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TITLE:
Sylpheed-Claws URI Check Bypass Security Issue

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA20476

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/20476/

CRITICAL:
Less critical

IMPACT:
Security Bypass

WHERE:
>From remote

SOFTWARE:
Sylpheed-Claws 2.x
http://secunia.com/product/10351/

DESCRIPTION:
A security issue has been reported in Sylpheed-Claws, which
potentially can be exploited by malicious people to bypass certain
security restrictions.

The security issue is caused due to an error within
/src/common/utils.c when handling an URI that starts with a space
character. This can potentially be exploited to bypass the phishing
URI checker due to the failure to identify certain fake or phishing
URIs that began with a space.

The security issue has been reported in versions prior to 2.2.2.

SOLUTION:
Update to version 2.2.2.
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=25528

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Reported by the vendor.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=422662&group_id=25528

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