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Date: Tue Nov 02 2004 - 15:21:26 CST

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TITLE:
MIME::tools Malware Detection Bypass Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA13051

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/13051/

CRITICAL:
Moderately critical

IMPACT:
Security Bypass

WHERE:
From remote

SOFTWARE:
MIME::tools 5.x
http://secunia.com/product/4200/

DESCRIPTION:
Stephane Lentz and Julian Field has reported a vulnerability in
MIME::tools, which can be exploited by malware to bypass certain
scanning functionality.

The vulnerability is caused due to an error when parsing a "boundary"
attribute in the "Content-Type" header. This can be exploited by
supplying an empty boundary value.

Successful exploitation may allow some malware to bypass certain
scanning functionality.

The vulnerability has been reported in version 5.414. Other versions
may also be affected.

SOLUTION:
Update to version 5.415.
http://www.mimedefang.org/node.php?id=1

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Stephane Lentz and Julian Field.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://www.mandrakesoft.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2004:123

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