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TITLE:
Adium MSN Custom Smileys File Disclosure Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA37954

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/37954/

DESCRIPTION:
Fabian Yamaguchi has reported a vulnerability in Adium, which can be
exploited by malicious people to disclose sensitive information.

The vulnerability is caused due to an error in the MSN protocol
implementation and can be exploited to disclose arbitrary files.

For more information:
SA37953

SOLUTION:
Delete the "custom_smiley" directory from the ".purple" settings
directory.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Fabian 'fabs' Yamaguchi

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://events.ccc.de/congress/2009/Fahrplan/attachments/1483_26c3_ipv4_fuckups.pdf

OTHER REFERENCES:
SA37953:
http://secunia.com/advisories/37953/

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