Sophos Anti-Virus CAB Archive Processing Bug Lets Remote Users Deny Service
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SecurityTracker Alert ID: 1021476 |
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SecurityTracker URL: http://securitytracker.com/id/1021476
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CVE Reference:
CVE-2008-6903
(Links to External Site)
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Updated: Aug 7 2009
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Original Entry Date: Dec 19 2008
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Impact:
Denial of service via network
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Fix Available: Yes Vendor Confirmed: Yes
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Version(s): prior to 7.6.3 (for Windows); various versions for Linux/UNIX
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Description:
A vulnerability was reported in Sophos Anti-Virus. A remote user can cause denial of service conditions.
A remote user can create a specially crafted CAB archive that, when scanned by the target anti-virus application, will cause the target application to crash.
The Oulu University Secure Programming Group reported this vulnerability.
The original advisory is available at:
http://www.cert.fi/haavoittuvuudet/joint-advisory-archive-formats.html
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Impact:
A remote user can the target anti-virus service to crash.
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Solution:
The vendor has issued the following fixes (containing the fixed virus engine version 2.82.1):
* Sophos Anti-Virus for Windows 7.6.3
* Sophos Anti-Virus for Windows NT/9x 4.7.18.
* Sophos Anti-Virus for OS X 4.9.18
* Sophos Anti-Virus for Linux 6.4.5
* Sophos Anti-Virus for UNIX 7.0.5
* Sophos Anti-Virus for Unix and Netware 4.37.0
The vendor's advisory is available at:
http://www.sophos.com/support/knowledgebase/article/50611.html
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Vendor URL: www.sophos.com/support/knowledgebase/article/50611.html (Links to External Site)
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Cause:
Access control error
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Underlying OS:
Linux (Any), UNIX (Any), Windows (Any)
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Message History:
None.
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Source Message Contents
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Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2008 09:30:09 -0500
Subject: Sophos Anti-Virus
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http://www.sophos.com/support/knowledgebase/article/50611.html
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