Secunia Security Advisory - A vulnerability has been reported in Eudora WorldMail, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a vulnerable system.
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TITLE:
Eudora WorldMail Mail Management Service Buffer Overflow
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA23622
VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/23622/
CRITICAL:
Moderately critical
IMPACT:
System access
WHERE:
>From local network
SOFTWARE:
Eudora WorldMail Server 3.x
http://secunia.com/product/6154/
DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been reported in Eudora WorldMail, which can be
exploited by malicious people to compromise a vulnerable system.
The vulnerability is caused due to an error in the Mail Management
service (MAILMA.exe) when parsing successive delimiters. This can be
exploited to cause a heap-based buffer overflow via a specially
crafted request.
Successful exploitation allows execution of arbitrary code.
The vulnerability is reported in version 3.1.x. Other versions may
also be affected.
SOLUTION:
Restrict access to the service (port 106/tcp).
The vendor is reportedly not planning on issuing a fix.
PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Leon Juranic, INFIGO IS.
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-07-001.html
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