Release Date: 21-Jan-2010

Last Update: 21-Jan-2010

Vendor Notification Date: 11-Dec-2009

Product: TheGreenBow VPN Client

Platform: Microsoft Windows

Affected versions: 4.65.003, 4.51.001 verified and possibly others

Severity Rating: High

Impact: System Access

Attack Vector: Local

Solution Status: Vendor patch

CVE reference: Not yet assigned

Details

TheGreenBow is an IPsec VPN client that sets up a secure channel for data transport.

TheGreenBow VPN Client is vulnerable to a local stack based buffer overflow which can lead to the compromise of a vulnerable system.

The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error when processing certain sections of tgb (policy) files. Passing an overly long string to  “OpenScriptAfterUp” will trigger the overflow.

Successful exploitation results in the execution of arbitrary code.

Please refer to the PDF version of this advisory for proof of concept code examples.

Solution

A patch is available from the vendor (unverified) and will be included in the next release.

Discovered By

Sense of Security Labs.