First published: Fri Dec 17 2004(Updated: )
The character converters in the Spamhunter and Language ID modules for Symantec Brightmail AntiSpam 6.0.1 before patch 132 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via messages with the ISO-8859-10 character set, which is not recognized by the converters.
Credit: cve@mitre.org
Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
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Symantec Brightmail AntiSpam | =6.0.1 |
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CVE-2004-1768 has a high severity rating due to its potential to cause a denial of service.
To fix CVE-2004-1768, you should apply patch 132 to Symantec Brightmail AntiSpam version 6.0.1.
CVE-2004-1768 affects Symantec Brightmail AntiSpam version 6.0.1.
CVE-2004-1768 allows remote attackers to crash the software by sending messages with an unsupported character set.
The consequences of CVE-2004-1768 include potential downtime and disruption of anti-spam services.