POP3: Illegal Mime-Type Encoding

This protocol anomaly is a message that uses encodings that are not "7bit", "8bit", or "binary" with any Content-Type that recursively includes other Content-Type fields (such as the "multipart" and "message" Content-Types).

Extended Description

Illegal Mime-type in a POP3 message represents a protocol anomaly and may represent improperly configured software or an attack attempt.

Short Name
POP3:ERROR:ILLEGAL_MIME_ENCODE
Severity
Warning
Recommended
False
Recommended Action
None
Category
POP3
Release Date
01/30/2004
Supported Platforms

srx-branch-12.3

srx-19.3

srx-branch-19.3

vsrx3bsd-19.2

srx-branch-19.4

vsrx-19.4

mx-12.3

mx-19.4

vmx-19.4

mx-19.3

vsrx3bsd-19.4

srx-19.4

vsrx-12.3

vmx-19.3

vsrx-19.2

srx-12.3

Sigpack Version
3324
False Positive
Unknown

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