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TITLE:
cwbiff Command Injection Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA42803

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RELEASE DATE:
2011-01-06

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

The vulnerability is caused due to the application not properly
sanitising input before using it in a call to "system()". This can be
exploited to inject and execute arbitrary shell commands by sending
specially crafted emails.

The vulnerability is reported in version 0.2.0. Prior versions may
also be affected.

SOLUTION:
Update to version 0.2.1.

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

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://fkurz.net/ham/cwbiff.html
http://fkurz.net/ham/cwbiff/ChangeLog

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