Vulnerability Name:

CCN-18629

Published:2004-12-21
Updated:2004-12-21
Summary:Symantec Brightmail Anti-Spam is vulnerable to a denial of service attack. A remote attacker could send a large amount of spam messages, which would fill the Quarantine folder and cause the Notifier component to crash, once the Notifier attempted to send a notification message containing all the subject lines.
CVSS v3 Severity:5.3 Medium (CCN CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)
Exploitability Metrics:Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope:Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availibility (A): Low
CVSS v2 Severity:5.0 Medium (CCN CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): Low
Athentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availibility (A): Partial
Vulnerability Consequences:Denial of Service
References:Source: CCN
Type: Symantec FTP site
Patch 138 fixes two problems with the Quarantine in Symantec[tm] Brightmail AntiSpam 6.0.1

Source: CCN
Type: BID-12063
Symantec Brightmail AntiSpam Quarantine Multiple Remote Denial of Service Vulnerabilities

Source: XF
Type: UNKNOWN
symantec-brightmail-notifier-dos(18629)

Vulnerable Configuration:Configuration CCN 1:
  • cpe:/a:symantec:brightmail_antispam:6.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • AND
  • cpe:/o:sun:solaris:8::sparc:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/o:sun:solaris:9::sparc:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:3::es:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:3::as:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/o:microsoft:windows_2003_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

    • * Denotes that component is vulnerable
    BACK
    symantec brightmail antispam 6.0.1
    sun solaris 8
    sun solaris 9
    redhat enterprise linux 3
    redhat enterprise linux 3
    microsoft windows 2003 server *