer overflow.
This vulnerability is rated by Secunia as highly critical because an
attacker could use this flaw to gain access to a vulnerable system.
An update has been released for this vulnerability, and users are
encouraged to patch their systems.
For more information:
http://secunia.com/advisories/25245/
Cheers All