CVE - CVE-2010-2494

CVE-ID
CVE-2010-2494	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
Multiple buffer underflows in the base64 decoder in base64.c in (1) bogofilter and (2) bogolexer in bogofilter before 1.2.2 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap memory corruption and application crash) via an e-mail message with invalid base64 data that begins with an = (equals) character.
References
Note: References are provided for the convenience of the reader to help distinguish between vulnerabilities. The list is not intended to be complete.
MISC:40427 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/40427 MISC:41239 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/41239 MISC:41339 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/41339 MISC:66002 URL:~~http://www.osvdb.org/66002~~ (Obsolete source) MISC:ADV-2010-2233 URL:~~http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2233~~ (Obsolete source) MISC:FEDORA-2010-13139 URL:http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-August/046558.html MISC:FEDORA-2010-13154 URL:http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-August/046590.html MISC:SUSE-SR:2010:014 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-08/msg00001.html MISC:USN-980-1 URL:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-980-1 MISC:[oss-security] 20100705 Re: Request CVE ID for bogofilter base64 decoder URL:http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=127831760712436&w=2 MISC:[oss-security] 20100705 Request CVE ID for bogofilter base64 decoder URL:http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=127814747231102&w=2 MISC:[oss-security] 20100706 REPOST: CVE request for bogofilter URL:http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=127840569013531&w=2 MISC:[oss-security] 20100706 Re: Request CVE ID for bogofilter base64 decoder URL:http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=127844323105405&w=2 MISC:http://bogofilter.sourceforge.net/security/bogofilter-SA-2010-01 URL:http://bogofilter.sourceforge.net/security/bogofilter-SA-2010-01 MISC:http://bogofilter.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/bogofilter/trunk/bogofilter/doc/bogofilter-SA-2010-01?revision=6909&pathrev=6909 URL:http://bogofilter.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/bogofilter/trunk/bogofilter/doc/bogofilter-SA-2010-01?revision=6909&pathrev=6909 MISC:http://bogofilter.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/bogofilter/trunk/bogofilter/src/base64.c?view=patch&r1=6906&r2=6903 URL:http://bogofilter.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/bogofilter/trunk/bogofilter/src/base64.c?view=patch&r1=6906&r2=6903 MISC:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=611551 URL:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=611551 MISC:openSUSE-SU-2012:1648 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-12/msg00015.html MISC:openSUSE-SU-2012:1650 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-12/msg00016.html MISC:openSUSE-SU-2013:0166 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-01/msg00021.html
Assigning CNA
Red Hat, Inc.
Date Record Created
20100628	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20100628)
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Proposed (Legacy)
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