Vulnerability Name:

CVE-2008-3177 (CCN-43703)

Assigned:2008-07-09
Published:2008-07-09
Updated:2017-08-08
Summary: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.
CVSS v3 Severity:5.3 Medium (CCN CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)
Exploitability Metrics:Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope:Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availibility (A): Low
CVSS v2 Severity:5.0 Medium (CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
3.7 Low (Temporal CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P/E:U/RL:OF/RC:C)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availibility (A): Partial
5.0 Medium (CCN CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
3.7 Low (CCN Temporal CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P/E:U/RL:OF/RC:C)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): Low
Athentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availibility (A): Partial
Vulnerability Type:CWE-16
Vulnerability Consequences:Denial of Service
References:Source: MITRE
Type: CNA
CVE-2008-3177

Source: CCN
Type: SA31037
Sophos Products Zero-byte MIME Attachments Denial of Service

Source: SECUNIA
Type: Vendor Advisory
31037

Source: CCN
Type: SECTRACK ID: 1020462
Sophos Email Appliance Can Be Crashed By Remote Users Sending Mail with Zero Byte Length MIME Attachments

Source: CCN
Type: OSVDB ID: 46929
Sophos Multiple Products Zero-byte MIME Attachment Handling DoS

Source: BID
Type: UNKNOWN
30110

Source: CCN
Type: BID-30110
Multiple Sophos Products MIME Attachments Denial of Service Vulnerability

Source: SECTRACK
Type: UNKNOWN
1020462

Source: CCN
Type: Sophos Knowledgebase Article ID: 42245
Advisory: Unexpected terminations of selected Sophos products by zero-byte MIME attachments

Source: CONFIRM
Type: UNKNOWN
http://www.sophos.com/support/knowledgebase/article/42245.html?_log_from=rss

Source: VUPEN
Type: UNKNOWN
ADV-2008-2053

Source: XF
Type: UNKNOWN
sophos-mime-dos(43703)

Source: XF
Type: UNKNOWN
sophos-mime-dos(43703)

Vulnerable Configuration:Configuration 1:
  • cpe:/h:sophos:email_appliance:es1000:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/h:sophos:email_appliance:es4000:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • AND
  • cpe:/a:sophos:es1000:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/a:sophos:es4000:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/a:sophos:sophos_anti-virus:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/a:sophos:sophos_puremessage_anti-virus:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

  • Configuration CCN 1:
  • cpe:/h:sophos:email_appliance:es1000:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

  • * Denotes that component is vulnerable
    BACK
    sophos email appliance es1000
    sophos email appliance es4000
    sophos es1000 *
    sophos es4000 *
    sophos sophos anti-virus *
    sophos sophos puremessage anti-virus *
    sophos email appliance es1000