McAfee WebShield < 4.5 MR2 Bounced Emails Format String

high Nessus Network Monitor Plugin ID 3504

Synopsis

The remote host is vulnerable to a remote 'format string' flaw.

Description

The remote host is running the McAfee WebShield SMTP server. This version of WebShield is vulnerable to a flaw in the way that it processes 'bounced' emails. An attacker can send a malformed email that, upon being bounced, will overflow the remote mail server.

Solution

Upgrade to version 4.5 MR2 or higher.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 3504

Family: SMTP Servers

Published: 8/18/2004

Updated: 3/6/2019

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.3

Temporal Score: 6.1

Vector: CVSS2#AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:mcafee:webshield_smtp

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2006-0559

BID: 16742

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