TITLE:
MIMEsweeper for SMTP PDF File Processing Denial of Service

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA13411

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/13411/

CRITICAL:
Moderately critical

IMPACT:
DoS

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 can
be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service).

The vulnerability is caused due to an error within the Security
Service when processing PDF files. This can be exploited to crash the
Security Service by sending an email containing a specially crafted
PDF file as attachment.

SOLUTION:
Apply MIMEsweeper for SMTP 5.0 Service Pack 1:
http://www.clearswift.com/download/info.aspx?ID=562

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Reported by vendor.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://download.mimesweeper.com/www/TechnicalDocumentation/SmtpReadMe50SP1.htm

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