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>> Timbuktu Pro Arbitrary File Upload and Denial of Service Vulnerabilities
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Title : Timbuktu Pro Arbitrary File Upload and Denial of Service Vulnerabilities
VUPEN ID : VUPEN/ADV-2008-0840
CVE ID : CVE-2008-1117 - CVE-2008-1337
Rated as : Moderate Risk 
Remotely Exploitable : Yes
Locally Exploitable : Yes
Release Date : 2008-03-11
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Multiple vulnerabilities have been identified in Timbuktu Pro, which could be exploited by remote attackers to bypass security restrictions, cause a denial of service or potentially take complete control of an affected system.
The first issue is caused by errors when processing malformed or invalid instant messages, which could be exploited by remote attackers to crash an affected application, creating a denial of service condition.
The second vulnerability is caused by input validation errors when processing attachments, which could be exploited to upload and place malicious files on a vulnerable system via directory traversal attacks.
Affected Products
Timbuktu Pro for Windows version 8.6.5 (RC 229) and prior
Solution
VUPEN Security is not aware of any vendor-supplied patch.
References
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0840
http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/timbuto-adv.txt
Credits
Vulnerabilities reported by Luigi Auriemma.
ChangeLog
2008-03-11 : Initial release
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