PT-2004-1266 · F Secure+2 · Internet Gatekeeper+2

Martin Oneal · Published 2004-09-24 · Updated 2017-07-11 · CVE-2004-0053

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.5

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Content security gateway and antivirus products (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue allows remote attackers to bypass content restrictions via MIME messages that use fields with RFC2047 encoding. This encoding may be interpreted differently by mail clients, potentially leading to security breaches.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Related Identifiers

CVE-2004-0053

Affected Products

Internet Gatekeeper

Mailsweeper

Ripmime

References · 4

• http://uniras.gov.uk/vuls/2004/380375/mime.htm · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2004-0053 · Security Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17331 · Note
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=109520704408739&w=2 · Note