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CVE-2008-5427 Details

Description

Norton Antivirus in Norton Internet Security 15.5.0.23 does not properly handle (1) multipart/mixed e-mail messages with many MIME parts and possibly (2) e-mail messages with many "Content-type: message/rfc822;" headers, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (stack consumption or other resource consumption) via a large e-mail message, a related issue to CVE-2006-1173.

Metrics

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://mime.recurity.com/cgi-bin/twiki/view/Main/AttackIntro CVEExploit
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4721 CVE
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499038/100/0/threaded CVE
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499045/100/0/threaded CVE
http://mime.recurity.com/cgi-bin/twiki/view/Main/AttackIntro [email protected]Exploit

see all 8 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-399Resource Management Errors[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
symantec norton internet security 2008
15.5.0.23

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:symantec:norton_internet_security_2008:15.5.0.23:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

6 change records found show changes

QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2008-5427
NVD Published Date:
Dec 11, 2008
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 16, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2008-5427 Details - Not Deferred