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TITLE:
Symantec Mail Security Appliance File Parsing Vulnerabilities

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA27498

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/27498/

CRITICAL:
Highly critical

IMPACT:
DoS, System access

WHERE:
>From remote

OPERATING SYSTEM:
Symantec Mail Security Appliance 5.0.x
http://secunia.com/product/14636/

DESCRIPTION:
Multiple vulnerabilities have been reported in Symantec Mail Security
Appliance, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS
(Denial of Service) and compromise a vulnerable system.

The vulnerabilities are caused due to various errors within certain
third-party file viewers and can be exploited to cause buffer
overflows when a specially crafted file is checked.

The vulnerabilities are related to:
SA27304

The vulnerability affects version 5.0.x.

SOLUTION:
Update to version 5.0.0-36 or later.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Originally reported in IBM Lotus Notes advisories crediting:
* ZDI
* Tan Chew-Keong

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
Symantec:
http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/security/Content/2007.11.01c.html

OTHER REFERENCES:
SA27304:
http://secunia.com/advisories/27304/

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