PT-2006-1622 · Mcafee · Mcafee Webshield

Ollie Whitehouse · Published 2006-04-04 · Updated 2018-10-19 · CVE-2006-0559

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

10

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions McAfee WebShield versions 4.5 MR2 and earlier

Description The issue is related to a format string vulnerability in the SMTP server. This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via format strings in the domain name portion of a destination address. The vulnerability occurs because these format strings are not properly handled when a bounce message is constructed.

Recommendations For McAfee WebShield versions 4.5 MR2 and earlier, at the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Related Identifiers

CVE-2006-0559

Affected Products

Mcafee Webshield

References · 9

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-0559 · Security Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/19491 · Vendor Advisory
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/16742 · Patch
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1219 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/429812/100/0/threaded · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/25621 · Note
• http://osvdb.org/24366 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1015861 · Note
• http://securityreason.com/securityalert/671 · Note