Eudora up to 6.1.0 memory corruption

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A vulnerability was found in Eudora up to 6.1.0. It has been rated as critical. This issue affects an unknown part. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. Impacted is availability. The summary by CVE is:

Eudora before 6.1.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via an e-mail with a long "To:" field, possibly due to a buffer overflow.

The weakness was released 12/31/2004 (Website). The advisory is shared at securityfocus.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2004-2301 since 08/05/2005. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

Upgrading to version 6.1.1 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at X-Force (16246). Entry connected to this vulnerability is available at 21854.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.3
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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
ATT&CK: Unknown

Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Eudora 6.1.1

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05/21/2004 🔍
12/31/2004 +224 days 🔍
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08/05/2005 +217 days 🔍
03/09/2015 +3503 days 🔍
03/25/2019 +1477 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2004-2301 (🔍)
X-Force: 16246
SecurityFocus: 10398 - Qualcomm Eudora To: Field Memory Corruption Vulnerability

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Created: 03/09/2015 16:19
Updated: 03/25/2019 21:36
Changes: 03/09/2015 16:19 (48), 03/25/2019 21:36 (5)
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