CVE-2006-4014 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Symantec Brightmail AntiSpam (SBAS) before 6.0.4, when the Control Center is allowed to connect from any computer, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application freeze) "by sending invalid posts".

Published: 2006-08-07

Score: 5.0 Medium

EPSS: 1.1% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:symantec:brightmail_antispam:4.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:symantec:brightmail_antispam:5.5:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:symantec:brightmail_antispam:6.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:symantec:brightmail_antispam:6.0.1:::::::*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2006-4007	Symantec Brightmail AntiSpam (SBAS) before 6.0.4, when the Control Center is allowed to connect from any computer, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application freeze) "by sending invalid posts".

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.01133.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://secunia.com/advisories/21223
http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/security/Content/2006.07.27.html
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016600
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19182
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3018

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Symantec Brightmail Antispam

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2006-08-07T19:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T18:57:44.504Z

Reserved: 2006-08-07T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2006-4014

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2006-08-07T19:04:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-2006-4014

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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