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Sophos Products Zero-byte MIME Attachments Denial of Service
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA31037
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Release Date:
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2008-07-10
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Last Update:
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2008-07-17
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Popularity:
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2,970 views
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Critical:
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Moderately critical
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Impact:
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DoS
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Where:
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From remote
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Solution Status:
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Vendor Patch
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| OS: | Sophos Email Appliance (ES1000/ES4000) 2.x
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| Software: | Sophos Anti-Virus Interface (SAVI)
Sophos PureMessage for UNIX 4.x
Sophos PureMessage for UNIX 5.x
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| CVE reference: | CVE-2008-3177
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Description:
A vulnerability has been reported in some Sophos products, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service).
The vulnerability is caused due to an error when processing zero-byte MIME attachments and can be exploited to cause a DoS.
The vulnerability affects the following products that incorporate the July update (4.31 virus data and 2.75 engine):
* Sophos Email Appliance
* Pure Message for Unix
* Sophos Anti-Virus Interface (SAVI)
Solution:
Update to the latest virus identity file.
Provided and/or discovered by:
Reported by the vendor.
Changelog:
2008-07-17: Added CVE reference.
Original Advisory:
http://www.sophos.com/support/knowledgebase/article/42245.html
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