CVE-2004-1768

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.

5.0

CVSS

Severity: Medium

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 1.65% Top 20%

Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory osvdb.org

Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/697598	us government resource third party advisory patch
ftp://ftp.symantec.com/public/english_us_canada/products/sba/sba_60x/updates/p132_notes.htm	patch
http://secunia.com/advisories/13489	third party advisory patch vendor advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/18530	vdb entry
http://www.osvdb.org/12459	vdb entry patch vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2004-1768?: CVE-2004-1768 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2004-1768?: To fix CVE-2004-1768, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2004-1768 being actively exploited in the wild?: It is possible that CVE-2004-1768 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~2% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.

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