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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- About: This Advisory was delivered by Secunia as a free service to help everybody keeping their systems up to date against the latest vulnerabilities. Subscribe: http://secunia.com/secunia_security_advisories/ Definitions: (Criticality, Where etc.) http://secunia.com/about_secunia_advisories/ Please Note: Secunia recommends that you verify all advisories you receive by clicking the link. Secunia NEVER sends attached files with advisories. Secunia does not advise people to install third party patches, only use those supplied by the vendor. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe: Secunia Security Advisories http://secunia.com/sec_adv_unsubscribe/?email=packet%40packetstormsecurity.org ----------------------------------------------------------------------