Network Associates WebShield SMTP 4.5 MIME Encoded Attachment memory corruption
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A vulnerability was found in Network Associates WebShield SMTP 4.5 and classified as critical. This issue affects an unknown code of the component MIME Encoded Attachment Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:
NAI WebShield SMTP 4.5 and possibly 4.5 MR1a does not filter improperly MIME encoded email attachments, which could allow remote attackers to bypass filtering and possibly execute arbitrary code in email clients that process the invalid attachments.
The bug was discovered 11/29/2001. The weakness was released 12/31/2001 as not defined posting (Bugtraq). The advisory is shared at archives.neohapsis.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2001-1542 since 07/14/2005. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.
The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 32 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k.
Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.
The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at X-Force (7637).
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CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
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Class: Memory corruptionCWE: CWE-119
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Timeline
11/29/2001 🔍11/29/2001 🔍
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Sources
Advisory: archives.neohapsis.comStatus: Not defined
CVE: CVE-2001-1542 (🔍)
X-Force: 7637
Vulnerability Center: 14967 - WebShield SMTP Virus Detection Bypass via Improperly MIME Encoded Email Attachments, High
SecurityFocus: 3601 - Network Associates WebShield SMTP Malformed Mime Header Vulnerability
OSVDB: 4739 - Network Associates - WebShield SMTP - Malformed Mime Header Issue
Entry
Created: 07/11/2014 13:30Updated: 07/18/2019 15:38
Changes: 07/11/2014 13:30 (60), 07/18/2019 15:38 (3)
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