Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Sep 24, 2002· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2002-1121
CVE-2002-1121
Description
SMTP content filter engines, including (1) GFI MailSecurity for Exchange/SMTP before 7.2, (2) InterScan VirusWall before 3.52 build 1494, (3) the default configuration of MIMEDefang before 2.21, and possibly other products, do not detect fragmented emails as defined in RFC2046 ("Message Fragmentation and Reassembly") and supported in such products as Outlook Express, which allows remote attackers to bypass content filtering, including virus checking, via fragmented emails of the message/partial content type.
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Affected products
14- cpe:2.3:a:gfi:mailsecurity:7.2:*:exchange_smtp:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:network_associates:webshield_smtp:4.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 3 more
- cpe:2.3:a:network_associates:webshield_smtp:4.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:network_associates:webshield_smtp:4.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:network_associates:webshield_smtp:4.5.44:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:network_associates:webshield_smtp:4.5.74.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:roaring_penguin:canit:1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:roaring_penguin:mimedefang:2.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 2 more
- cpe:2.3:a:roaring_penguin:mimedefang:2.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:roaring_penguin:mimedefang:2.20:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)range: <2.21
cpe:2.3:a:trend_micro:interscan_viruswall:3.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 2 more
- cpe:2.3:a:trend_micro:interscan_viruswall:3.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:trend_micro:interscan_viruswall:3.51:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:trend_micro:interscan_viruswall:3.52:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- Range: <7.2
Patches
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References
9- archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2002-q3/0113.htmlnvdVendor Advisory
- www.iss.net/security_center/static/10088.phpnvdVendor Advisory
- www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/836088nvdUS Government Resource
- archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-09/0134.htmlnvd
- archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-09/0135.htmlnvd
- marc.infonvd
- marc.infonvd
- www.securiteam.com/securitynews/5YP0A0K8CM.htmlnvd
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/5696nvd
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