Detections
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Qualcomm Eudora < 5.2 Long Attachment Filename Handling DoS

low Nessus Network Monitor Plugin ID 1283

Synopsis

The remote host is vulnerable to a Denial of Service (DoS) attack

Description

The remote host is running a version of the Eudora mail client that may be vulnerable to a DoS attack. Specifically, a remote user can create a DoS attack by sending a file with an exceptionally long name. This does not cause an exploitable buffer overflow but crashes the program.

Solution

Upgrade to Version 5.2 or higher.

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 1283

Family: SMTP Clients

Published: 8/20/2004

Updated: 3/6/2019

Reference Information

BID: 7026