Clearswift MIMEsweeper for Web up to 5.1.14 denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Clearswift MIMEsweeper for Web up to 5.1.14. Affected is an unknown function. Such manipulation leads to denial of service. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2006-3523. No exploit is available. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Clearswift MIMEsweeper for Web up to 5.1.14. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. 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. CVE summarizes:

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.

The weakness was published 07/11/2006 (Website). The advisory is available at secunia.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2006-3523 since 07/11/2006. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.

It is declared as proof-of-concept.

Upgrading to version 5.1.15 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (27643) and Secunia (SA20998†). Similar entries are available at VDB-2362 and VDB-2363. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.6

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: MIMEsweeper for Web 5.1.15

Timelineinfo

07/10/2006 🔍
07/11/2006 +1 days 🔍
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03/12/2015 +3166 days 🔍
09/18/2017 +921 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: secunia.com⛔
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2006-3523 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2006-3523
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-31250
X-Force: 27643 - MIMEsweeper for Web RAR archive Web Policy Engine denial of service
Secunia: 20998 - MIMEsweeper for Web Cross-Site Scripting and Denial of Service, Moderately Critical
Vupen: ADV-2006-2731

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/12/2015 14:25
Updated: 09/18/2017 11:37
Changes: 03/12/2015 14:25 (51), 09/18/2017 11:37 (6)
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Cache ID: 216:B5B:103

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