Sophos Antivirus Multiple File Processing Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerabilities

Bugtraq ID:	32748
Class:	Failure to Handle Exceptional Conditions
CVE:	CVE-2008-6903 CVE-2008-6904
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Dec 10 2008 12:00AM
Updated:	Aug 21 2009 03:57PM
Credit:	Jonathan Brossard from iViZ Techno Solutions Pvt. Ltd.
Vulnerable:	Sophos Antivirus for Linux 4.33 Sophos Anti-Virus for Windows NT/9x 0 Sophos Anti-Virus for Windows 0 Sophos Anti-Virus for Unix and Netware 0 Sophos Anti-Virus for UNIX 0 Sophos Anti-Virus for OS X 0 Sophos Anti-Virus for Linux 0
Not Vulnerable:	Sophos Unix and Netware 4.37 Sophos Anti-Virus for Windows 7.6.3 Sophos Anti-Virus for Unix and Netware 7.0.5 Sophos Anti-Virus for UNIX 7.0.5 Sophos Anti-Virus for OS X 4.9.16 Sophos Anti-Virus for Linux 6.4.5

Sophos Antivirus Multiple File Processing Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerabilities

Sophos Antivirus is prone to multiple remote denial-of-service vulnerabilities because the application fails to properly handle malformed files.

Remote attackers may exploit these issues to crash the affected application, denying service to legitimate users. Given the nature of these issues, attackers may also be able to execute code, but this has not been confirmed.

Sophos Antivirus Multiple File Processing Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerabilities

Currently we are not aware of any working exploits. If you feel we are in error or if you are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected].

Sophos Antivirus Multiple File Processing Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerabilities

Solution:
The vendor released updates to address this issue. Please see the references for more information.

Sophos Antivirus Multiple File Processing Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerabilities

References:

• Sophos Homepage (Sophos)
  
• [IVIZ-08-015] Sophos Antivirus for Linux vulnerability ("iViZ Security Advisories" )
  
• Advisory: Sophos Anti-Virus fuzzed CAB archive vulnerability reported (Sophos)