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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in ClearSwift MAILsweeper up to 4.3.13. This issue affects an unknown function of the component SMTP RAR Attachment Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a infinite loop vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-835. The product contains an iteration or loop with an exit condition that cannot be reached, i.e., an infinite loop. Impacted is availability. The summary by CVE is:

Clearswift MAILsweeper for SMTP before 4.3_13 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via an e-mail with a crafted RAR archive attached.

The weakness was disclosed 01/29/2004 with ClearSwift (Website). The advisory is shared at clearswift.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2004-2328 since 08/16/2005. 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.

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at clearswift.com.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at X-Force (14979).

Productinfo

Vendor

• ClearSwift

Name

• MAILsweeper

Version

• 4.0
• 4.1
• 4.2
• 4.3
• 4.3.3
• 4.3.4
• 4.3.5
• 4.3.6
• 4.3.6 Sp1
• 4.3.7
• 4.3.8
• 4.3.10
• 4.3.11
• 4.3.13

License

• commercial

CPE 2.3info

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• 🔍
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CPE 2.2info

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• 🔍
• 🔍

CVSSv4info

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.5
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.2

VulDB Base Score: 7.5
VulDB Temp Score: 7.2
VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

CVSSv2info

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Infinite loop
CWE: CWE-835 / CWE-404
CAPEC: 🔍
ATT&CK: 🔍

Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

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EPSS Percentile: 🔍

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

Interest: 🔍
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Patch
Status: 🔍

0-Day Time: 🔍

Patch: clearswift.com

Timelineinfo

01/29/2004 🔍
01/29/2004 +0 days 🔍
01/29/2004 +0 days 🔍
01/29/2004 +0 days 🔍
12/31/2004 +336 days 🔍
08/16/2005 +228 days 🔍
06/08/2017 +4314 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: clearswift.com
Researcher: http://www.clearswift.com
Organization: ClearSwift
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2004-2328 (🔍)
X-Force: 14979 - MAILsweeper for SMTP RAR denial of service, Medium Risk
SecurityFocus: 9556 - Clearswift MAILsweeper For SMTP RAR Archive Denial Of Service Vulnerability
Secunia: 10732 - MAILsweeper for SMTP RAR Attachment Denial of Service Vulnerability, Moderately Critical
OSVDB: 3742 - MAILsweeper for SMTP Crafted RAR Attachment DoS

Entryinfo

Created: 01/29/2004 13:16
Updated: 06/08/2017 23:44
Changes: 01/29/2004 13:16 (70), 06/08/2017 23:44 (2)
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