Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Aug 6, 2009· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2008-6903
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.
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Affected products
12cpe:2.3:a:sophos:anti-virus:4.37.0:*:netware:*:*:*:*:*+ 7 more
- cpe:2.3:a:sophos:anti-virus:4.37.0:*:netware:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:sophos:anti-virus:4.7.18:*:windows_9x:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:sophos:anti-virus:4.7.18:*:windows-nt:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:sophos:anti-virus:4.9.18:*:os_x:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:sophos:anti-virus:6.4.5:*:linux:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:sophos:anti-virus:7.0.5:*:unix:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:sophos:anti-virus7.6.3:*:windows:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)range: <4.9.18
- Range: <7.6.3
- Range: <6.4.5
Patches
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References
9- www.ivizsecurity.com/security-advisory-iviz-sr-08015.htmlnvdPatch
- www.securitytracker.com/idnvdPatch
- www.sophos.com/support/knowledgebase/article/50611.htmlnvdPatchVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/33177nvdVendor Advisory
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3458nvdVendor Advisory
- marc.infonvd
- osvdb.org/50863nvd
- www.cert.fi/haavoittuvuudet/joint-advisory-archive-formats.htmlnvd
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/32748nvd
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