Symantec Brightmail Anti-Spam Sieve denial of service
| symantec-brightmail-sieve-dos (18529) |  Low Risk |
Description:
Symantec Brightmail Anti-Spam is vulnerable to a denial of service attack, caused by a vulnerability in the Sieve module. A remote attacker could send a message containing multiple malformed RFC 822 MIME attachments to cause the server to consume all available memory and crash.
Platforms Affected:
- Microsoft, Windows 2003 Server
- RedHat, Enterprise Linux 3 ES
- RedHat, Enterprise Linux 3 AS
- Sun, Solaris 8
- Sun, Solaris 9
- Symantec, Brightmail AntiSpam 6.0.1
Remedy:
Apply patch 134 for this vulnerability, available from the Symantec FTP site. See References.
Consequences:
Denial of Service
References:
- Symantec FTP site, Patch 134 fixes a rare crash problem in Symantec[tm] Brightmail AntiSpam 6.0.1. at ftp://ftp.symantec.com/public/english_us_canada/products/sba/sba_60x/updates/p134_notes.htm.
- BID-12001: Symantec Brightmail Multiple Remote Denial of Service Vulnerabilities
- BID-12063: Symantec Brightmail AntiSpam Quarantine Multiple Remote Denial of Service Vulnerabilities
Reported:
Dec 17, 2004
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