CVE-2002-2228 Security feature bypass in n/a

Medium 6.4 Published Updated

Remote attackers can bypass MailScanner email protection by using attachments with manipulated filenames or encodings.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2002-2228?

CVE-2002-2228 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 14 Oct 2007. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

MailScanner before 4.0 5-1 and before 3.2 6-1 allows remote attackers to bypass protection via attachments with a filename with (1) extra leading spaces, (2) extra trailing spaces, or (3) alternate character encodings that cannot be processed by MailScanner.

Weakness: CWE-20

Which versions are affected by CVE-2002-2228?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Mailscanner Mailscanner.

How do I fix CVE-2002-2228?

No fix has been published for CVE-2002-2228 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2002-2228 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2002-2228 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-rjx6-77wf-2gx7.

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