CVE-2007-1669 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause a denial of service via a crafted ZOO archive in the zoo decoder library used by spam firewalls and mail filters.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2007-1669?
CVE-2007-1669 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 9 May 2007. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
zoo decoder 2.10 (zoo-2.10), as used in multiple products including (1) Barracuda Spam Firewall 3.4 and later with virusdef before 2.0.6399, (2) Spam Firewall before 3.4 20070319 with virusdef before 2.0.6399o, and (3) AMaViS 2.4.1 and earlier, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a ZOO archive with a direntry structure that points to a previous file.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2007-1669?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Amavis Amavis.
How do I fix CVE-2007-1669?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
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-2007-1669 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2007-1669 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-xqxc-r4xh-rx35.