6168 : Trend Micro InterScan VirusWall SMTP Header Removal
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Views This Week	Views All Time	Added to OSVDB	Last Modified	Modified (since 2008)	Percent Complete
4	703	about 9 years ago	over 3 years ago	3 times	90%

Timeline

Disclosure Date
2002-05-24

Description

Trend Micro InterScan VirusWall contains a flaw that removes IP header information from all emails that it processes. An attacker could take advantage of this vulnerability to flood the host with untraceable emails.

Classification

Location: Remote / Network Access
Attack Type: Denial of Service
Impact: Loss of Integrity, Loss of Availability
OSVDB: Concern, Security Software

Solution

Trend Micro released Upgrade US5779 to fix this vulnerability. An upgrade is required as there are no known workarounds.

Products

Trend Micro, Inc.

InterScan VirusWall

3.52

References

CVE ID: 2002-1839 (see also: NVD)
Bugtraq ID: 4830
ISS X-Force ID: 9168
Generic Informational URL: http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-05/0224.html
http://www.safety-lab.com/audits/showauditinfo.pl?lang=en&num=1032
http://www.xatrix.org/article1552.html
Mail List Post: http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/274144
Vendor Specific Solution URL: http://www.antivirus.com/download/updates.asp
Vendor URL: http://www.trendmicro.com

Credit

Pedro Quintanilha - PQuintanilhaabril.com.br -

CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 5.0
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2005-07-26 | Disagree?

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