CVE-2008-3177 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can crash the Sophos virus detection engine by sending zero-length MIME attachments, causing a denial of service.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2008-3177?
CVE-2008-3177 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 15 Jul 2008. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official 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.
Weakness: CWE-16
Which versions are affected by CVE-2008-3177?
It affects 4 products.
Products include Sophos Es1000, Sophos Es4000, Sophos Sophos Anti-Virus, Sophos Sophos Puremessage Anti-Virus.
How do I fix CVE-2008-3177?
No fix has been published for CVE-2008-3177 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2008-3177 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2008-3177 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-g2gm-pxjg-4f7v.