On Wed, 29 Jul 1998, Troy Ablan wrote: > At least some versions of Eudora Light prior to 3.0.5 return a Divide by > Zero error and immediately close when trying to pop a message that has a > ctime of 0 (Read as Dec 31 1969 19:00 EST (-0500)). This apparently > corrupts the .mbx file, and both the message on the pop server and the > .mbx file must be manually removed (or hacked) in order to proceed. I > can't reproduce this problem with version 3.0.5, and I don't have > available an older copy to re-try this. > > I discovered this anomoly doing ISP tech support for a customer. > > Can anyone confirm or deny this? I know that with version up to at least 3.0.3, setting the clock forward 100 years will cause Eudora to cause a segmentation fault when sending mail. Spent hours on this one ;-] Chris > -----Original Message----- > From: Brett Glass <brettat_private> > > > >InfoWorld, at > http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayStory.pl?980728.ehbugs.htm, > >claims that the MIME filename overflow exploit affects Eudora. Is this > correct? > >This is the first I've heard of that mailer being vulnerable. > > > ----------------------------------- > Troy Ablan > shore.net technical support > (781) 593-3110 x136 > ----------------------------------- > -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Chris Owen ~ Lottery: A stupidity tax PO Box 1985 ~ owencat_private Garden City, KS 67846 ~ http://www.gardencity.net/~owenc/ Voice: (316) 275-1900 ~ ftp://ftp.gardencity.net/pub/owenc/ Fax: (316) 275-0313 ~ 88 FA CF C6 65 23 63 C1 6E 80 AE 0B 51 C0 22 36 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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