CVE-2008-7106 Denial of service in n/a
Under heavy load, Sophos PureMessage for Exchange fails to launch scan engines, potentially causing message loss or bypassing security protections.
- 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-2008-7106?
CVE-2008-7106 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
The installation of Sophos PureMessage for Microsoft Exchange 3.0 before 3.0.2, when both anti-virus and anti-spam are supported, does not create or launch the associated scan engines when the system is under heavy load, which has unspecified impact, probably remote bypass of scanner protection or a denial of service (message loss or delay).
Which versions are affected by CVE-2008-7106?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Sophos Puremessage for Microsoft Exchange.
How do I fix CVE-2008-7106?
No fix has been published for CVE-2008-7106 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-2008-7106 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2008-7106 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-3pq4-7fhq-j4xr.