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CVE-2007-4242
The pop3 Proxy in Astaro Security Gateway (ASG) 7 does not perform virus scanning of attachments that exceed the maximum attachment size,…
Medium5.0EPSS 1.5%
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- mitre
Description
The pop3 Proxy in Astaro Security Gateway (ASG) 7 does not perform virus scanning of attachments that exceed the maximum attachment size, and passes these attachments, which allows remote attackers to bypass this scanning via a large attachment.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.5% · top 25% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (6)
- 2981 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONx_transferred
- 20070819 Astaro DOS and POP3 bypass issues partially resolved (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 20070805 DOS issue in Astaro Version 7 packet filter reporting, POSSIBLE security issue in POP3 proxy (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 1018543 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- http://www.hescominsoon.com/archives/773 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- astaro-pop3-security-bypass(35827) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
Sources
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- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
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- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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