CVE-2010-2494

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.

Category

5.0
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 4.64% Top 15%
Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory secunia.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-August/046558.html vendor advisory
http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=127840569013531&w=2 mailing list patch
http://secunia.com/advisories/40427 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://bogofilter.sourceforge.net/security/bogofilter-SA-2010-01
http://secunia.com/advisories/41239 third party advisory
http://bogofilter.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/bogofilter/trunk/bogofilter/doc/bogofilter-SA-2010-01?revision=6909&pathrev=6909
http://www.osvdb.org/66002 vdb entry
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-12/msg00016.html vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-12/msg00015.html vendor advisory
http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=127844323105405&w=2 mailing list
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-01/msg00021.html vendor advisory
http://bogofilter.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/bogofilter/trunk/bogofilter/src/base64.c?view=patch&r1=6906&r2=6903 patch
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2233 vdb entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/41339 vdb entry
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=611551
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-08/msg00001.html vendor advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-August/046590.html vendor advisory
http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=127814747231102&w=2 mailing list
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-980-1 vendor advisory
http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=127831760712436&w=2 mailing list

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2010-2494?
CVE-2010-2494 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2010-2494?
To fix CVE-2010-2494, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2010-2494 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2010-2494 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~5% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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