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The Bat! Email Subject Header Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA18989
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Release Date:
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2006-02-24
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Last Update:
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2006-03-02
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Popularity:
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8,071 views
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Critical:
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Highly critical
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Impact:
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System access
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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: | The Bat! 3.x
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| CVE reference: | CVE-2006-0918
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Description:
Nemesis Security Audit Group has discovered a vulnerability in The Bat!, which potentially can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.
The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error within the parsing of the email subject header. This can be exploited to cause a unicode stack-based buffer overflow via a specially-crafted email message with an overly long subject.
The vulnerability has been confirmed in version 3.60.07. Other versions may also be affected.
Solution:
Update to version 3.71.03.
http://www.ritlabs.com/en/products/thebat/download.php
Provided and/or discovered by:
Nemesis Security Audit Group
Changelog:
2006-03-02: Added CVE reference.
Original Advisory:
http://www.nsag.ru/vuln/953.html
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