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CVE-2002-1121 Details

Description

SMTP content filter engines, including (1) GFI MailSecurity for Exchange/SMTP before 7.2, (2) InterScan VirusWall before 3.52 build 1494, (3) the default configuration of MIMEDefang before 2.21, and possibly other products, do not detect fragmented emails as defined in RFC2046 ("Message Fragmentation and Reassembly") and supported in such products as Outlook Express, which allows remote attackers to bypass content filtering, including virus checking, via fragmented emails of the message/partial content type.

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CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-09/0134.html CVE
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-09/0135.html CVE
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2002-q3/0113.html CVEVendor Advisory
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=103184267105132&w=2 CVE
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=103184501408453&w=2 CVE

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
NVD-CWE-OtherWeakness Not in a Standard CWE Category[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
gfi mailsecurity
7.2

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:gfi:mailsecurity:7.2:*:exchange_smtp:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
network associates webshield smtp
4.0.5
4.5
4.5.44
4.5.74.0

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:network_associates:webshield_smtp:4.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:network_associates:webshield_smtp:4.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:network_associates:webshield_smtp:4.5.44:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:network_associates:webshield_smtp:4.5.74.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
roaring penguin canit
1.2

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:roaring_penguin:canit:1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
roaring penguin mimedefang
2.14
2.20

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:roaring_penguin:mimedefang:2.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:roaring_penguin:mimedefang:2.20:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
trend micro interscan viruswall
3.5
3.51
3.52

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:trend_micro:interscan_viruswall:3.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:trend_micro:interscan_viruswall:3.51:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:trend_micro:interscan_viruswall:3.52:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

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QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2002-1121
NVD Published Date:
Sep 24, 2002
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 16, 2026
Source:
[email protected]