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CVE-2006-3523

Clearswift MIMEsweeper for Web before 5.1.15 Hotfix allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via an encrypted archived .RAR file, which triggers a scan error and causes the Web Policy Engine service to terminate.

Published

2006-07-12T00:05:00.000

Last Modified

2025-04-03T01:03:51.193

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 5.0 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: NONE
Integrity Impact: NONE
Availability Impact: PARTIAL

Exploitability Score

10.0

Impact Score

2.9

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
NVD-CWE-Other

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	clearswift	mimesweeper_for_web	≤ 5.1.14	Yes

References

http://download.mimesweeper.com/www/TechnicalDocumentation/WebReadMeHotfix5115.htm ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/20998 Patch ([email protected])
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2731 ([email protected])
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/27643 ([email protected])
http://download.mimesweeper.com/www/TechnicalDocumentation/WebReadMeHotfix5115.htm (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/20998 Patch (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2731 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/27643 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)