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Date: Fri Aug 13 2010 - 19:57:55 CDT

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TITLE:
BarnOwl Incorrect Verification of libzephyr Return Values
Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA40953

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RELEASE DATE:
2010-08-14

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DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been reported in BarnOwl, which can be exploited
by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service) and
potentially compromise a user's system.

The vulnerability is caused due to BarnOwl not properly verifying the
return values of certain libzephyr functions, which can be exploited
to cause a crash or potentially execute arbitrary code.

The vulnerability is reported in versions prior to 1.6.2.

SOLUTION:
Update to version 1.6.2.

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

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://barnowl.mit.edu/wiki/release-notes/1.6.2

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