Secunia Security Advisory - A vulnerability has been reported in some Sophos products, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service).
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TITLE:
Sophos Products Zero-byte MIME Attachments Denial of Service
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA31037
VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/31037/
CRITICAL:
Moderately critical
IMPACT:
DoS
WHERE:
>From remote
OPERATING SYSTEM:
Sophos Email Appliance (ES1000/ES4000) 2.x
http://secunia.com/product/17583/
SOFTWARE:
Sophos PureMessage for UNIX 4.x
http://secunia.com/product/3876/
Sophos PureMessage for UNIX 5.x
http://secunia.com/product/5622/
Sophos Anti-Virus Interface (SAVI)
http://secunia.com/product/167/
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.
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://www.sophos.com/support/knowledgebase/article/42245.html
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