PT-2006-5597 · Sophos · Sophos Anti-Virus

Published 2006-11-01 · Updated 2017-07-20 · CVE-2006-4839

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

5.0

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Sophos Anti-Virus version 5.1

Description The issue allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service, specifically memory consumption, by using a file that is compressed with Petite and contains a large number of sections.

Recommendations For Sophos Anti-Virus version 5.1, consider restricting access to files compressed with Petite to minimize the risk of exploitation until a patch is available.

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2006-4839

Affected Products

Sophos Anti-Virus

References · 8

• http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=438 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-4839 · Security Note
• http://sophos.com/support/knowledgebase/article/7609.html · Patch
• http://secunia.com/advisories/22635 · Vendor Advisory
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/20816 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1017132 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29918 · Note
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4239 · Note