CVE-2008-7105 Denial of service in n/a

Medium 5.0 Published 27 Aug 2009 Updated 7 Aug 2024

Remote attackers can cause denial of service in Sophos PureMessage for Exchange by sending a crafted TNEF-encoded message.

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-2008-7105?

CVE-2008-7105 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 27 Aug 2009. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Sophos PureMessage for Microsoft Exchange 3.0 before 3.0.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (EdgeTransport.exe termination) via a TNEF-encoded message with a crafted rich text body that is not properly handled during conversion to plain text. NOTE: this might be related to CVE-2008-7104.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2008-7105?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Sophos Puremessage for Microsoft Exchange.

How do I fix CVE-2008-7105?

No fix has been published for CVE-2008-7105 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-2008-7105 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2008-7105 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-vqr2-3g8r-vf72.