CVE-2007-1252

Summary

CVECVE-2007-1252
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2007-03-03 20:19:00 UTC
Updated2017-07-29 01:30:00 UTC
DescriptionBuffer overflow in Symantec Mail Security for SMTP 5.0 before Patch 175 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via crafted headers in an e-mail message. NOTE: some information was obtained from third party sources.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Symantec Mail Security 5.0 All smtp All
Application Symantec Mail Security 5.0 All smtp All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
IBM X-Force Exchange XF exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
33840 OSVDB osvdb.org
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH VUPEN www.vupen.com
ftp.symantec.com/public/english_us_canada/products/symantec_mail_security/5.0_... MISC ftp.symantec.com
Symantec Mail Security for SMTP Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
Symantec Mail Security for SMTP Message Handling Vulnerabilities - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com Vendor Advisory
US-CERT Vulnerability Note VU#875633 CERT-VN www.kb.cert.org Patch, Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
Symantec Mail Security for SMTP Message Processing Bug May Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code - SecurityTracker SECTRACK www.securitytracker.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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