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Symantec Brightmail AntiSpam MIME Processing Denial of Service
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA17170
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Release Date:
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2005-10-13
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Last Update:
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2006-02-03
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Popularity:
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7,028 views
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Critical:
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Moderately critical
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Impact:
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DoS
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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: | Symantec Brightmail AntiSpam 6.x
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| CVE reference: | CVE-2005-4695
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Description:
A vulnerability has been reported in Brightmail AntiSpam, which potentially can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service).
The vulnerability is caused due to an error in processing certain malformed MIME content. This may be exploited to crash the "bmserver" component and cause a DoS.
The vulnerability has been reported in the following versions:
* Symantec Brightmail AntiSpam 6.0.1
* Symantec Brightmail AntiSpam 6.0.2
Solution:
Apply patches.
The vendor recommends users with product versions prior to 6.0.1 to upgrade to the latest product version.
Symantec Brightmail AntiSpam 6.0.1:
Apply patch 162.
ftp://ftp.symantec.com/public/english...ucts/sba/sba_60x/updates/patch162.zip
Symantec Brightmail AntiSpam 6.0.2:
Apply patch 161
ftp://ftp.symantec.com/public/english...ucts/sba/sba_60x/updates/patch161.zip
Provided and/or discovered by:
Reported by vendor.
Changelog:
2006-02-03: Added CVE reference.
Original Advisory:
http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/security/Content/2005.10.12d.html
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