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CVE-2006-3216

MEDIUM CVSS: 5.0 Published: 2006-06-24 Modified: 2026-06-16

Description

Clearswift MAILsweeper for SMTP before 4.3.20 and MAILsweeper for Exchange before 4.3.20 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via (1) non-ASCII characters in a reverse DNS lookup result from a Received header, which leads to a Receiver service stop, and (2) unspecified vectors involving malformed messages, which causes "unpredictable behavior" that prevents the Security service from processing more messages.

Affected Platforms

Clearswift Mailsweeper For SmtpClearswift Mailsweeper For Exchange

Weakness Type

NVD-CWE-Other

References