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A vulnerability has been found in Sophos Anti-Virus 4.7.18/4.9.18/4.37.0/6.4.5/7.0.5 (Anti-Malware Software) and classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource management vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-399. As an impact it is known to affect availability. The summary by CVE is:

Sophos 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.

The weakness was shared 12/10/2008 by Jonathan Brossard with iViZ Techno Solutions (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at sophos.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2008-6903 since 08/05/2009. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

It is declared as proof-of-concept.

Upgrading to version 4.7.18 eliminates this vulnerability.

The entry 49280 is related to this item.

Productinfo

Type

• Anti-Malware Software

Vendor

• Sophos

Name

• Anti-Virus

Version

• 4.7.18
• 4.9.18
• 4.37.0
• 6.4.5
• 7.0.5

License

• commercial

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.8

VulDB Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Temp Score: 4.8
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Resource management
CWE: CWE-399 / CWE-404
ATT&CK: Unknown

Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔍
Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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0-Day Time: 🔍

Upgrade: Anti-Virus 4.7.18

Timelineinfo

12/10/2008 🔍
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12/19/2008 +9 days 🔍
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08/05/2009 +228 days 🔍
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03/18/2015 +2051 days 🔍
11/20/2018 +1343 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: sophos.com

Advisory: sophos.com
Researcher: Jonathan Brossard
Organization: iViZ Techno Solutions
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2008-6903 (🔍)
SecurityTracker: 1021476
SecurityFocus: 32748 - Sophos Antivirus Multiple File Processing Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 33177 - Sophos Anti-Virus Products CAB Archive Processing Vulnerability, Moderately Critical
OSVDB: 50863 - Sophos Multiple Products Malformed CAB File Handling Application DoS
Vupen: ADV-2008-3458

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/18/2015 15:15
Updated: 11/20/2018 08:06
Changes: 03/18/2015 15:15 (55), 11/20/2018 08:06 (13)
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