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TITLE:
UW-imapd c-client Library Off-by-one Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA33275

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CRITICAL:
Less critical

IMPACT:
DoS

WHERE:
>From remote

SOFTWARE:
UW-imapd
http://secunia.com/advisories/product/1578/

DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been reported in UW-imapd, which can be exploited
by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service).

The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error within the
"rfc822_output_char()" function in the c-client library. This can be
exploited to cause a buffer overflow with one byte and crash an
application using the library.

The vulnerability is reported in versions prior to 2007e.

SOLUTION:
Update to version 2007e.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Red Hat credits Ludwig Nussel.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://www.washington.edu/imap/documentation/RELNOTES.html

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=477227

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