MIMEsweeper for Web RAR archive Web Policy Engine denial of service
| mimesweeper-web-policy-dos (27643) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
MIMEsweeper for Web is vulnerable to a denial of service attack, caused by improper parsing of RAR archives by the Web Policy Engine. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability using an encrypted RAR archive to cause the Web Policy Engine service to crash.
*CVSS:
| Base Score: | 3.5 |
| Access Vector: | Remote |
| Access Complexity: | Low |
| Authentication: | Not Required |
| Confidentiality Impact: | None |
| Integrity Impact: | None |
| Availability Impact: | Partial |
| Temporal Score: | 2.6 |
| Exploitability: | Unproven |
| Remediation Level: | Official-Fix |
| Report Confidence: | Confirmed |
Consequences:
Denial of Service
Remedy:
Upgrade to the latest version of MIMEsweeper (5.1.15 or later), available from the Clearswift Limited Web site. See References.
References:
- Clearswift Limited Web site: Clearswift - Support - Patches - MIMEsweeper for Web.
- Full-Disclosure Mailing List, Sun Jul 09 2006 - 10:06:26 CDT: MIMESweeper For Web 5.X Cross Site Scripting.
- CVE-2006-3523: Clearswift MIMEsweeper for Web before 5.1.15 Hotfix allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via an encrypted archived .RAR file, which triggers a scan error and causes the Web Policy Engine service to terminate.
- SA20998: MIMEsweeper for Web Cross-Site Scripting and Denial of Service
- VUPEN/ADV-2006-2731: MIMEsweeper for Web Remote Denial of Service and Cross Site Scripting Vulnerabilities
Platforms Affected:
- Clearswift MIMEsweeper for Web prior to 5.1.15
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server
- Microsoft Windows 2003 Server Standard
- Microsoft Windows 2003 Server Enterprise
Reported:
Jul 09, 2006
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