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TITLE:
MIMEsweeper for SMTP Encrypted Emails Misclassification Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA13160

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/13160/

CRITICAL:
Moderately critical

IMPACT:
Security Bypass

WHERE:
>From remote

SOFTWARE:
MIMEsweeper for SMTP 5.x
http://secunia.com/product/4235/

DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been reported in MIMEsweeper for SMTP, which
potentially can be exploited by malware to bypass the scanning
functionality.

The problem is that emails containing encrypted data (e.g.
password-protected zip files) erroneously are marked as "Clean"
instead of "Encrypted".

The vulnerability only affects versions that have been upgraded
from:
* MAILsweeper Business Suite I
* MAILsweeper Business Suite II
* MAILsweeper for SMTP version 4.3

SOLUTION:
Apply hotfix:
http://www.clearswift.com/download/info.aspx?ID=552

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Reported by vendor.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://download.mimesweeper.com/www/TechnicalDocumentation/MSWSMTP505UpdateReadMe.htm

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