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CVE-2008-3177

Sophos virus detection engine 2.75 on Linux and Unix, as used in Sophos Email Appliance, Pure Message for Unix, and Soph

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.

MEDIUM · CVSS 5 EPSS 0.06048
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Affected Products & Versions

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sophos es1000all versions
sophos es4000all versions
sophos anti-virusall versions
sophos puremessage anti-virusall versions
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MEDIUM · CVSS v2 (legacy) · cve@mitre.org
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This CVE predates CVSS v3; the legacy v2 score is shown so triage still has a severity to work with.
v2 Vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Published to NVD15 Jul 2008 · 06:41 PM
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References & Sources

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Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
http://secunia.com/advisories/31037Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30110
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020462
http://www.sophos.com/support/knowledgebase/article/42245.html?_log_from=rss
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2053/references
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43703
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