From: Secunia Security Advisories (sec-advsecunia.com)
Date: Mon Jun 09 2008 - 17:20:04 CDT

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TITLE:
Novell GroupWise Messenger Client Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA30576

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/30576/

CRITICAL:
Moderately critical

IMPACT:
System access

WHERE:
From remote

SOFTWARE:
Novell GroupWise Messenger 2.x
http://secunia.com/product/9352/

DESCRIPTION:
Some vulnerabilities have been reported in Novell GroupWise
Messenger, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a
vulnerable system.

The vulnerabilities are caused due to boundary errors in the Novell
GroupWise Messenger Client when processing certain unspecified server
responses and can be exploited to cause stack-based buffer overflows.

Successful exploitation allows execution of arbitrary code.

NOTE: A client crash when processing a long user ID has also been
reported.

The vulnerabilities affect all Novell GroupWise Messenger Client for
Windows versions prior to 2.0.3 Hot Patch 1.

SOLUTION:
Update to version 2.0.3 Hot Patch 1.
http://download.novell.com/Download?buildid=HHSfPO91pLQ~

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

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://support.novell.com/docs/Readmes/InfoDocument/patchbuilder/readme_5026700.html

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