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TITLE:
Skype URI Argument Handling Format String Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA22185

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CRITICAL:
Highly critical

IMPACT:
System access

WHERE:
>From remote

SOFTWARE:
Skype for Mac 1.x
http://secunia.com/product/5980/

DESCRIPTION:
Tom Ferris has reported a vulnerability in Skype for Mac, which
potentially can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a
user's system.

The vulnerability is caused due to a format string error within the
handling of URI arguments and can be exploited via a specially
crafted Skype URL containing format specifiers.

Successful exploitation may allow execution of arbitrary code.

The vulnerability affects versions 1.5.*.79 and prior.

SOLUTION:
Update to version 1.5.0.80.
http://www.skype.com/download/

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Tom Ferris

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
Skype:
http://www.skype.com/security/skype-sb-2006-002.html

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