Symantec Brightmail AntiSpam up to 4.3.8.29 MIME denial of service
CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
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A vulnerability was found in Symantec Brightmail AntiSpam up to 4.3.8.29 (Anti-Spam Software) and classified as critical. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component MIME Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. Impacted is availability. The summary by CVE is:
Symantec Brightmail AntiSpam 6.0 build 1 and 2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (bmserver component termination) via malformed MIME messages.
The bug was discovered 09/07/2005. The weakness was published 10/12/2005 with Symantec (Website). The advisory is shared at securityresponse.symantec.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2005-4695 since 02/01/2006. 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. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1499 for this issue.
It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 35 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k.
Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at ftp.symantec.com. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version.
The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at X-Force (22164). Similar entries are available at VDB-22298, VDB-22299, VDB-22300 and VDB-22301.
Product
Type
Vendor
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Version
- 4.3.8.0
- 4.3.8.1
- 4.3.8.2
- 4.3.8.3
- 4.3.8.4
- 4.3.8.5
- 4.3.8.6
- 4.3.8.7
- 4.3.8.8
- 4.3.8.9
- 4.3.8.10
- 4.3.8.11
- 4.3.8.12
- 4.3.8.13
- 4.3.8.14
- 4.3.8.15
- 4.3.8.16
- 4.3.8.17
- 4.3.8.18
- 4.3.8.19
- 4.3.8.20
- 4.3.8.21
- 4.3.8.22
- 4.3.8.23
- 4.3.8.24
- 4.3.8.25
- 4.3.8.26
- 4.3.8.27
- 4.3.8.28
- 4.3.8.29
License
CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
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CVSSv3
VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.5VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.7
VulDB Base Score: 7.5
VulDB Temp Score: 6.7
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Exploiting
Class: Denial of serviceCWE: CWE-404
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Local: No
Remote: Yes
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Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Threat Intelligence
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Countermeasures
Recommended: UpgradeStatus: 🔍
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Patch: ftp.symantec.com
Timeline
09/07/2005 🔍09/07/2005 🔍
10/12/2005 🔍
10/13/2005 🔍
10/13/2005 🔍
10/13/2005 🔍
10/17/2005 🔍
12/31/2005 🔍
02/01/2006 🔍
05/16/2006 🔍
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Sources
Vendor: symantec.comAdvisory: securityresponse.symantec.com
Researcher: http://www.symantec.com
Organization: Symantec
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2005-4695 (🔍)
X-Force: 22164
SecurityTracker: 1015051
Vulnerability Center: 11445 - Symantec BrightMail AntiSpam DoS via MIME Messages, Medium
SecurityFocus: 15087 - Symantec Brightmail AntiSpam Malformed MIME Message Denial Of Service Vulnerability
Secunia: 17170 - Symantec Brightmail AntiSpam MIME Processing Denial of Service, Moderately Critical
OSVDB: 19953 - Symantec Brightmail AntiSpam bmserver Malformed MIME Content DoS
Vupen: ADV-2005-2076
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Entry
Created: 10/17/2005 12:21Updated: 07/04/2019 17:48
Changes: 10/17/2005 12:21 (82), 07/04/2019 17:48 (1)
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