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Eudora WorldMail Mail Management Service Buffer Overflow
Secunia Advisory: SA23622
Release Date: 2007-01-06
Popularity: 7,208 views

Critical:
Moderately critical
Impact: System access
Where: From local network
Solution Status: Unpatched

Software:Eudora WorldMail Server 3.x

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CVE reference:CVE-2006-6336


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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