CVE-2008-5427 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause denial of service in Norton Internet Security via specially crafted large email messages with many MIME parts.
- 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-2008-5427?
CVE-2008-5427 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 11 Dec 2008. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Norton Antivirus in Norton Internet Security 15.5.0.23 does not properly handle (1) multipart/mixed e-mail messages with many MIME parts and possibly (2) e-mail messages with many "Content-type: message/rfc822;" headers, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (stack consumption or other resource consumption) via a large e-mail message, a related issue to CVE-2006-1173.
Weakness: CWE-399
Which versions are affected by CVE-2008-5427?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Symantec Norton Internet Security 2008.
How do I fix CVE-2008-5427?
No fix has been published for CVE-2008-5427 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-2008-5427 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2008-5427 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-gg7f-9m2h-jpjx.