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CVE-2004-1768

Published: Mar 10, 2005Updated: Apr 16, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVDNVD-CWE-Other

No Known Exploits

Patch Available

Description

The character converters in the Spamhunter and Language ID modules for Symantec Brightmail AntiSpam 6.0.1 before patch 132 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via messages with the ISO-8859-10 character set, which is not recognized by the converters.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

Exploitability

AV:NAccess Vector

Network

AC:LAccess Complexity

Low

Au:NAuthentication

None

Impact

C:NConfidentiality

None

I:NIntegrity

None

A:PAvailability

Partial

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Weaknesses

Affected Products

brightmail antispam symantec Security Products

symanteccommercialUSSecurity Productsaka symantec enterprise security, norton

Exploitability

Official Patch Available

References

http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/697598

ftp://ftp.symantec.com/public/english_us_canada/products/sba/sba_60x/updates/p132_notes.htm

ftp.symantec.com

http://secunia.com/advisories/13489

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Timeline

Published

Mar 10, 2005

Last Updated

Apr 16, 2026

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