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MAILsweeper Malformed Zip Archive Virus Detection Bypass
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA10148
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Release Date:
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2003-11-05
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Last Update:
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2003-11-26
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Popularity:
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7,078 views
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Critical:
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Moderately critical
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Impact:
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Security Bypass
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Where:
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From remote
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Solution Status:
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Vendor Patch
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| Software: | CS MAILsweeper 4.x for SMTP
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| Advisory Content (Page 1 of 3) | [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] | |
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Description:
A vulnerability has been identified in MAILsweeper for SMTP 4.3, which can be exploited by malicious people to bypass the virus detection.
The vulnerability is caused due to an error when checking certain malformed Zip archives (eg. those generated by some Mimail worm variants). This can be exploited to send a virus through the MAILsweeper without it being detected.
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