From: Secunia Security Advisories (sec-advsecunia.com)
Date: Thu Aug 20 2009 - 01:24:12 CDT

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TITLE:
Adium "msn_slplink_process_msg()" Memory Corruption Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA36401

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/36401/

DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been reported in Adium, which can be exploited by
malicious people to potentially compromise a user's system.

An error in the "msn_slplink_process_msg()" function can be exploited
to corrupt memory.

For more information:
SA36384

The vulnerability is reported in versions 1.3.5 and prior.

SOLUTION:
Modify privacy settings to allow incoming messages from trusted
sources only.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Federico Muttis, Core Security Technologies

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
Core Security Technologies:
http://www.coresecurity.com/content/libpurple-arbitrary-write

OTHER REFERENCES:
SA36384:
http://secunia.com/advisories/36384/

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