CVE-2004-1768 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can crash Symantec Brightmail AntiSpam by sending messages with the unsupported ISO-8859-10 character set.
- 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-2004-1768?
CVE-2004-1768 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 10 Mar 2005. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
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.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2004-1768?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Symantec Brightmail Antispam.
How do I fix CVE-2004-1768?
No fix has been published for CVE-2004-1768 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-2004-1768 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2004-1768 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-8gp2-v2vm-xr7x.