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Yeemp Spoofed Sender File Transfer Vulnerability
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA12795
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Release Date:
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2004-10-12
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Popularity:
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4,950 views
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Critical:
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Less critical
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Impact:
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Spoofing
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Where:
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From remote
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Solution Status:
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Vendor Patch
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| Software: | Yeemp 0.x
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Description:
A vulnerability has been reported in Yeemp, which can be exploited by malicious people to spoof their identity.
Yeemp uses public keys to encrypt messages and determine the identity of communicating clients. However, the encryption of inbound files is not checked, which can be exploited to send a file to a client and spoof the sender identity.
The vulnerability affects version 0.9.9 and prior.
Solution:
Update to version 0.9.10.
http://deekoo.net/technocracy/yeemp/
Provided and/or discovered by:
Reported by vendor.
Original Advisory:
http://deekoo.net/technocracy/yeemp/
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