Elm Alternative Folder Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

medium Nessus Network Monitor Plugin ID 1300

Synopsis

The remote host is vulnerable to a buffer overflow

Description

The remote host is running Elm 2.4 PL3 which contains a buffer overflow accessible by passing a long string to the -f (Alternative-Folder) command-line option.

Solution

Upgrade to the latest version of Elm (available at www.instinct.org/elm)

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 1300

Family: SMTP Clients

Published: 8/20/2004

Updated: 3/6/2019

Reference Information

BID: 2403