---------------------------------------------------------------------- Follow Secunia on Twitter http://twitter.com/secunia ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- About: This Advisory was delivered by Secunia as a free service to help private users keeping their systems up to date against the latest vulnerabilities. Subscribe: http://secunia.com/advisories/secunia_security_advisories/ Definitions: (Criticality, Where etc.) http://secunia.com/advisories/about_secunia_advisories/ Please Note: Secunia recommends that you verify all advisories you receive by clicking the link. Secunia NEVER sends attached files with advisories. Secunia does not advise people to install third party patches, only use those supplied by the vendor. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe: Secunia Security Advisories http://secunia.com/sec_adv_unsubscribe/?email=packet%40packetstormsecurity.org ----------------------------------------------------------------------