CVE-2004-0161

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Summary

CVECVE-2004-0161
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2004-10-20 04:00:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
DescriptionMultiple content security gateway and antivirus products allow remote attackers to bypass content restrictions via MIME messages that use RFC2231 encoding, which may be interpreted differently by mail clients.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.5 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Clearswift Mailsweeper 4.3.10 All All All
Application Clearswift Mailsweeper 4.3.11 All All All
Application Clearswift Mailsweeper 4.3.13 All All All
Application Clearswift Mailsweeper 4.3.14 All All All
Application Clearswift Mailsweeper 4.3.15 All All All
Application Clearswift Mailsweeper 4.3.7 All All All
Application Clearswift Mailsweeper 4.3.8 All All All
Application F-secure Internet Gatekeeper 6.3 All All All
Application F-secure Internet Gatekeeper 6.31 All All All
Application F-secure Internet Gatekeeper 6.32 All All All
Application F-secure Internet Gatekeeper 6.4 All All All
Application Paul L Daniels Ripmime 1.2.0 All All All
Application Paul L Daniels Ripmime 1.2.1 All All All
Application Paul L Daniels Ripmime 1.2.2 All All All
Application Paul L Daniels Ripmime 1.2.3 All All All
Application Paul L Daniels Ripmime 1.2.4 All All All
Application Paul L Daniels Ripmime 1.2.5 All All All
Application Paul L Daniels Ripmime 1.2.6 All All All
Application Paul L Daniels Ripmime 1.2.7 All All All
Application Paul L Daniels Ripmime 1.3.2.0 All All All
Application Paul L Daniels Ripmime 1.3.2.2 All All All
Application Paul L Daniels Ripmime 1.3.2.3 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
'Corsaire Security Advisory - Multiple vendor MIME RFC2231 encoding issue' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info
www.uniras.gov.uk/vuls/2004/380375/mime.htm af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.uniras.gov.uk Vendor Advisory
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