Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.800321
Category:	Denial of Service
Title:	Norton Internet Security Denial of Service Vulnerability
Summary:	Norton AntiVius in Norton Internet Security is prone to a denial of service (DoS) vulnerability.
Description:	Summary: Norton AntiVius in Norton Internet Security is prone to a denial of service (DoS) vulnerability. Vulnerability Insight: The flaws are due to improper handling of multipart/mixed e-mail messages with many MIME parts and stack consumption by Content-type: message/rfc822 headers via a large e-mail message. Vulnerability Impact: Successful exploitation will allow remote attackers to deny the service. Affected Software/OS: Symantec, Norton AntiVirus version 15.5.0.23 on Windows. Solution: No known solution was made available for at least one year since the disclosure of this vulnerability. Likely none will be provided anymore. General solution options are to upgrade to a newer release, disable respective features, remove the product or replace the product by another one. CVSS Score: 4.3 CVSS Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2008-5427 Bugtraq: 20081208 DoS attacks on MIME-capable software via complex MIME emails (Google Search) http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499038/100/0/threaded Bugtraq: 20081209 Re: DoS attacks on MIME-capable software via complex MIME emails (Google Search) http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499045/100/0/threaded http://mime.recurity.com/cgi-bin/twiki/view/Main/AttackIntro http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4721
Copyright	Copyright (C) 2008 Greenbone AG

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