CVE-2008-6903

Description

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.

Category

4.3
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 4.33% Top 15%
Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory sophos.com Vendor Advisory vupen.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://www.ivizsecurity.com/security-advisory-iviz-sr-08015.html patch
http://secunia.com/advisories/33177 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.sophos.com/support/knowledgebase/article/50611.html patch vendor advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021476 vdb entry patch
http://www.cert.fi/haavoittuvuudet/joint-advisory-archive-formats.html
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=122893252316489&w=2 mailing list
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3458 vdb entry vendor advisory
http://osvdb.org/50863 vdb entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32748 vdb entry

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2008-6903?
CVE-2008-6903 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2008-6903?
To fix CVE-2008-6903, 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-2008-6903 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2008-6903 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~4% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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