Symantec Mail Security for SMTP and Symantec Mail Security Appliance attachment denial of service
| symantec-mailsecurity-attachment-dos (35105) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
Symantec Mail Security for SMTP and Symantec Mail Security Appliance could allow a remote attacker to cause a denial of service, caused by a vulnerability in the libdayzero.dll library. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending an email with a specially-crafted executable attachment to crash the filter hub service.
*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:
Refer to SYM07-014 for patch, upgrade, or suggested workaround information. See References.
References:
- Secunia Research 27/06/2007: Symantec Mail Security for SMTP Boundary Errors.
- SYM07-014 : Symantec Mail Security for SMTP Executable Attachment Parsing Denial of Service.
- BID-24625: Symantec Mail Security For SMTP Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerability
- CVE-2007-1792: libdayzero.dll in the Filter Hub Service (filter-hub.exe) in Symantec Mail Security for SMTP before 5.0.1 Patch 181 and Mail Security Appliance before 5.0.0-36 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted executable attachment in an e-mail, involving the detection of PE-Shield v0.2 and ASPack v1.00-1.08.02.
- SA24632: Symantec Mail Security Executable Attachment Parsing Denial of Service
- SECTRACK ID: 1018301: Symantec Mail Security Bug in Parsing Executable Attachments Lets Remote Users Deny Service
- VUPEN/ADV-2007-2335: Symantec Mail Security Executable Attachment Handling Denial of Service Vulnerability
Platforms Affected:
- Symantec Mail Security 5.0.0 SMTP
- Symantec Mail Security 5.0.1 SMTP
Reported:
Jun 26, 2007
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