[security-alerts] FW: [SA18989] The Bat! Email Subject Header Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

["Kazennov, Vladimir" <Vladimir.Kazennov@xxxxxxxxxx>]

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> 
> TITLE:
> The Bat! Email Subject Header Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
> 
> SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
> SA18989
> 
> VERIFY ADVISORY:
> http://secunia.com/advisories/18989/
> 
> CRITICAL:
> Highly critical
> 
> IMPACT:
> System access
> 
> WHERE:
> From remote
> 
> SOFTWARE:
> The Bat! 3.x
> http://secunia.com/product/7150/
> 
> 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
> 
> ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
> http://www.nsag.ru/vuln/953.html
>