CVE-2004-1098: Mandrakesoft Mandrake Linux

High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 1.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

MIMEDefang in MIME-tools 5.414 allows remote attackers to bypass virus scanning capabilities via an e-mail attachment with a virus that contains an empty boundary string in the Content-Type header.

Affected products

• Mandrakesoft Mandrake Linux: version 9.2 only; version 10.0 only; version 10.1 only
• Mandrakesoft Mandrake Linux Corporate Server: version 2.1 only
• Roaring Penguin Mimedefang: version 2.4 only; version 2.14 only; version 2.20 only; version 2.21 only; version 2.38 only; version 2.39 only; …
• Suse Suse Linux: version 8.0 only; version 8.1 only; version 8.2 only; version 9.0 only; version 9.1 only; version 9.2 only

Published 2005-01-10. Last modified 2026-06-16.