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AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution
ESB-2007.0140 -- [Win][Linux][Solaris]
Symantec Mail Security for SMTP arbitrary code execution vulnerability
2 March 2007
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AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product: Symantec Mail Security for SMTP 5.0
Publisher: US-CERT
Operating System: Windows
Linux variants
Solaris
Impact: Execute Arbitrary Code/Commands
Access: Remote/Unauthenticated
Original Bulletin: http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/875633
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US-CERT Vulnerability Note VU#875633
Symantec Mail Security for SMTP arbitrary code execution vulnerability
Overview
Symantec Mail Security for SMTP contains a vulnerability that may
allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code, or create a denial of
service condition.
I. Description
Symantec Mail Security for SMTP is an antispam, antivirus, and content
filtering software package that scans email.
Symantec Mail Security for SMTP contains a vulnerability that occurs
when processing mail messages with malformed headers. An attacker may
be able to exploit this vulnerability by sending a specially crafted
email message through a vulnerable system.
II. Impact
A remote, unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code, or create
a denial of service condition.
III. Solution
Upgrade
Symantec has issued patch 175 to address this and other issues.
See the 175 release notes for more details.
ftp://ftp.symantec.com/public/english_us_canada/products/symantec_mail_security/5.0_smtp/updates/
Systems Affected
Vendor Status Date Updated
Symantec, Inc. Vulnerable 1-Mar-2007
References
http://www.symantec.com/enterprise/products/overview.jsp?pcid=1008&pvid=845_1
ftp://ftp.symantec.com/public/english_us_canada/products/symantec_mail_security/5.0_smtp/updates/
ftp://ftp.symantec.com/public/english_us_canada/products/symantec_mail_security/5.0_smtp/updates/release_notes_p175.txt
Credit
Thanks to Steve Arvanitis for reporting this vulnerability.
This document was written by Ryan Giobbi.
Other Information
Date Public 02/09/2007
Date First Published 03/01/2007 02:32:36 PM
Date Last Updated 03/01/2007
CERT Advisory
CVE Name
Metric 2.10
Document Revision 12
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