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TITLE:
Kiax iaxclient Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA20567

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/20567/

CRITICAL:
Moderately critical

IMPACT:
System access, DoS

WHERE:
>From local network

DESCRIPTION:
Two vulnerabilities have been reported in Kiax, which can be
exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service) and
potentially to compromise a vulnerable system.

The vulnerabilities are caused due to boundary errors within the
iaxclient library.

For more information:
SA20466

The vulnerabilities have been reported in version 0.8.5. Prior
versions may also be affected.

SOLUTION:
Update to version 0.8.51.
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=131960

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Damian Saura, Alejandro Lozanoff, Eduardo Koch, Norberto Kueffner and
Ivan Arce from Core Security Technologies.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=577612

OTHER REFERENCES:
SA20466:
http://secunia.com/advisories/20466/

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