Vulnerability CVE-2008-3177
Published: 2008-07-15   Modified: 2012-02-12

Description:
Sophos 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.

Type:

CWE-16

 (Configuration)

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
5/10
2.9/10
10/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
None
None
Partial
Affected software
Sophos -> Es1000 
Sophos -> Es4000 
Sophos -> Sophos anti-virus 
Sophos -> Sophos puremessage anti-virus 

 References:
http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/43703
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2053/references
http://www.sophos.com/support/knowledgebase/article/42245.html?_log_from=rss
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020462
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30110
http://secunia.com/advisories/31037
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