Symantec Mail Security prior 5.0 memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Symantec Mail Security. It has been rated as critical. This impacts an unknown function. Performing a manipulation results in memory corruption. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2007-1252. No exploit is available. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Symantec Mail Security. It has been classified as critical. This affects an unknown function. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as 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. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Buffer overflow in Symantec Mail Security for SMTP 5.0 before Patch 175 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via crafted headers in an e-mail message. NOTE: some information was obtained from third party sources.

The bug was discovered 03/01/2007. The weakness was published 02/14/2007 as confirmed advisory (CERT.org). The advisory is shared at kb.cert.org. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2007-1252 since 03/03/2007. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 24755 (Symantec Mail Security for SMTP Message Handling Arbitrary Code Execution), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Windows and running in the context l.

Upgrading to version 5.0 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (32781), Tenable (24755), SecurityFocus (BID 22782†), OSVDB (33840†) and Secunia (SA24371†). Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Nessus ID: 24755
Nessus Name: Symantec Mail Security for SMTP Message Handling Arbitrary Code Execution
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Mail Security 5.0

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: symantec.com

Advisory: kb.cert.org
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2007-1252 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2007-1252
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-35385
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X-Force: 32781
SecurityFocus: 22782 - Symantec Mail Security for SMTP Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability
Secunia: 24371 - Symantec Mail Security for SMTP Message Handling Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 33840 - Symantec Mail Security for SMTP Message Handling Overflow
SecurityTracker: 1017716
Vulnerability Center: 14588 - Symantec Mail Security for SMTP Buffer Overflow via Crafted Headers in an E-Mail Message, Critical
Vupen: ADV-2007-0799

Entryinfo

Created: 03/13/2015 12:16
Updated: 11/25/2024 21:37
Changes: 03/13/2015 12:16 (77), 07/16/2019 14:39 (1), 11/25/2024 21:37 (16)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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