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CVE-2008-3177 Details

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
http://secunia.com/advisories/31037 CVEVendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43703 CVE
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30110 CVE
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020462 CVE
http://www.sophos.com/support/knowledgebase/article/42245.html?_log_from=rss CVE

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-16Configuration[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
sophos email appliance
es1000
es4000

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:h:sophos:email_appliance:es1000:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:h:sophos:email_appliance:es4000:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
sophos es1000
All versions

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:sophos:es1000:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
sophos es4000
All versions

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:sophos:es4000:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
sophos sophos anti-virus
All versions

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:sophos:sophos_anti-virus:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
sophos sophos puremessage anti-virus
All versions

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:sophos:sophos_puremessage_anti-virus:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

6 change records found show changes

QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2008-3177
NVD Published Date:
Jul 15, 2008
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 16, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2008-3177 Details - Not Deferred