CVE-2002-1121
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Sep 14, 2002
- Updated
- Aug 8, 2024
- Reserved
- Sep 11, 2002
Description
SMTP content filter engines, including (1) GFI MailSecurity for Exchange/SMTP before 7.2, (2) InterScan VirusWall before 3.52 build 1494, (3) the default configuration of MIMEDefang before 2.21, and possibly other products, do not detect fragmented emails as defined in RFC2046 ("Message Fragmentation and Reassembly") and supported in such products as Outlook Express, which allows remote attackers to bypass content filtering, including virus checking, via fragmented emails of the message/partial content type.
Scores
The record has no CVSS score.
Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
n/an/a |
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References
- 20020912 Bypassing SMTP Content Protection with a Flick of a Buttonmailing-list
- 20020912 Bypassing SMTP Content Protection with a Flick of a Buttonmailing-list
- 20020912 Roaring Penguin fixes for "Bypassing SMTP Content Protection with a Flick of a Button"mailing-list
- smtp-content-filtering-bypass(10088)vdb-entry
- http://www.securiteam.com/securitynews/5YP0A0K8CM.html
- 20020912 MIMEDefang update (was Re: Bypassing SMTP Content Protection )mailing-list
- VU#836088third-party-advisory
- 5696vdb-entry
- 20020912 FW: Bypassing SMTP Content Protection with a Flick of a Buttonmailing-list
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