CVE-2008-6904

Summary

CVECVE-2008-6904
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2009-08-06 01:30:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionMultiple unspecified vulnerabilities in Sophos SAVScan 4.33.0 for Linux, and possibly other products and versions, allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault) and possibly execute arbitrary code via crafted files that have been packed with (1) armadillo, (2) asprotect, or (3) asprotectSKE.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 10 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-noinfo | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

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-virus7.6.3 All windows All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
iViZ - On Demand Automated Penetration Testing af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ivizsecurity.com
www.sophos.com/support/knowledgebase/article/50611.html af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.sophos.com Vendor Advisory
'[IVIZ-08-015] Sophos Antivirus for Linux vulnerability' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info
Sophos Antivirus Multiple File Processing Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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