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FKIE_CVE-2001-1542

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2001-12-31 05:00 - Updated: 2026-06-16 21:56

Severity

Summary

NAI WebShield SMTP 4.5 and possibly 4.5 MR1a does not filter improperly MIME encoded email attachments, which could allow remote attackers to bypass filtering and possibly execute arbitrary code in email clients that process the invalid attachments.

References

	URL	Tags
	cve@mitre.org	http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-11/0294.html
	cve@mitre.org	http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/7637.php
	cve@mitre.org	http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3601
	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-11/0294.html
	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/7637.php
	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3601

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	network_associates	webshield_smtp	4.5
	network_associates	webshield_smtp	4.5_mr1a

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CVE-2001-1542 (GCVE-0-2001-1542)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2005-07-14 04:00 – Updated: 2024-09-17 01:31

Summary

Severity

No CVSS data available.

CWE

Assigner

mitre mitre root

References

3 references

URL	Tags
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/20…	mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3601	vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/7637.php	vdb-entryx_refsource_XF

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Sightings

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