CVE-2006-5645

Description

Sophos Anti-Virus and Endpoint Security before 6.0.5, Anti-Virus for Linux before 5.0.10, and other platforms before 4.11, when "Enabled scanning of archives" is set, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a malformed RAR archive with an Archive Header section with the head_size and pack_size fields set to zero.

Category

5.0
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 14.27% Top 10%
Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory vupen.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018450 vdb entry
http://www.sophos.com/support/knowledgebase/article/7609.html
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017132 vdb entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4239 vdb entry vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20816 vdb entry
http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=439 third party advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/474683/100/0/threaded mailing list
http://secunia.com/advisories/22591 third party advisory vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2006-5645?
CVE-2006-5645 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2006-5645?
To fix CVE-2006-5645, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2006-5645 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2006-5645 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~14% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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