Re: [Exim] New Email Virus...

>
> A new email virus has been documented, this one doesn't spread by
> attachments, but the virus itself is in the headers of an email message.
> Upon downloading the email, as the headers are read (by trusty old MS
> Outlook) the virus does it's dirty work...
>
> http://www.msnbc.com/news/432208.asp
>
> Does anyone have more details on this, or perhaps a filter for this type of
> virus?
>
> --
> Jeff Carnahan - jcarnahan@???
>

According to an article at www.securityfocus.com it is a buffer oveflow error
when parsing the date field. A "long string of characters" in the date
field is needed.

Chris Bayliss