Symantec Brightmail AntiSpam Malformed MIME Message Denial Of Service Vulnerability

BID:15087

Info

Symantec Brightmail AntiSpam Malformed MIME Message Denial Of Service Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 15087
Class: Failure to Handle Exceptional Conditions
CVE:
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Oct 13 2005 12:00AM
Updated: Oct 13 2005 12:00AM
Credit: The vendor disclosed this issue.
Vulnerable: Symantec Brightmail Anti-Spam 6.0.2
Symantec Brightmail Anti-Spam 6.0.1
Symantec Brightmail Anti-Spam 6.0
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

Symantec Brightmail AntiSpam Malformed MIME Message Denial Of Service Vulnerability

Symantec Brightmail AntiSpam is susceptible to a denial of service vulnerability. This issue is due to a failure of the application to properly handle certain malformed MIME content.

This issue allows remote attackers to crash the application, denying further email scanning service to legitimate users.

Exploit / POC

Symantec Brightmail AntiSpam Malformed MIME Message Denial Of Service Vulnerability

An exploit is not required.

Solution / Fix

Symantec Brightmail AntiSpam Malformed MIME Message Denial Of Service Vulnerability

Solution:
Symantec has released an advisory, along with fixes to address this issue:


Symantec Brightmail Anti-Spam 6.0.1

Symantec Brightmail Anti-Spam 6.0.2

References

Symantec Brightmail AntiSpam Malformed MIME Message Denial Of Service Vulnerability

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