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CVE-2006-5645 Details

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=439	CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/22591	CVE	Vendor Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017132	CVE
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/474683/100/0/threaded	CVE
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20816	CVE
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018450	CVE
http://www.sophos.com/support/knowledgebase/article/7609.html	CVE
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4239	CVE	Vendor Advisory
http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=439	[email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/22591	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017132	[email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/474683/100/0/threaded	[email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20816	[email protected]
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018450	[email protected]
http://www.sophos.com/support/knowledgebase/article/7609.html	[email protected]
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4239	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory

see all 16 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-399	Resource Management Errors	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
sophos anti-virus	4.04 4.05 4.5.3 4.5.4 4.5.11
CPE cpe:2.3:a:sophos:anti-virus:4.04:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:sophos:anti-virus:4.05:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:sophos:anti-virus:4.5.3:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:sophos:anti-virus:4.5.4:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:sophos:anti-virus:4.5.11:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:sophos:anti-virus:4.5.12:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:sophos:anti-virus:4.7.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:sophos:anti-virus:4.7.2:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:sophos:anti-virus:5.0.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:sophos:anti-virus:5.0.2:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:sophos:anti-virus:5.0.4:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:sophos:anti-virus:5.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:sophos:anti-virus:5.2:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:sophos:anti-virus:5.2.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:sophos:anti-virus:6.0.4:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.
sophos endpoint security	<= 6.04
CPE cpe:2.3:a:sophos:endpoint_security:::::::: Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

6 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 16, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 23, 2026	Status Change	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Oct 17, 2018	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Nov 1, 2006	Initial Analysis	[email protected]