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TITLE:
Barracuda Spam Firewall Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA23215

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/23215/

CRITICAL:
Highly critical

IMPACT:
System access

WHERE:
>From remote

OPERATING SYSTEM:
Barracuda Spam Firewall
http://secunia.com/product/4639/

DESCRIPTION:
Jean-Sébastien Guay-Leroux has reported a vulnerability in Barracuda
Spam Firewall, which can be exploited by malicious people to
compromise a vulnerable system.

The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error in the
Convert::UUlib library when processing BinHex files. This can be
exploited to cause a buffer overflow via a specially crafted file
sent to the appliance.

This is related to:
SA15130

The vulnerability is reported in versions prior to 3.3.15.026.

SOLUTION:
Update to the latest version.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Jean-Sébastien Guay-Leroux

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2006-December/051121.html

OTHER REFERENCES:
SA15130:
http://secunia.com/advisories/15130

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