CVE-2008-6903

Summary

CVECVE-2008-6903
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2009-08-06 00:30:00 UTC
Updated2009-08-19 05:24:00 UTC
DescriptionSophos Anti-Virus for Windows before 7.6.3, Anti-Virus for Windows NT/9x before 4.7.18, Anti-Virus for OS X before 4.9.18, Anti-Virus for Linux before 6.4.5, Anti-Virus for UNIX before 7.0.5, Anti-Virus for Unix and Netware before 4.37.0, Sophos EM Library, and Sophos small business solutions, when CAB archive scanning is enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault) via a "fuzzed" CAB archive file, as demonstrated by the OUSPG PROTOS GENOME test suite for Archive Formats.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-399

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Sophos Anti-virus 4.37.0 All netware All
Application Sophos Anti-virus 4.7.18 All windows-nt All
Application Sophos Anti-virus 4.7.18 All windows_9x All
Application Sophos Anti-virus 4.9.18 All os_x All
Application Sophos Anti-virus 6.4.5 All linux All
Application Sophos Anti-virus 7.0.5 All unix All
Application Sophos Anti-virus 4.37.0 All netware All
Application Sophos Anti-virus 4.7.18 All windows-nt All
Application Sophos Anti-virus 4.7.18 All windows_9x All
Application Sophos Anti-virus 4.9.18 All os_x All
Application Sophos Anti-virus 6.4.5 All linux All
Application Sophos Anti-virus 7.0.5 All unix All
Application Sophos Anti-virus7.6.3 All windows All All
Application Sophos Anti-virus7.6.3 All windows All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
50863 OSVDB osvdb.org
Sophos Anti-Virus CAB Archive Processing Bug Lets Remote Users Deny Service - SecurityTracker SECTRACK www.securitytracker.com Patch
www.sophos.com/support/knowledgebase/article/50611.html CONFIRM www.sophos.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH VUPEN www.vupen.com Vendor Advisory
Sophos Anti-Virus Products CAB Archive Processing Vulnerability - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com SECUNIA secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Sophos Antivirus Multiple File Processing Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerabilities BID www.securityfocus.com
'[IVIZ-08-015] Sophos Antivirus for Linux vulnerability' - MARC BUGTRAQ marc.info
CERT-FI - CERT-FI and CPNI Joint Vulnerability Advisory on Archive Formats MISC www.cert.fi
iViZ - On Demand Automated Penetration Testing MISC www.ivizsecurity.com Patch
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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