CVE-2008-6903

Severity Score

4.3

*CVSS v2

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

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.

Sophos Anti-Virus para Windows anteriores a v7.6.3, Anti-Virus para Windows NT/9x anteriores a v.4.7.18, Anti-Virus para OS X anteriores a v.4.9.18, Anti-Virus para Linux anteriores a v.6.4.5, Anti-Virus para UNIX anteriores a v7.0.5, Anti-Virus para Unix y Netware anteriores a v.4.37.0, Sophos EM Library, y Sophos small business solutions, cuando el archivo escaneado CAB está activo, permite a atacantes remotos causar una denegación de servicio (falta de segmentación) a través del fichero "fuzzed" CAB, como se ha demostrado mediante la suite para el testeo de formatos de archivo PROTOS GENOME.

*Credits: N/A

CVSS Scores

NISTv2 4.3

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Medium

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

Partial

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2009-08-05 CVE Reserved
2009-08-06 CVE Published
2023-03-08 EPSS Updated
2024-08-07 CVE Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-399: Resource Management Errors

CAPEC

References (9)

URL	Tag	Source
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=122893252316489&w=2	Mailing List
http://osvdb.org/50863	Vdb Entry
http://www.cert.fi/haavoittuvuudet/joint-advisory-archive-formats.html	X_refsource_misc
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32748	Vdb Entry

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
http://www.ivizsecurity.com/security-advisory-iviz-sr-08015.html	2009-08-19
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021476	2009-08-19
http://www.sophos.com/support/knowledgebase/article/50611.html	2009-08-19

URL	Date	SRC
http://secunia.com/advisories/33177	2009-08-19
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3458	2009-08-19

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Sophos Search vendor "Sophos"		Anti-virus Search vendor "Sophos" for product "Anti-virus"				4.7.18 Search vendor "Sophos" for product "Anti-virus" and version "4.7.18"		windows-nt		Affected
Sophos Search vendor "Sophos"		Anti-virus Search vendor "Sophos" for product "Anti-virus"				4.7.18 Search vendor "Sophos" for product "Anti-virus" and version "4.7.18"		windows_9x		Affected
Sophos Search vendor "Sophos"		Anti-virus Search vendor "Sophos" for product "Anti-virus"				4.9.18 Search vendor "Sophos" for product "Anti-virus" and version "4.9.18"		os_x		Affected
Sophos Search vendor "Sophos"		Anti-virus Search vendor "Sophos" for product "Anti-virus"				4.37.0 Search vendor "Sophos" for product "Anti-virus" and version "4.37.0"		netware		Affected
Sophos Search vendor "Sophos"		Anti-virus Search vendor "Sophos" for product "Anti-virus"				6.4.5 Search vendor "Sophos" for product "Anti-virus" and version "6.4.5"		linux		Affected
Sophos Search vendor "Sophos"		Anti-virus Search vendor "Sophos" for product "Anti-virus"				7.0.5 Search vendor "Sophos" for product "Anti-virus" and version "7.0.5"		unix		Affected
Sophos Search vendor "Sophos"		Anti-virus7.6.3 Search vendor "Sophos" for product "Anti-virus7.6.3"				*		windows		Affected