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TITLE:
BarnOwl "CC:" Handling Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA38966

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/38966/

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

The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error within the
"owl_message_get_cc_without_recipient()" function. This can be
exploited to cause a heap-based buffer overflow via a specially
crafted "CC:" string.

Successful exploitation may allow execution of arbitrary code.

The vulnerability is reported in versions prior to 1.5.1.

SOLUTION:
Update to version 1.5.1.

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

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://barnowl.mit.edu/wiki/barnowl-1.5.1-announce
http://barnowl.mit.edu/browser/ChangeLog?rev=barnowl-1.5.1

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