Elm Alternative-Folder Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

BID:2403

Info

Elm Alternative-Folder Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 2403
Class: Boundary Condition Error
CVE:
Remote: No
Local: Yes
Published: Feb 13 2001 12:00AM
Updated: Feb 13 2001 12:00AM
Credit: A non-functional exploit was posted to BugTraq on Feb 13, 2001 by kiss < [email protected] >.
Vulnerable: Elm Development Group ELM 2.5.3
- MandrakeSoft Corporate Server 1.0.1
- Mandriva Linux Mandrake 8.0
- Mandriva Linux Mandrake 7.2
- Mandriva Linux Mandrake 7.1
- Redhat Linux 7.1 i386
- Redhat Linux 7.1
- Redhat Linux 7.0 sparc
- Redhat Linux 7.0 i386
- Redhat Linux 7.0 alpha
- Redhat Linux 7.0
- Redhat Linux 6.2 sparc
- Redhat Linux 6.2 i386
- Redhat Linux 6.2 alpha
- Redhat Linux 6.2
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

Elm Alternative-Folder Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

There is a buffer overflow in elm 2.5 PL3. This overflow is accessible by passing a long string to the -f (Alternative-Folder) command-line option. This vulnerability may not be restricted to this version of elm.
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