TITLE:
MAILsweeper for SMTP PowerPoint Document Processing Denial of Service

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA12277

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/12277/

CRITICAL:
Moderately critical

IMPACT:
DoS

WHERE:
>From remote

SOFTWARE:
CS MAILsweeper 4.x for SMTP
http://secunia.com/product/202/

DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been reported in MAILsweeper for SMTP, which can
be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service)
on a vulnerable system.

The vulnerability is caused due to an error when processing malformed
PowerPoint files, which may cause the service to enter an endless loop
and exhaust all CPU resources.

SOLUTION:
Update to version 4.3.15.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Reported by vendor.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://download.mimesweeper.com/www/Patches/MAILsweeper_Patches_495ReadMe.htm

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