PT-2004-2070 · Unknown · Mime-Tools

Published 2004-12-01 · Updated 2017-07-11 · CVE-2004-1098

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: MIME-tools version 5.414

Description: The issue allows remote attackers to bypass virus scanning capabilities. This can be achieved by sending an e-mail attachment with a virus that contains an empty boundary string in the Content-Type header.

Recommendations: For MIME-tools version 5.414, update to a version that fixes this issue to prevent attackers from bypassing virus scanning capabilities.

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2004-1098

Affected Products

Mime-Tools

References · 6

• http://securityfocus.com/bid/11563 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2004-1098 · Security Note
• http://gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200411-06.xml · Vendor Advisory
• http://mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2004:123 · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.roaringpenguin.com/pipermail/mimedefang/2004-October/024959.html · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17940 · Note