SMTP: Norton Antivirus Compressed File Overflow
This signature detects attempts to exploit a known flaw in Norton Antivirus 2002 and 2003. A successful attack could result in a denial of service of the mail server processing a malicious file attachment sent via SMTP.
Extended Description
Symantec Norton AntiVirus 2002 and 2003 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a compressed archive that contains a large number of directories.
Affected Products
Symantec norton_antivirus
References
CVE: CVE-2004-0683
Short Name
SMTP:MAL:NAV-ZIP-BOMB
Severity
Major
Recommended
False
Recommended Action
None
Category
SMTP
Keywords
Antivirus CVE-2004-0683 Compressed File Norton Overflow
Release Date
11/14/2012
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
3336
False Positive
Unknown
Vendors
Symantec
CVSS Score
5.0