CVE-2001-1542

Summary

CVECVE-2001-1542
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2001-12-31 05:00:00 UTC
Updated2011-03-08 02:07:00 UTC
DescriptionNAI WebShield SMTP 4.5 and possibly 4.5 MR1a does not filter improperly MIME encoded email attachments, which could allow remote attackers to bypass filtering and possibly execute arbitrary code in email clients that process the invalid attachments.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Network Associates Webshield Smtp 4.5 All All All
Application Network Associates Webshield Smtp 4.5_mr1a All All All
Application Network Associates Webshield Smtp 4.5 All All All
Application Network Associates Webshield Smtp 4.5_mr1a All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
ISS X-Force Database: XF www.iss.net
Network Associates WebShield SMTP Malformed Mime Header Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com
Neohapsis Archives - Bugtraq - Re: NAI Webshield SMTP for WinNT MIME header vuln that allows BadTrans to pass] - From [email protected] BUGTRAQ archives.neohapsis.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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