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Barracuda Spam Firewall Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Secunia Advisory: SA23215
Release Date: 2006-12-06
Popularity: 4,763 views

Critical:
Highly critical
Impact: System access
Where: From remote
Solution Status: Vendor Patch

OS:Barracuda Spam Firewall

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CVE reference:CVE-2005-1349


Description:
Jean-Sébastien Guay-Leroux has reported a vulnerability in Barracuda Spam Firewall, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a vulnerable system.

The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error in the Convert::UUlib library when processing BinHex files. This can be exploited to cause a buffer overflow via a specially crafted file sent to the appliance.

This is related to:
SA15130

The vulnerability is reported in versions prior to 3.3.15.026.

Solution:
Update to the latest version.

Provided and/or discovered by:
Jean-Sébastien Guay-Leroux

Original Advisory:
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2006-December/051121.html

Other References:
SA15130:
http://secunia.com/advisories/15130


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