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Eudora System Compromise Vulnerabilities
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA14104
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Release Date:
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2005-02-03
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Popularity:
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12,101 views
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Critical:
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Highly critical
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Impact:
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System access
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Where:
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From remote
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Solution Status:
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Vendor Patch
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| Software: | Eudora 6.x
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Description:
John Heasman of NGSSoftware has reported some vulnerabilities in Eudora, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.
The vulnerabilities are caused due to unspecified errors within the viewing of emails and handling of stationary and mailbox files.
Successful exploitation allows execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running Eudora.
The vulnerabilities have been reported in versions 6.2.0 and prior for Windows.
Solution:
Update to version 6.2.1.
http://www.eudora.com/products/
Provided and/or discovered by:
John Heasman, NGSSoftware.
Original Advisory:
Qualcomm:
http://www.eudora.com/security.html
NGSSoftware:
http://www.ngssoftware.com/advisories/eudora-01.txt
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