>> Symantec Brightmail AntiSpam Malformed MIME Denial of Service Issue
Title : Symantec Brightmail AntiSpam Malformed MIME Denial of Service Issue VUPEN ID : VUPEN/ADV-2005-2076 CVE ID : CVE-2005-4695
Rated as : Moderate Risk
Remotely Exploitable : Yes Locally Exploitable : Yes Release Date : 2005-10-13
Technical Description
A vulnerability has been identified in Symantec Brightmail AntiSpam, which may be exploited by remote attackers to cause a denial of service. This issue is due to an error in the "bmserver" component that does not properly handle malformed MIME content, which may allow remote attackers the ability to cause a denial of service (DoS) by sending, to a vulnerable application, a specially crafted email.