CVE-2008-3177

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Summary

CVECVE-2008-3177
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2008-07-15 18:41:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionSophos virus detection engine 2.75 on Linux and Unix, as used in Sophos Email Appliance, Pure Message for Unix, and Sophos Anti-Virus Interface (SAVI), allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (engine crash) via zero-length MIME attachments.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 5 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Problem Types: CWE-16 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Hardware Sophos Email Appliance es1000 All All All
Hardware Sophos Email Appliance es4000 All All All
Application Sophos Es1000 All All All All
Application Sophos Es4000 All All All All
Application Sophos Sophos Anti-virus All All All All
Application Sophos Sophos Puremessage Anti-virus All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Sophos Products Zero-byte MIME Attachments Denial of Service - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Multiple Sophos Products MIME Attachments Denial of Service Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
www.sophos.com/support/knowledgebase/article/42245.html af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.sophos.com
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Webmail - OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
SecurityTracker.com Archives - Sophos Email Appliance Can Be Crashed By Remote Users Sending Mail with Zero Byte Length MIME Attachments af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com
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