CVE-2004-0830 Denial of service in n/a

Medium 5.0 Published Updated

Remote attackers can crash the F-Secure Anti-Virus Content Scanner Server by sending a malformed packet, causing a denial of service.

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-2004-0830?

CVE-2004-0830 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 24 Sep 2004. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The Content Scanner Server in F-Secure Anti-Virus for Microsoft Exchange 6.21 and earlier, F-Secure Anti-Virus for Microsoft Exchange 6.01 and earlier, and F-Secure Internet Gatekeeper 6.32 and earlier allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (service crash due to unhandled exception) via a certain malformed packet.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2004-0830?

It affects 3 products.

Products include F-Secure F-Secure Anti-Virus, F-Secure F-Secure Content Scanner Server, F-Secure Internet Gatekeeper.

How do I fix CVE-2004-0830?

No fix has been published for CVE-2004-0830 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.

Is CVE-2004-0830 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2004-0830 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-ppj8-2j67-3h92.

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