7.8 High
CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
0.009 Low
EPSS
Percentile
82.6%
The remote host is running MAILsweeper - a content security solution for SMTP.
According to its banner, the remote version of MAILsweeper consumes all available CPU resources when processing a malformed PowerPoint file, causing the server to become non-responsive. A remote attacker could exploit this to cause a denial of service.
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
include("compat.inc");
if(description)
{
script_id(11650);
script_version ("1.19");
script_cve_id("CVE-2003-1477");
script_bugtraq_id(10937, 7562);
script_xref(name:"Secunia", value:"12277");
script_name(english:"MAILsweeper for SMTP PowerPoint Document Processing DoS");
script_summary(english:"Checks the remote banner");
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"synopsis",
value:"The remote SMTP server has a denial of service vulnerability."
);
script_set_attribute( attribute:"description", value:
"The remote host is running MAILsweeper - a content security solution
for SMTP.
According to its banner, the remote version of MAILsweeper consumes
all available CPU resources when processing a malformed PowerPoint
file, causing the server to become non-responsive. A remote attacker
could exploit this to cause a denial of service." );
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?70470982"
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"solution",
value:"Upgrade to MAILsweeper 4.3.15 or later."
);
script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C");
script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false");
script_cwe_id(119);
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value: "2003/05/27");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value: "2004/08/13");
script_cvs_date("Date: 2018/07/14 1:59:37");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"remote");
script_end_attributes();
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_family(english:"SMTP problems");
script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2003-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc.");
script_dependencie("smtpserver_detect.nasl", "sendmail_expn.nasl");
script_require_ports("Services/smtp", 25);
exit(0);
}
include("misc_func.inc");
include("smtp_func.inc");
port = get_service(svc:"smtp", default: 25, exit_on_fail: 1);
if (get_kb_item('SMTP/'+port+'/broken')) exit(0);
banner = get_smtp_banner(port:port);
if ( ! banner ) exit(0);
if(egrep(string:banner, pattern:"^220 .* MAILsweeper ESMTP Receiver Version ([0-3]\.|4\.([0-2]\.|3\.([0-9]|1[0-4])[^0-9])).*$")) security_hole(port);