Vulnerability Name:

CVE-2006-4839 (CCN-29918)

Assigned:2006-10-27
Published:2006-10-27
Updated:2017-07-20
Summary:Sophos Anti-Virus 5.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a file that is compressed with Petite and contains a large number of sections.
CVSS v3 Severity:3.7 Low (CCN CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)
Exploitability Metrics:Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): High
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope:Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availibility (A): Low
CVSS v2 Severity:5.0 Medium (CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
3.7 Low (Temporal CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P/E:U/RL:OF/RC:C)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availibility (A): Partial
2.6 Low (CCN CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
1.9 Low (CCN Temporal CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P/E:U/RL:OF/RC:C)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): High
Athentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availibility (A): Partial
Vulnerability Type:CWE-Other
Vulnerability Consequences:Denial of Service
References:Source: MITRE
Type: CNA
CVE-2006-4839

Source: IDEFENSE
Type: Vendor Advisory
20061031 Sophos Anti-Virus Petite File Denial of Service Vulnerability

Source: CCN
Type: SA22635
Sophos Anti-Virus Petite Plugin Denial of Service Vulnerability

Source: SECUNIA
Type: Patch, Vendor Advisory
22635

Source: CCN
Type: SECTRACK ID: 1017132
Sophos Anti-Virus Bugs in Processing Petite Archives, RAR Archives, and CHM Files Let Remote Users Deny Service

Source: SECTRACK
Type: UNKNOWN
1017132

Source: CCN
Type: OSVDB ID: 30111
Sophos Anti-Virus Crafted Petite Compressed File Handling DoS

Source: BID
Type: UNKNOWN
20816

Source: CCN
Type: BID-20816
Sophos Antivirus Multiple Denial of Service and Memory Corruption Vulnerabilities

Source: CCN
Type: Sophos support knowledgebase Article ID: 7609
Advisory: Vulnerabilities reported by iDefense

Source: CONFIRM
Type: Patch
http://www.sophos.com/support/knowledgebase/article/7609.html

Source: VUPEN
Type: UNKNOWN
ADV-2006-4239

Source: XF
Type: UNKNOWN
sophos-petite-plugin-dos(29918)

Source: XF
Type: UNKNOWN
sophos-petite-plugin-dos(29918)

Source: CCN
Type: iDefense Labs PUBLIC ADVISORY: 10.31.06
Sophos Anti-Virus Petite File Denial of Service Vulnerability

Vulnerable Configuration:Configuration 1:
  • cpe:/a:sophos:sophos_anti-virus:5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

    • * Denotes that component is vulnerable
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    sophos sophos anti-virus 5.1