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TITLE:
Astaro update for libspf2

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA32720

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/32720/

CRITICAL:
Moderately critical

IMPACT:
DoS, System access

WHERE:
>From remote

OPERATING SYSTEM:
Astaro Security Gateway 7.x
http://secunia.com/advisories/product/13910/

DESCRIPTION:
Astaro has issued an update for libspf2. This fixes a vulnerability,
which can be exploited by malicious people to potentially compromise
an application using the library.

The vulnerability is cause due to a boundary error within the
"SPF_dns_resolv_lookup()" function in Spf_dns_resolv.c when
processing DNS responses. This can be exploited to cause a heap-based
buffer overflow via a specially crafted DNS TXT record.

Successful exploitation may allow execution of arbitrary code.

SOLUTION:
Apply Up2Date package 7.305
http://up2date.astaro.com/2008/11/up2date_7305_released.html

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://up2date.astaro.com/2008/11/up2date_7305_released.html

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