CVE-2002-2228

Published: Dec 31, 2002Modified: Apr 16, 2026

6.4

Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

Exploitability: 10.0 / Impact: 4.9

Source: NVD

Description

MailScanner before 4.0 5-1 and before 3.2 6-1 allows remote attackers to bypass protection via attachments with a filename with (1) extra leading spaces, (2) extra trailing spaces, or (3) alternate character encodings that cannot be processed by MailScanner.

Affected (2)

Products: Mailscanner: Mailscanner

1 product

Configuration A

2 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Mailscanner Mailscanner	Up to 3.2_6-1
Mailscanner Mailscanner	Up to 4.0_4-1

Related CWEs

Improper Input Validation

The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly.

References (4)

http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10609.php

Source: cve@mitre.org

Patch

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6148

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10609.php

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Patch

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6148

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Timeline

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