CVE-2008-6903
What it is
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.
At a glance
- Exploitability
- Can be exploited over the network without logging in. Limited direct impact.
- Exploit odds
- 6.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS).
- Fix
- A patch, advisory or fixed version is referenced. Upgrade or apply it.
Timeline
- PublishedDisclosed publicly on CVE.org and NVD
- Last updatedMost recent change to the record
Why it ranks here
- Exploited in the wild: no, CISA does not list it.
- Exploit odds: 6.6% in the next 30 days (EPSS).
- Severity: 4.3 MEDIUM (CVSS).
- Fix: a patch or advisory is linked.
Details
- Published
- Last modified
- Exploit probability
- 6.6% · EPSS, next 30 days
- Weakness
- CWE-399
- Record status
- Modified
Affected
- Sophos anti-virus 4.7.18
- Sophos anti-virus 4.9.18
- Sophos anti-virus 4.37.0
- Sophos anti-virus 6.4.5
- Sophos anti-virus 7.0.5
- Sophos anti-virus7.6.3
Attack profile CVSS 2.0 · 4.3
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Medium
- Authentication
- None
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- Partial
Raw vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Is it in your code?
Hand this to your coding agent. It searches your project for the affected products and checks versions. Nothing leaves your machine.
Read https://cve-list.com/agent/cve/CVE-2008-6903.md and follow it. Check whether this project is affected by CVE-2008-6903. Read only. Don't change anything and don't upload my code. Tell me yes, no or not sure, with the file as proof.
Fix and advisories
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33177
- http://www.ivizsecurity.com/security-advisory-iviz-sr-08015.html
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021476
- http://www.sophos.com/support/knowledgebase/article/50611.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3458
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33177
- http://www.ivizsecurity.com/security-advisory-iviz-sr-08015.html
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021476
- http://www.sophos.com/support/knowledgebase/article/50611.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3458
References
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=122893252316489&w=2
- http://osvdb.org/50863
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33177
- http://www.cert.fi/haavoittuvuudet/joint-advisory-archive-formats.html
- http://www.ivizsecurity.com/security-advisory-iviz-sr-08015.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32748
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021476
- http://www.sophos.com/support/knowledgebase/article/50611.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3458
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=122893252316489&w=2
- http://osvdb.org/50863
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33177
- http://www.cert.fi/haavoittuvuudet/joint-advisory-archive-formats.html
- http://www.ivizsecurity.com/security-advisory-iviz-sr-08015.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32748
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021476
- http://www.sophos.com/support/knowledgebase/article/50611.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3458