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

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

Temporal Score: 4.4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.9

Temporal Score: 5.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:F/RL:U/RC:X

Reference Information

BID: 2403

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