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TITLE:
IBM Lotus Notes 5 / 6 Lotus 1-2-3 File Viewer Buffer Overflow

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA27836

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/27836/

CRITICAL:
Highly critical

IMPACT:
System access

WHERE:
>From remote

SOFTWARE:
IBM Lotus Notes 5.x
http://secunia.com/product/208/
IBM Lotus Notes 6.x
http://secunia.com/product/388/

DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been reported in IBM Lotus Notes, which can be
exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.

For more information:
SA27835

The vulnerability is reported in  version 6.0 and 6.5.

SOLUTION:
Lotus Notes 6.x:
Disable the affected file viewer until a patch is made available
(please see the vendor's advisory for details).

Lotus Notes 5.x:
There is no patch available for this version. The vendor recommends
disabling the affected file viewer (please see the vendor's advisory
for details).

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21285600

OTHER REFERENCES:
SA27835:
http://secunia.com/advisories/27835/

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