CVE-2006-5645
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…
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EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 17.5%, higher than 97% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
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.
- CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- EPSS
- 17.51% probability · 97th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-399
- Affected
- sophos/anti-virus · sophos/endpoint security
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=439
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22591Vendor Advisory
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1017132
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/474683/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20816
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018450
- http://www.sophos.com/support/knowledgebase/article/7609.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4239Vendor Advisory
- http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=439
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22591Vendor Advisory
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1017132
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/474683/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20816
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018450
- http://www.sophos.com/support/knowledgebase/article/7609.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4239Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.