# CVE-2006-3901: Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in Tumbleweed Email Firewall (EMF) allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an email attac

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2006-07-27 · Updated: 2024-08-07

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in Tumbleweed Email Firewall (EMF) allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an email attachment with an LHA archive that contains a (1) file or (2) directory with a long LHA extended header, (3) an LHA archive in which the "temporary pathname" field for decompressed output is greater than 2 bytes, or (4) an LHA archive with a long filename.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## References

- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/441497/100/0/threaded
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21194
- http://www.hustlelabs.com/advisories/04072006_tweed.pdf
- http://www.osvdb.org/27495
- http://marc.info/?l=full-disclosure&m=115378437918939&w=2
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19146
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2970

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