Symantec Brightmail Anti-Spam Notifier denial of service
| symantec-brightmail-notifier-dos (18629) |  Low Risk |
Description:
Symantec Brightmail Anti-Spam is vulnerable to a denial of service attack. A remote attacker could send a large amount of spam messages, which would fill the Quarantine folder and cause the Notifier component to crash, once the Notifier attempted to send a notification message containing all the subject lines.
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 138 for this vulnerability, available from the Symantec FTP site. See References.
Consequences:
Denial of Service
References:
- Symantec FTP site, Patch 138 fixes two problems with the Quarantine in Symantec[tm] Brightmail AntiSpam 6.0.1 at ftp://ftp.symantec.com/public/english_us_canada/products/sba/sba_60x/updates/p138_notes.htm.
- BID-12063: Symantec Brightmail AntiSpam Quarantine Multiple Remote Denial of Service Vulnerabilities
Reported:
Dec 21, 2004
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