Sophos Email Appliance Can Be Crashed By Remote Users Sending Mail with Zero Byte Length MIME Attachments
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SecurityTracker Alert ID: 1020462 |
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SecurityTracker URL: http://securitytracker.com/id/1020462
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CVE Reference:
CVE-2008-3177
(Links to External Site)
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Updated: Jul 17 2008
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Original Entry Date: Jul 10 2008
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Impact:
Denial of service via network
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Fix Available: Yes Vendor Confirmed: Yes Exploit Included: Yes
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Version(s): 4.31 virus data and 2.75 engine (July update)
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Description:
A vulnerability was reported in Sophos Email Appliance. A remote user can cause denial of service conditions.
A remote user can send a specially crafted e-mail message with a zero byte length MIME attachment to cause the target service to crash.
The Sophos Pure Message for Unix and Sophos Anti-Virus Interface (SAVI) products are also affected.
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Impact:
A remote user can cause the target appliance to crash.
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Solution:
The vendor has issued a fix.
The vendor's advisory is available at:
http://www.sophos.com/support/knowledgebase/article/42245.html
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Vendor URL: www.sophos.com/support/knowledgebase/article/42245.html (Links to External Site)
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Cause:
Exception handling error
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Underlying OS:
Linux (Any)
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Message History:
None.
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Source Message Contents
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Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2008 08:49:57 -0400
Subject: Sophos
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http://www.sophos.com/support/knowledgebase/article/42245.html
Sophos Email Appliance
Pure Message for Unix
Sophos Anti-Virus Interface (SAVI)
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