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CVE-2008-6903 Details

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.

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://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=122893252316489&w=2	CVE
http://osvdb.org/50863	CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/33177	CVE	Vendor Advisory
http://www.cert.fi/haavoittuvuudet/joint-advisory-archive-formats.html	CVE
http://www.ivizsecurity.com/security-advisory-iviz-sr-08015.html	CVE	Patch
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32748	CVE
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021476	CVE	Patch
http://www.sophos.com/support/knowledgebase/article/50611.html	CVE	PatchVendor Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3458	CVE	Vendor Advisory
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=122893252316489&w=2	[email protected]
http://osvdb.org/50863	[email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/33177	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
http://www.cert.fi/haavoittuvuudet/joint-advisory-archive-formats.html	[email protected]
http://www.ivizsecurity.com/security-advisory-iviz-sr-08015.html	[email protected]	Patch
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32748	[email protected]
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021476	[email protected]	Patch
http://www.sophos.com/support/knowledgebase/article/50611.html	[email protected]	PatchVendor Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3458	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory

see all 18 references

Weakness Enumeration

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

Affected Products

Product	Versions
sophos anti-virus	4.7.18 4.9.18 4.37.0 6.4.5 7.0.5
CPE cpe:2.3:a:sophos:anti-virus:4.7.18::windows-nt::::: cpe:2.3:a:sophos:anti-virus:4.7.18::windows_9x::::: cpe:2.3:a:sophos:anti-virus:4.9.18::os_x::::: cpe:2.3:a:sophos:anti-virus:4.37.0::netware::::: cpe:2.3:a:sophos:anti-virus:6.4.5::linux::::: cpe:2.3:a:sophos:anti-virus:7.0.5::unix::::: Remediation No remediation found in references.
sophos anti-virus7.6.3	All versions
CPE cpe:2.3:a:sophos:anti-virus7.6.3::windows::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

5 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]
Aug 6, 2009	Initial Analysis	[email protected]