27589 : Symantec Brightmail AntiSpam Invalid Post Control Center DoS
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about 1 year ago

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Disclosure
Jul 27, 2006

Discovery
Unknown

Dates

Exploit
Jul 27, 2006

Solution
Unknown

Keywords

 SYM06-012

Description

 Symantec Brightmail AntiSpam contains a flaw that may allow a remote denial of service. The issue is triggered when impersonating the "Control Center" and sending invalid posts to the Brightmail AntiSpam service. This will result in loss of availability for the SBAS service.

Classification

 Location: Remote/Network Access Required
Attack Type: Denial of Service, Input Manipulation
Impact: Loss of Availability
Exploit: Exploit Unavailable
Disclosure: OSVDB Verified

Technical

 This vulnerability is only present when the Control Center is configured to allow connections from any computer.

Solution

 Upgrade to version 6.0.4 or upgrade to Symantec Mail Security for SMTP 5.0 , as it has been reported to fix this vulnerability. An upgrade is required as there are no known workarounds.

Products
Symantec Corporation
Watch-list
Brightmail AntiSpam
Watch-list
 4.x
5.x
6.x
6.0.4

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  • George A. Theall - theallBrand New Doo Dootenablesecurity.com - TenableSecurity

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