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Symantec Mail Security Appliance File Parsing Vulnerabilities
Secunia Advisory: SA27498
Release Date: 2007-11-02
Popularity: 5,610 views

Critical:
Highly critical
Impact: DoS
System access
Where: From remote
Solution Status: Vendor Patch

OS:Symantec Mail Security Appliance 5.0.x

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Description:
Multiple vulnerabilities have been reported in Symantec Mail Security Appliance, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service) and compromise a vulnerable system.

The vulnerabilities are caused due to various errors within certain third-party file viewers and can be exploited to cause buffer overflows when a specially crafted file is checked.

The vulnerabilities are related to:
SA27304

The vulnerability affects version 5.0.x.

Solution:
Update to version 5.0.0-36 or later.

Provided and/or discovered by:
Originally reported in IBM Lotus Notes advisories crediting:
* ZDI
* Tan Chew-Keong

Original Advisory:
Symantec:
http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/security/Content/2007.11.01c.html

Other References:
SA27304:
http://secunia.com/advisories/27304/


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