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TITLE:
Accellion File Transfer Appliance "api_error_email.html" Security
Bypass

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA31848

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/31848/

CRITICAL:
Moderately critical

IMPACT:
Security Bypass

WHERE:
>From remote

SOFTWARE:
Accellion File Transfer Appliance 7.x
http://secunia.com/advisories/product/19650/

DESCRIPTION:
Eric BEAULIEU has reported a vulnerability in Accellion File Transfer
Appliance, which can be exploited by malicious people to bypass
certain security restrictions.

The vulnerability is caused due to the
"courier/1000@/api_error_email.html" script allowing to send emails
to arbitrary addresses, which can be exploited to e.g. send spam
mails via specially crafted HTTP requests to an affected system.

The vulnerability is reported in versions prior to version
FTA_7_0_189.

SOLUTION:
Update to version FTA_7_0_189.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Eric BEAULIEU

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://zebux.free.fr/pub/Advisory/Advisory_Accellion_SPAM_Engine_Vulnerability_200808.txt

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