wiki:release-notes/1.5.1

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BarnOwl 1.5.1 release notes

From: Nelson Elhage <nelhage@mit.edu>
To: barnowl-users@mit.edu
Subject: BarnOwl 1.5.1 released

Hello,

We have just released BarnOwl 1.5.1 to our website and into our locker
for all supported Athena platforms. We encourage all users to upgrade.

BarnOwl 1.5.1 fixes a remotely triggerable buffer overflow in "CC:"
handling (CVE-2010-0793), which has potential for remote code
execution. In addition, BarnOwl 1.5.1 fixes numerous memory leaks
throughout the program.

Thank you for using BarnOwl. As usual, any bug reports, questions, or
feature requests can be directed to the developers at
<barnowl@mit.edu>.

- Nelson Elhage
for the BarnOwl team

[1] http://barnowl.mit.edu/

Addendum: CVE-2010-0793 affects all releases of barnowl prior to 1.5.1. Remote code execution is theoretically possible, but would be very difficult.