>> Sympa "Content-Type" Header Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability
Title : Sympa "Content-Type" Header Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability VUPEN ID : VUPEN/ADV-2008-1080 CVE ID : CVE-2008-1648
Rated as : Moderate Risk
Remotely Exploitable : Yes Locally Exploitable : Yes Release Date : 2008-04-03
Technical Description
A vulnerability has been identified in Sympa, which cold be exploited by remote attackers to cause a denial of service. This issue is caused by an error when handling emails with a specially crafted "Content-Type" header, which could be exploited by attackers to crash an affected application via a malicious email, creating a denial of service condition.
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